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Wayland, MA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: This project will support aging in place through home safety trainings for older adults. The Council will also install grab bars in several homes and attendees will receive motion-sensing night lights.

Columbus, OH

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: This project will provide bathroom modifications to older tenants living with arthritis, making their rental homes age friendly. Modifications include adding tub-mount grab bars, shower seats and toilet safety frames.

Rockledge, FL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: This project will provide home usability assessments for older adults to identify trip hazards and needed lighting and railings, among other concerns. Specialists will mitigate these issues and train participants in home safety best practices.

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Bowling Green, KY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017

Project Category: Public art installations

Description: The Western Kentucky Center for Gerontology planned a mural. The Center reached out to alumni of the Over Fifty Academy -- a group within the local Age-Friendly Bowling Green initiative -- and Companions of Respected Elders, a student group, to create the artwork.

Glasgow, KY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023

Project Category: Public space improvements to support recovery after extreme weather events

Description: This project will fund the purchase of 15 portable generators for qualifying residents with healthcare needs to use during power outages.

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