Challenges with SNAP applications for older adults What are the biggest issues older adults have with the SNAP application process? The biggest issues that older adults may have with the SNAP application process include difficulty completing the application forms,...
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Improving SNAP Access for Older Adults
Improving SNAP Access for Older Adults Blooming Health recently collaborated with the AARP Foundation to improve SNAP access. Is now an inclusive, age-friendly engagement solution and is used by 5 NYC-based community organizations. Inspired by the learnings from this...
Reflections from the USAging 2022 Conference
Reflections from the USAging 2022 Conference | A MEETING OF THE MINDS Jul 18, 2022 I had the opportunity to represent Blooming Health at our very first USAging conference in Austin, TX last week (Jul 9 - 12). Despite the 109 deg F weather (or because of it ? ), I...
Collaboration with AARP Foundation
Blooming Health is pleased to announce its collaboration with AARP Foundation to improve older adults’ access to food security benefits June 29th, 2022Today, Blooming Health proudly announces its collaboration with AARP Foundation to improve older adults’ access...
Older Adults at Home Thrive via Blooming Health
It’s 2022, and we’re still trying to figure out who is checking in on America’s most vulnerable older adults at home. Take this story for example. Your Mom, Adira, is 83 and living alone for the first time in 45 years. Dad died a few months ago, and they counted on...
Connecting Older Adults to Community
Connecting Older Adults to Community We are excited to share the launch of Blooming Health. Our mission is to solve social isolation and loneliness in older adults using the combined power of technology and community organizations. Social isolation and loneliness is...
65 is the NEW Age
65 is the NEW Age!It is time to renew our traditional worldview about the older adults. The faces of the world will look very different by 2050 as people live longer and birth rates continue to drop globally. Specifically, in the US, there will be more 65+ adults than...
Ideas for Virtual Programming
The Cycle of Life
The Cycle of Life Man is a social animal. We as human beings are inherently dependent on each other. Yet, as we become older, more often than not we are having to deal with the consequences of aging and its associated health issues alone. This isolation can simply be...