by Sarita Aguilar | Sep 29, 2020 | Aging Resources, GERO Student Focus, Pruett Gerontology Center
The idea behind the Adopt-a-Grandparent program is a simple one: to show the love of Christ to a group of people who often feel marginalized, abandoned, and lonely. Many senior citizens who live in independent-living or assisted-living facilities are there because...
by Dulce Holtzclaw | Feb 24, 2020 | GERO Student Focus
This year Pruett Gerontology Center at ACU proudly co-hosted the 2020 Abilene Senior Health Expo Event and Town Hall Lunch! The expo catered to about 325 older adults and others with an interest in aging, featuring a diverse group of vendors all catering to the...
by Sarita Aguilar | Jan 31, 2020 | GERO Student Focus, Uncategorized
Inter-generational experiences has become a sight that is not commonly seen. This is partly due to how unfamiliar this idea is, especially to those in the younger generations. If you have not been exposed to spending time with our older population, interacting with...
by Ashlyn Byrd | Oct 3, 2018 | archived, GERO Student Focus
This Healthcare Meet Up is brought to you by the West Central Texas Career Consortium (Abilene Christian University, Angelo State University, Cisco College, Hardin Simmons University, Howard Payne University and McMurry University). The event is for freshman who are...
by Helen Teague | Apr 23, 2018 | GERO Student Focus, Images of Aging
Now it is time for our Images of Aging contest winners to tell “the rest of the story” about their photograph! Over the next few days our student photographers give their extended caption for the photos they submitted to our contest! Here is the...
by Helen Teague | Aug 21, 2017 | GERO Student Focus, Pruett Gerontology Center
National Senior Citizens Day and the Solar Eclipse Converge #SolarEclipse2017 today August 21, 2017. National Senior Citizens Day #seniorcitizensday spotlights the active lives and significant contributions that older adults make in their communities...
