This month, as is every May, is Older Americans Month (OAM). The goals of the designation are: to recognize older Americans’ contributions; to highlight aging trends; and to reaffirm commitments to serving the older adults in our communities. This year’s OAM theme is “Powered by Connection”, with the focal question of: “what impact do meaningful connections have on the well-being and health of older adults”? These meaningful connections, if achieved, serve to alleviate the very damaging conditions of social isolation and loneliness.
To commemorate OAM, we seek in this month’s regional snapshot to explore the presence and extent of the above conditions in Atlanta, and also profile existing and pending programs put in place to make the connections to mitigate them.
For the snapshot findings and policy descriptions, please review this slide deck or click through the slideshare that follows!