By Mason Crane-Bolton Are you ready for your financial future? | Photo by Mathieu Turle via unsplash.com There is no way to get aging “right”… …But it does help to plan. Something is happening each and every day across New Jersey. Across the United States. Across the entirety of the planet. We are […]
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Take the American Medicine Chest 5 Step Challenge
Prescription Drug Safety and Disposal Take the American Medicine Chest 5 Step Challenge By: Angelo M. Valente The American Medicine Chest Challenge (AMCC) is a community based public health initiative, with law enforcement partnership, designed to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug abuse and provide a nationwide day of disposal ‚Äì at a […]
Announcing NJFA’s 18th Annual Conference!
Announcing NJFA‚Äôs 18th Annual Conference! NJFA will hold its 18th Annual Conference on Thursday, June 2nd at the Crowne Plaza Monroe. The 2016 Morning Keynote Speaker will be Ruth Finkelstein, ScD, who is an internationally recognized leader of inspiring and creating strategies for aging friendly communities. She is Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management […]
Announcing NJFA’s 17th Annual Conference!
Announcing NJFA‚Äôs 17th Annual Conference! NJFA will hold its 17th Annual Conference on Wednesday, June 3rd at the Crowne Plaza Monroe. The 2015 Keynote Speakers are James Firman, CEO of NCOA and Nora Dowd Eisenhower, Assistant Director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Office of Financial Protection for Older Americans. Jim Firman will address the […]
Encore Presentation!
¬†Encore Presentation! ¬†NJFA is pleased to announce that we will be hosting an Encore Presentation of two sessions offered at our June conference. If you were unable to attend in June or if you did attend and did not get to these sessions, now is your chance! ¬†Also, please send this along to any colleagues […]
Heat and Eat Programs are Vital for our most Vulnerable Residents
Heat and Eat Programs are Vital for our most Vulnerable Residents¬†¬†¬†¬† The New Jersey Foundation for Aging (NJFA) works with a variety of partners to highlight the essential safety net programs for low income seniors. These programs make the difference when seniors are faced with the daily challenge of paying the rent or buying food, […]
Vulnerable Groups Linked by Need for Affordable Housing
Vulnerable Groups Linked by Need for Affordable Housing The NJ Foundation for Aging (NJFA) recognizes that aging friendly and age sensitive issues are in reality ageless. In this spirit NJFA works with many partners including the Anti Poverty Network (APN).¬† This organization represents a wide array of groups and concerns. The intersection or cross tracking […]
NJFA’s 16th Annual Conference
NJFA will hold its 16th Annual Conference on Wednesday, June 11th at the Crowne Plaza Monroe. The 2014 Keynote Speaker Jo Ivey Boufford, MD President of¬† The New York Academy of Medicine.¬†Dr. Boufford will talk about the Age-friendly NYC initiative.¬† Age-friendly NYC has consulted with thousands of older adults and enacted hundreds of low-cost improvements […]
How to get your Credit Report
We‚Äôve all seen those funny commercials for credit reports and have probably read articles in magazines urging us to get our yearly free credit report. However, have you ever wondered why you need it? Or how to go about getting it? And how to avoid scams posing as free credit report services? Well, let‚Äôs try […]
What do you need to know?
What do you need to know? Are you looking for information on Veteran‚Äôs Benefits? Utility Assistance? Do you have questions about transportation? Are you interested in a new form of exercise? These interesting topics and many more are available by watching, Aging Insights on YouTube. Aging Insights is a ¬? hour TV program that is […]