KINGSTON, R.I. - The University of Rhode Island is hosting an Aging and Health Week, where students can mingle, and learn about, older adults.
On Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Memorial Union, 50 Lower College Road, older adults and URI students will mix it up in Generation Swap, an opportunity for students to meet, learn from, inspire and be inspired by a new generation of older adults.
The program will be coordinated by Emily Anastasia, a sixth-year pharmacy student who just completed an eight-day stay as a resident at South Bay Retirement Living in South Kingstown.
Another event on Wednesday will be a talk by Tim Carpenter, "Transforming Community: The Art of Active Aging" at The 2013 Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology and Geriatrics in Edwards Hall Auditorium, 64 Upper College Road.
Carpenter is the founder and executive director of EngAGE, a nonprofit that takes a whole-person approach to creative and healthy aging by providing arts, wellness, lifelong learning, community building and intergenerational programs to thousands of seniors living in affordable senior apartment communities in Southern California.