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Meg LaPorte, ChangingAging Contributor

Age in America - Wanda and George - ChangingAging

A New Perspective on Age

August 24, 2017 | Meg LaPorte, ChangingAging Contributor

The mission of Age In America is to demonstrate that we are all essentially the same–human and interesting and imperfect; to dispel the myths and stereotypes about aging; and to help eliminate discrimination of people based on age.

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Bridges Together: Everyone Benefits from Intergenerational Connections

Bridges Together: Everyone Benefits from Intergenerational Connections

July 19, 2017 | Meg LaPorte, ChangingAging Contributor

Although I have always interacted well with older adults, I truly didn’t expect it to have such a great impact on my life — It’s this kind of sharing and cooperation that is valuable for young children on several levels.

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Nevada Goes Dementia-Friendly Statewide

Nevada Goes Dementia-Friendly Statewide

April 3, 2017 | Meg LaPorte, ChangingAging Contributor

Dementia Friendly Nevada asks people with dementia and their care partners, ‘what do you need and how can we help you develop what’s needed in your communities?’”

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Dementia Friends Educate Communities One 'Friend' at a Time

Dementia Friends Educate Communities One ‘Friend’ at a Time

March 1, 2017 | Meg LaPorte, ChangingAging Contributor

The genius and beauty of Dementia Friends USA is anyone can get certified by learning about what it’s like to live with dementia, and then turning that understanding into action.

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Seattle’s All-inclusive Dementia-Friendly ‘Momentia’ Movement Grows

January 13, 2017 | Meg LaPorte, ChangingAging Contributor

Formed as a coalition of “community partners,” Momentia’s purpose is to empower people with memory loss and their care partners to remain connected and active in the community. Central to the movement’s philosophy is its positive perspective on dementia and a collective determination “to transform what it means to live with dementia in the community—thus changing the story from one of despair to one of hope.”

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Texas Disaster Relief Effort Partners With Elder RV Owners

Texas Disaster Relief Effort Partners With Elder RV Owners

November 22, 2016 | Meg LaPorte, ChangingAging Contributor

RVDC aims to utilize its roving volunteers to serve as secondary responders in times of disaster. Members are being recruited from the thousands of 55-plus adults that own RVs.

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Building a Dementia-Friendly Movement

September 1, 2016 | Meg LaPorte, ChangingAging Contributor

Leading the nation in the creation and proliferation of dementia-friendly communities is quite a responsibility to bear, but the Land of 10,000 Lakes has made it look somewhat easy with the implementation of more than 43 such communities in the span of just four years.

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Children and Elders Playing with Bubbles - Champion Center

University Blends Child and Elder Care to Build Community

August 11, 2016 | Meg LaPorte, ChangingAging Contributor

On any given weekday at 210 North Champion Street in Columbus, Ohio, elders and preschoolers can be seen mixing bubble solutions and puffing at them together in the activity room, caring for plants outside in the mobile gardening units, reading books aloud to one another in the classroom, or rehearsing a play in the auditorium.

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