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Life Options/LifeLinks

In recent years, study after study has shown that attitudes about retirement are changing markedly.  The stereotypes of rocking chairs on porches and shuffleboard courts in “adult” communities have been giving way to expectations for second careers and the pursuit of long-held dreams.
 
Recognizing this trend and our desire to value the resource of older adults in our community, the Lehigh Valley Alliance on Aging used Civic Ventures’ Life Options Blueprint to expand access to meaningful and self-directed choices for work, service, lifelong learning and community connections for older adults in the Lehigh Valley. 
 
Through this initiative, LVAA increased the awareness of meaningful and self-directed choices for work, service, lifelong learning, and community connections at educational “Life Links Seminar Series” for over 500 older adults in our community.  Of those completing surveys, 57% planned to take action by pursuing at least one of the components of the education.