How senior centers ensure Chicago’s older adults ‘don’t get comfortable with isolation’ - WBEZ Chicago

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Original Load Date May 5, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Last Updated May 5, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
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Social isolation [ _can increase seniors’ risk of developing dementia_ ][1] , stroke and heart disease. **** But Chicago advocates say the services, classes and resources that senior centers offer can act as preventative care and as an alternative to social isolation being an inevitability. _In the...