By 2030, 20 percent of New York’s population will be older than 60. Here and around the world, the victory of longer life expectancy comes with unprecedented challenges for the social safety net. New York is starting to grapple with them now.
The city offers a menu of mental-health services for seniors. But funding and services are uneven at the city’s senior centers and neighborhood resources can determine what mental-health care seniors receive.
A new book released by the transit advocacy group Riders Alliance on Thursday details the experiences of Bronx seniors as they traverse the bus system.
The city is aging, and its older population includes many thousands of people who have never learned English, posing a large challenge to society that current resources are ill-equipped to solve.
A team of students from the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY spent a day talking to senior citizens in the Bronx, where—as in the rest of the city—a grayer future is coming.
New York state’s prison population is getting smaller. It is also getting older.
‘Imagine if everyone, young and old alike, came together to protest the way older adults are treated.’
The city is taking several steps to shore up housing options for aging New Yorkers. The question is whether those moves will offset the displacement pressures many feel.
Because so little of the subway system is accessible to the mobility impaired, buses play a vital role for people living with disabilities or aging New Yorkers who have trouble navigating stairs. But crowding and delays affect those riders even more than others.
During the holiday season, many readers may be visiting senior family members or friends—and that’s a good time to check on their well-being.
The fact that New York City’s future will be grayer doesn’t mean the city will look a massive old-age home. But there will be significant impacts and challenges.