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Boots on the Ground Roundtable: Improving the Mental Health of Older Adults in the Community

Boots on the Ground Roundtable Meeting

LiveOn NY’s Boots on the Ground Roundtable (BOTGR) is a virtual, supportive, solution-driven space for direct aging service professionals and others to obtain and share resources, information, innovative ideas, and network with other professionals in an effort to stay connected and work collaboratively to continue serving older New Yorkers. Learn more here.

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Time: 11:00am-12:00pm

Mode: Zoom

Topics: NY Libraries: A Treasure for Older New Yorkers & the Non-Profits That Serve Them

Citywide Participatory Budget, Phase 3: Voting

Speakers:

  • Jo Anne Sirey, PhD. Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine

  • Isabel Rollandi, PhD. Research Coordinator, Weill Cornell Medicine

  • Jenna Gladfelter, Director of Membership, LiveOn NY

  • Kevin Kiprovski, Director of Public Policy, LiveOn NY

Description: Learn more about Weill Cornell's Do More Feel Better program, a research study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to help older adults struggling with depression, and TRIO for Successful Aging, supported by NYC Aging, which is designed to provide members of older adult centers with mental health support and evidence-based interventions for mood disorders such as depression and anxiety.

Earlier Event: May 16
29th Annual Aging Advocacy Day
Later Event: June 28
Boots on the Ground Roundtable: NY Libraries: A Treasure for Older New Yorkers & the Non Profits That Serve Them