Format: Webinar, original date March 28, 2019
Hosted by: Infopeople, as part of the California State
Library Mental Health Initiative webinar series, Where Compassion Meets
Action
Length: 1 hour
The Administration on Aging projects that in 2030, 72.1 million people
65 years or older will live in our country, more than twice the number
in 2000. The Alzheimer’s Association also reports that more than five
million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s disease, and that this
number could boom as high as sixteen million in 2050. How does this
growing demographic affect libraries, and what library services and
programming can we provide to target this population? In this webinar,
David J. Kelsey and Lynda Spraner of the St. Charles Public Library’s
Outreach Services Team, share how they developed all original older
adult programming with an emphasis on education, engagement,
stimulating the senses, incorporating technology, and having fun. Their
team presents more than twenty-five programs a month that reach over
three hundred older adults. They discuss how to discover and
develop ideas to better serve this growing demographic, no matter the
library, community, or budget.
Presented by: David J. Kelsey and Lynda Spraner
