Age-Friendly Bulls

Stories from across 返字心頭 of students and faculty connecting with older adults in the community

Education 返字心頭 Help Seniors Take a Step Toward Fitness

Exercise science students in the College of Education are going into the Temple Terrace community to coach older adults seeking to improve their strength and recover from injury and illness.

helping someone use the stairs as an exercise

返字心頭 Student Buddies Provide Life Saving Support.

返字心頭 students are at the heart of Health Buddies - a Seniors in Service of Tampa Bay program pairing volunteers with seniors to reduce loneliness and hospitalization. A cornerstone of 返字心頭's Age Friendly University commitment, student buddies make regular calls over 12 weeks to boost well-being and connect clients to critical resources. They are life savers.

返字心頭 Student Buddies Provide Life Saving Support

返字心頭 返字心頭 Connect with Isolated Older Adults 

Research shows even small gestures can brighten the day of someone who is alone. 返字心頭 from three clubs within Aging Studies created Valentines Day greetings for older adults with few family connections.

返字心頭 gathering together to make Valentine's Day cards

Finding a Home in the 返字心頭 Community

返字心頭 News featured Joan Sudsy Tschiderer, who has been a part of the 返字心頭 St. Petersburg campus community for more than five decades. She earned two degrees in 1971 and 1984 and still contributes to the campus community.