Service Initiatives
SCOSA Service activities seek to leverage the major resources that Stockton can offer
as a community partner through our faculty expertise and service learning students,
and through other student initiatives, clubs, and organizations. Please click on
the Educational Initiatives - Service Learning tab for more information on Service
Learning Projects.
SCOSA fully embraces Stockton University's vision as “an environmentally-responsible
learning community of engaged citizens embracing a global perspective." Working with
students, faculty, and community partners and stakeholders we have organized and presented
programs in each of the college’s four strategic themes: Learning, Engagement, Global
Perspectives and Sustainability (LEGS). We strive to encourage older adults to age successfully through vital involvements in their communities.
Brief Selected List of Aging Resources
AARP: Create The Good
Alzheimer's Association
Gray is Green
National Council on Aging (NCOA)
Other Useful Links
"Make the Call. Don't Miss the Beat!"
This campaign educates women aged 50+ on heart attacks. It states that a woman suffers a heart attack every 90 seconds in the United States. Yet only half would call 9-1-1 if they thought they were having a heart attack, and few know the most common symptoms. The campaign, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Women's Health, outlines symptoms and what to do.
Partnership for Health in Aging
A document on Multidisciplinary Competencies in the Care of Older Adults at the Completion of the Entry-level Health Professional Degree.
Healthy Aging in New Jersey
New Jersey created the "New Jersey Blueprint for Healthy Aging" as an informative tool for all New Jersey residents.
Strategies for Long-Distance Caregivers
The Simmons University School of Nursing and Health Sciences provides this useful information for primary caregivers for family members who live in different states or regions.
Caregiver's Support
Terra Nova Film's free video website focuses on the needs of family caregivers! With excerpts from over 20 videos, it shows real people in real circumstances that offer practical solutions for other caregivers who may be dealing with some of the same concerns or experiences. The topics include Home Care Basics, Emotions and Alzheimer's, Driving and Dementia, and Falls.
CaringBridge
Caring Bridge is a resource for anyone facing any health condition: big or small, acute or long term, available for as long as needed! Start a site for someone today so they can share their story and stay connected.
SCOSA's Intergenerational Service Project - Sharing Across Generations
Are you looking for a new way to provide service to our community?
Consider joining SCOSA’s Intergenerational Service Project. We’ll be pairing older adults in the community with students to work together on different service projects throughout the school year, creating lasting connections that make a positive impact on community organizations and agencies in need.
Contact Christine Ferri, PhD, SCOSA Education Chair for details.
Thoughts about Volunteering & Engagement
Purpose in Old Age
"The greatest good fortune, greater even than health, for the old person is to have his world still inhabited by projects: then, busy and useful, he escapes both from boredom and decay. The times in which he lives then remain his own, and he is not compelled to adopt the defensive and aggressive forms of behavior that are so often characteristic of the final years. His oldness passes as it were unnoticed. For this to be the case he must have committed himself to undertakings that set time at defiance."
The Coming of Age
