Aging: Mental Health

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The Value of Community Gardens: Mental Health Impact

Julia SirchiaMay 16th, 2024What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about community gardens? You may be picturing a patch of land dedicated to growing fruits and veggies collaboratively, or a collection of individual plots. And you would be correct. But if you take a closer look, you’ll see much more than plants, these […]

What is Mental Health ?

Morgan RothMay 9th, 2024Written By Angelika Keene, Community Development Agent May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and since the pandemic, a lot more people, organizations, etc., have been starting to have conversations about mental health. But what is mental health, what are the barriers to it, and what can we do to improve it? According to the World […]

Aging Healthy: Maintaining Our Mental Health

Maria Portelos-RometoMay 7th, 2024In our last Aging Healthy series post, we talked about visiting our healthcare providers and the importance of regular office visits. Today, we’ll focus on mental health. As we age and go into retirement, we sometimes find ourselves losing—or perhaps entirely without—daily connections to the world. We might no longer have a job that keeps […]