More than 80 agencies statewide signed a letter last month asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to create a Master Plan for Aging, something of a state road map for addressing issues faced by the state’s rapidly aging population.
More than 80 agencies statewide signed a letter last month asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to create a Master Plan for Aging, something of a state road map for addressing issues faced by the state’s rapidly aging population.
The Democrat and Chronicle has a rich history of hosting community discussions.
Such events presenting multiple views on pressing issues facing Rochester and Monroe County have taken place in schools, in community centers and in our own building.
The coronavirus pandemic put such in-person gatherings on hold, unfortunately. What s emerged since has been a series of video chat discussions involving Rochesterians on a variety of relevant topics since early 2020.
In just the past month or so, the D&C has organized two such virtual sessions, one on Zoom about caregiving needs in Rochester and one on Streamyard launching a new project we re calling Revisiting the Rochester Narrative.
Created: December 21, 2020 04:27 PM
Editor s Note: This story was produced through the New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations and universities dedicated to rigorous and compelling reporting about responses to social problems. The group is supported by the Solutions Journalism Network.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) The first thing you notice when you meet Tim O’Neill is that his hazel eyes smile, forming warm half-moons just above the disposable mask the pandemic necessitates.
O’Neill is a retired superintendent of Tompkins Seneca Tioga BOCES, and he believes his volunteer work is not unlike the job that once paid his mortgage. Both allow him to touch lives in both small and extraordinarily meaningful ways.
Created: December 18, 2020 06:50 PM
Editor s Note: This story was produced through the New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations and universities dedicated to rigorous and compelling reporting about responses to social problems. The group is supported by the Solutions Journalism Network.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Rochester has a greater percentage of residents over the age of 65 than any city in New York state.
And for months, I, along with journalists from nine other media organizations across Western New York have been looking for caregiving solutions. It s aptly called Solutions Journalism.
I found a workable solution an hour west on I-90 in Buffalo. It s a non-profit called Canopy of Neighbors.