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Grantmaking

The Silver Century Foundation provides grants to efforts that combat ageism. We are proud to have supported these projects, among others:

  • The 2017 PBS documentary, Coming of Age in Aging America
  • The Senior Mentor/Home Visit Program at the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • The research that produced The New Jersey Elder Economic Security Index: Addressing Basic Needs

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Quizzes

How much do you know about aging?

Take our quizzes to find out. What you learn from them may surprise you.

KFF Health News

New Help for Dealing With Aggression in People With Dementia

This website offers free training for managing this difficult aspect of cognitive decline.

Arts

Cinema

  • Solitary Man - Nearly seven years ago, NYC car salesman extraordinaire Ben Kalmen (Michael Douglas) had everything. Then it all crumbled.
  • Nyad - In 1978, Diana Nyad fails to swim from Cuba to Florida, a 110-mile ordeal in shark-infested waters. Years pass. Celebrity has dimmed.

Fiction

  • Sandwich - Sandwich is an apt title for this heartwarming read. Rocky and Nick are in that place in life where they are sandwiched between grown children and older parents
  • The Widsters - Widowed sisters (widsters) Cardi Cooper and Tuney Thompson set out on a bus tour of Iowa in an attempt to cope with the recent loss of their husbands.

Nonfiction

Children’s Books