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Two waiting lists for affordable housing in northern New Jersey are opening up for new applications.
The Housing Authority of Bergen County will be accepting pre-applications for its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program over a five-day period this month, beginning Monday, Jan. 14, through Friday, Jan. 18.
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12/20/2018 0 Comments Having Second Thoughts About Your Medicare Decision? You May be Able to Make a Change The New Year brings some changes to Medicare that are aimed at making it easier for beneficiaries to switch plans if they decide they want to pick a different Medicare Advantage plan or return to traditional Medicare.
In the past, new and current enrollees in Medicare had faced more limitations if they wanted to make a change Age-Friendly Teaneck has sparked a lot of conversations. About housing, transportation, health, quality of life and ultimately about this essential question: How do we make sure the Township is a place where people can live at all ages and stages of life in safety, comfort and dignity?
11/27/2018 0 Comments Need financial assistance or other help? The Township is making it easier for you to find it. The Teaneck Department of Health and Human Services recently relocated its social services offices to the 2nd Floor of the Richard Rodda Center. Officials believe the widely used recreation center will be a more convenient location for residents than the previous office located inside the municipal complex.
11/21/2018 0 Comments Ohio State University Study Examines Intergenerational Programming Improvements
11/20/2018 0 Comments Harvard Study Offers More Evidence that Housing is a Key Challenge for Older Adults More than half of US households are now headed by someone 50 or over, according to a new report released in November by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. The living arrangements, financial resources, health, and functional abilities of those households will present serious challenges in the years to come. The new report, which supplements the Center’s annual State of the Nation’s Housing report, cautions that baby boomers, who will soon begin turning 80, will increasingly need more accessible and supportive housing than currently available. It also warns that many households in their 50s and early 60s may not be financially prepared for retirement. Fewer of these households are homeowners or have built the wealth of their predecessors at the same age.
Read More: Housing America's Older Adults 2018 11/14/2018 0 Comments New Online Application Can Assist Seniors and the Disabled in Applying for Assistance The New Jersey Division of Aging Services in November launched NJSave, a new online application to help older and disabled residents with low-incomes save money on Medicare premiums, prescription costs, and other living expenses.
An older resident is ailing and can no longer shower or cook a meal without help. An exhausted caregiver is reaching the breaking point, but there’s little money to pay for outside help.
In each scenario, the need for elder care assistance is getting desperate – but the task of trying to find it can feel About three dozen people - a mix of older residents, community advocates and Township decision-makers - turned out on October 9 for a "Senior Walkability Workshop."
The event, sponsored by Age-Friendly Teaneck, the Township and the New Jersey Department of Transportation, 10/1/2018 0 Comments Historical Society Seeks to Bring Future Generations Together By Studying the Past A retired fire chief, a used-book store owner, a celebrated civil rights activist, a former mayor and a chamber of commerce president. A cross-section of community leaders has turned their love of the township into a common cause – the establishment of the Teaneck Historical Society.
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Who We Are Age-Friendly Teaneck formed in 2016 with this mission in mind: A great place to grow up should be a great place to grow old. Archives
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