Tag: Spence

SHARING WISDOM: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO MATTERS OF HEALTH AND WEALTH AS WE AGE. L. Duncan, UF/ IFAS Extension Sumter County, L. Spence, UF/IFAS Extension Marion County, M. Wilchcombe, UF/IFAS Extension Lake County.

Posted: April 15, 2019

Situation: AARP reports one in eight Americans who are over the age of 65 are the fastest growing segment of the aging population. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, in 2030 one in five Americans will be over… Read More

Category: Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Relationships & Family, Work & Life

Tags: 2019, 2019 UF/IFAS Central District Symposium, Duncan, Family & Consumer Sciences, FCS, Spence, UF/IFAS Extension Lake County, Wilchcombe

LONELINESS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. L. Spence, UF/IFAS

by nladd

Posted: April 15, 2019

Situation: As we age, it’s natural for friendship connections to shrink. Considering health, mobility, and other constraints, initiating new networks is more difficult. Compounding loneliness, partners, friends, and family become infirm, die or move away. In 2012, a… Read More

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life

Tags: 2019, 2019 UF/IFAS Central District Symposium, Family & Consumer Sciences, FCS, health, Mobility, Spence, UF/IFAS Extension Marion County

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