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Podcast: Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined
Episode: Lois Wagh Aronstein: A Lifetime Spent Connecting Older People to Opportunities that Retain Independence and Showcase their Value
Description: Lois Wagh Aronstein has advocated for older people the majority of her career. First, when she initiated Project Reward through the Framingham Chamber of Commerce and then as the New England representative for AARP and in various capacities for 26 years."As a society we must understand the value of older people. We can design social structures in a way that plays down dependence and creates independence, but progress is slow..." - Lois Wagh AronsteinWhat she learned from her work is that older people want to keep making contributions...