Boots on the Ground Workgroup Meeting

LiveOn NY’s Boots on the Ground Workgroup is a monthly, solution-focused space for direct aging service professionals and other programs and services to share resources, information, innovative ideas, and network with other professionals in an effort to collectively continue serving older New Yorkers. Learn more here.

Date: Friday, August 27th, 2021

Time: 11:00am-12:00pm

Self-Care Exercise: Culinary Demonstration with Chef Jillian Mariscal from Plant Powered Metro New York. Let’s be ready to cook, Yum, yum!

Table Talk: Reframing Aging Action Corner with LiveOn NY. Hear from our team about the Reframing Aging Initiative — a new initiative to shift the way New Yorkers understand aging and older people — and how you might get involved.

Topic Presentation: Adding Life to Our Years with Evidence-Based Nutrition

Speaker: Lianna Levine Reisner, President & Network Director | Plant Powered Metro New York; Karin Ouchida, MD | Weill Cornell Medicine / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Description: What if we could reverse the scourge of chronic disease and improve our aging experience? Even as advances in technology and modern living have added years to our lives, there is a marked decline in health due to our choice of eating. Plant Powered Metro New York leaders and Weill Cornell geriatrician, Karin Ouchida, MD, will present a hopeful base of nutrition science that provides clear guidance in eating for vibrant aging -- and how you can take the next step to create evidence-based food cultures.

For more information on Plant Powered Metro New York, click here.