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Our shared pandemic has directed a spotlight on the quality of life for seniors who are so near and dear to us in our communities. Recently, we have seen several articles discussing senior living, as the past year has helped demonstrate the generational gap in the adoption of technologies. Not long ago, many of us ...

The “unretirement” of older adults is good news for business; especially as the economy begins to recover from the pandemic and the demand increases for the recruitment of new workers in a tight labor market. In fact, according to a March 2021 report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), workers aged 55 and over will account for all of ...

Throughout the ups and downs of the last year, Goodwill of the Finger Lakes could count on one thing: Jennifer Lake would be there to steer the agency through the storm. “To have a central place for the community to ...

Local senior living communities are taking steps to transition to a post-pandemic future and, going forward, are including some practices that were adopted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Paul Bartlett, vice president of senior housing at St. John’s Home, says ...

A controversial interpretation of the country’s “public charge rule” has ended with the Biden administration, bringing a collective sigh of relief to both immigrants and their attorneys. “Technically speaking, the public charge rule has not ended. It’s a cornerstone of ...

Mike Evans is nothing if not passionate about his neighborhood. As the new executive director of the South East Area Coalition, Evans is working diligently on partnerships and collaborations that will help not only the area of Rochester his organization ...

A year ago, Elaine Spaull would never have guessed that she would have crews renovating a building to be used as a safe space for kids just a couple of hundred yards from Center for Youth’s Monroe Avenue administrative site. ...

Every business and nonprofit organization has been affected by the pandemic that took the world by storm nearly a year ago, and each of them has had to make sacrifices or change the way they do business and interact with ...

During the COVID lockdown I delivered a box of food to Esther, 91, in Irondequoit. I knew from the intake paper her income was about $1,100 a month. Small and slightly bent, she couldn’t handle the heavy box of food, ...

Wellness has been playing an increasingly important role at senior living facilities, and the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted its popularity and importance, field experts say. “Wellness has evolved into such an important part of our community,” says Lloyd Theiss, executive ...

As Episcopal SeniorLife Communities shifted its health and wellness initiative to fully online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Courtney McGinness, vice president of marketing and community engagement for ESLC, says that this shift has broken down barriers between the ESLC’s ...

In 2019, the city of Rochester, working with numerous internal and external stakeholders, put together a comprehensive plan, a nearly 500-page document that addresses six initiative areas that was designed to enable the region to realize its full potential. Rochester ...

A collaborative effort between Home Leasing and Episcopal SeniorLife Communities is meeting an underserved — and growing — need in the region. The Gardens at Penfield Square and its neighbor, Ashley Woods, will provide 184 targeted housing units for seniors as part ...

During the first wave of COVID-19 in the spring of this year, assisted living communities across New York state reacted swiftly and comprehensively to minimize the spread of the virus within. Adult Care Facilities were mandated to test all staff ...

Students in the Rochester City School District continue to trail their counterparts statewide in third-grade English language arts proficiency, high school graduation rates and kindergarten readiness, an annual report from ROC the Future shows. ROC the Future, a nonprofit alliance ...

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