Age-Friendly Blog
This blog reports on New Jersey’s expanding age-friendly movement and examines new trends and programs to improve the housing, transportation, health and social connectivity needs of older adults and the overall livability of communities in the Garden State.
Goodbye and Thanks to a Pioneering Age-Friendly Advocate
One of the founders of the Age-Friendly NJ alliance – Renie Rich Carniol – retired from her longtime post as director of the Grotta Fund for Older Adults last month, leaving behind a legacy of progress on aging issues at the local and state levels. Carniol was...
A Year of Monumental Advances for Aging Advocates
The age-friendly movement in New Jersey deepened and widened in 2025, so much so that our alliance is starting the New Year with a new name, greater statewide impact, stronger advocacy partnerships and an expanded role in mentoring new community leaders. Our...
Rutgers Report Details Launch of NJ’s Age-Friendly Grant Program
A state-sponsored grant program has sparked new age-friendly efforts across the Garden State, helping this decade-long movement in New Jersey take root this year in big cities, suburban counties and rural hamlets, a new report details. The report from the Rutgers...
Event to Explore the Age-Friendly Role of Public Libraries
Most local libraries have a children’s librarian, but what about a staff member who specializes in older adult services? Most partner with local schools but how many think to actively collaborate with their local senior centers or over-55 living communities? ...
Age-Friendly Ridgewood’s New Guide Offers Helpful Tools
A common flaw in many “how-to” guides is devoting too much time and space on the “why’ instead of the “how.” The Municipal Toolkit for Building an Age-Friendly Community written and published this spring by the leaders of Age-Friendly Ridgewood doesn’t make that...
New Campaign Hopes to Get Candidates for Governor Focused on Aging Topics
Age-friendly progress requires buy-in from the highest levels of state government. That’s why the organizations back-boning the Age-Friendly North Jersey alliance are also among the leaders of a new public relations campaign to make population aging a priority...
Teaching about Transportation Options is Vital to Age-Friendly Work
Giving up driving in a car-centric state like New Jersey is a tricky undertaking – and not just for older adults surrendering the keys - but also for the family caregivers, aging services providers and local officials trying to steer them to alternatives. “People...
A Year of Age-Friendly Successes and Strides in New Jersey
A new year is a time to take stock of how far you’ve come and what’s ahead. Our Age-Friendly North Jersey alliance greets 2025 with a newly designed website, new community members, expanded partnerships at the regional and state level and new and encouraging signs...
Building Age-Friendly Community Ties One Repair at A Time
On a recent Saturday afternoon, dozens of residents filed into a community center in South Orange with lamps, bicycles, stereos, jewelry, guitars, clothing, small furniture and assorted household bric-a-brac, all in various states of disrepair. Tables lined the...
New Age-Friendly Community Center Opening in Teaneck
The goal of age-friendly community work is to achieve lasting impact. The leaders of Age-Friendly Teaneck are celebrating a concrete sign of community progress with the opening this month of a new community center that will serve as a hub of new age-friendly...