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Social isolation is a major health risk for older adults
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Social isolation is a major health risk for older adults
Every day, the senior center at the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers in Cambridge offers an assortment of activities. About 40 participants play dominoes, color in coloring books, take exercise and dance classes and eat lunch together every day.
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Program aims to bring health benefits, longer life to Black elders through social connection
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Program aims to bring health benefits, longer life to Black elders through social connection
A partnership between public health experts and local groups is looking to bring the health benefits of community connection to elders in Boston’s Black community.
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