[Isl] If you missed Karen Fingerman's talk on the role of weaker social ties on aging, watch it on ISL's web page

[Willard Edmonds]

[cid:image001.jpg at 01D6FBC3.76508030]

If you missed Karen Fingerman’s talk yesterday on the role of weaker social ties in aging, you can catch it here: https://isl.fsu.edu/article/watch-karen-fingermans-talk-role-weaker-social-ties-aging.

The Institute for Successful Longevity co-sponsored the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy’s inaugural Dempsey Barron Endowed Lecture by Fingerman, Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences and Co-Director of the Aging and Longevity Center at The University of Texas at Austin.

The extensive literature on social integration shows that older adults who interact with a wide array of social partners live longer with better cognitive, physical and emotional health. The benefits of close and intimate social partners (e.g., spouse, child, friend) have been widely investigated, but we know little about less close relationships (e.g., neighbor, religious community, acquaintance, service provider). Fingerman's talk describes multiple ways in which "weaker" ties contribute to well-being.

Bill Edmonds, Ph.D.
Institute for Successful Longevity
Florida State University
850-933-7960
btedmond at fsu.edu<mailto:btedmond at fsu.edu>

  [cid:image001.png at 01D47128.6CBD68D0]

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.fsu.edu/pipermail/isl/attachments/20210205/584b508e/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 84925 bytes
Desc: image001.jpg
URL: <http://lists.fsu.edu/pipermail/isl/attachments/20210205/584b508e/attachment.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.png
Type: image/png
Size: 54997 bytes
Desc: image002.png
URL: <http://lists.fsu.edu/pipermail/isl/attachments/20210205/584b508e/attachment.png>