To better serve Wyoming communities with aging populations, the University of Wyoming Extension recently launched a new website.
Known as AGE, an acronym for Adapt, Grow, Empower, the site provides users with resources, information, and support for aging with independence, dignity, and safety.
Older adults, family members, caregivers, and community leaders can all benefit from the website. Many of the AGE site’s resources are tailored to people in Wyoming and the unique challenges that older adults face in rural communities.
“It is important that folks in Wyoming have a reliable resource to answer questions they may have and know resources have been vetted by a reliable source,” says Larissa Bonnet, Extension educator.
To receive a curated collection of local information and resources, sign up for the AGE newsletter at https://bit.ly/register-age. The newsletter is published every three months, and provides trustworthy, practical information relevant to Wyomingites.
The site is organized by UW Extension educators Bonnet, Sara Olsen, and Melissa Cook, in collaboration with members of UW Extension’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program team and associate professor Bernard Steinman.
“We are just getting started and will keep looking at ways to improve our reach and topics,” says Olsen. “Aging isn’t just a personal goal, it’s a statewide priority that touches most Wyoming families.”
Visit the new website at https://bit.ly/age-site. Contact Olsen at sara@uwyo.edu or (307) 682-7281 with questions.
