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Aging Alone Together

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: Friday, August 26th, 2022

Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Self-Care Exercise: Storytelling with Thelma Ruffin Thomas, Artistic Director of the Pearls, DOROT’s Pearls of Wisdom

Open Space: Reframing Impact & Actions

Presentation: Aging Alone Together

Description: Join us as we learn about the ways in which DOROT has been working with solo agers through its Aging Alone, Together program. We’ll share some of our best practices and takeaways, hear anecdotes from past participants, and learn how you can get involved in future workshops.

Speaker: Claire Solomon Nisen, LMSW, MPH, Manager, Lasting Impressions | DOROT

Join us to gain:

  • Best practices and tools for solo agers

  • An understanding of DOROT’s Aging Alone, Together workshop

  • More information about additional DOROT programs, and how to get your clients involved

Guidelines for Virtual Participation: 

  • Overall, we encourage attendees’ cameras/audio to be enabled during the discussion segments of the agenda.

  • During the presentation, we encourage the use of chat box to share contact information, updates, and resources, as well as questions and comments for our speakers.

  • After the presentation, we encourage attendees to unmute themselves or utilize the chat box for Q&A.