"Making Aging Positive": Hartford Grantee Linda Fried Writes in the Atlantic
Hartford grantee Linda Fried recently published an article in The Atlantic about "Making Aging Positive." With the average life expectancy increased by 30 years between 1900 and 2000 in the United States, older adults are now the fastest growing demographic of our population.
Hartford grantee Linda Fried recently published an article in The Atlantic about "Making Aging Positive." With the average life expectancy increased by 30 years between 1900 and 2000 in the United States, older adults are now the fastest growing demographic of our population.
However, the dialogue surrounding aging lean towards a negative undertone rather than a positive one. Through her experience and research, Fried found that maintaining a positive perspective on aging, especially for older adults, proved especially beneficial from a psychological and physicological standpoint.
"We are a species wired to feel needed, respected, and purposeful," she writes. "The absence of those qualities is actually harmful to our health, as public health and social scientists have demonstrated."
With this in mind, Fried started with now CEO and founder Encore.org a new high-impact social model for senior volunteering. The program, Experience Corps, now operates in 23 cities and several countries.
To read the full article about Fried's findings and work with Experince Corps, head over to The Atlantic.
