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Philadelphia Corporation for Aging - All About Aging in Philadelphia - 215 765 9040

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Save the Date for PCA’s 2012
M. Powell Lawton Conference on Urban Aging & Award Luncheon: Monday, March 26 from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.at Loews Philadelphia Hotel.

Features ‘Aging in Community: Three Models’ and Lawton Award presented to Fredda Vladeck. Register Now »

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  • August 2007

August 2007

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August 2007 Articles:
  • Health 
  • Human Interest
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  • Nostalgia
  • General Interest

State’s waiver program can help you remain
in home you love
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By Marcia Z. Siegal

Ellen Dervin describes,
in three words, what her care program means to her:

It’s a lifesaver.”   

Full Story

 

The goal of her Generations on Line
is internet literacy MS_Aug07_GoL.jpgfor older people

By Ann L. Rappoport

Are you one of the more than 21 million older Americans who won’t use the Internet?
You have good reasons, and they’ve been studied — and overcome — by Tobey Gordon Dichter, founder and CEO of the non-profit award-winning program, Generations on Line (GoL). Full Story

 

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02.05.12 : Family Arts Academy: Love is in the Details, Valentine's Day Cards

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Philadelphia Corporation for Aging is a non-profit organization designated since 1973 as Philadelphia County’s Area Agency on Aging.

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for older adults through programs, services, information, research and advocacy.

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