Aging Alone Together
Aging Alone Together® is DOROT’s flagship program for solo agers—individuals who expect to age or make decisions about their future independently. Over the course of six weeks, you will join a community of solo agers in person or online to learn positive, practical ways to prepare for your future.
Program Type: Solo Aging Aging Well
Age Group: Adults 60+
Frequency: Weekly Recurring Limited Series
Program Access: Online At DOROT (Manhattan) At DOROT (Westchester) Out in the Community
Ready to Join Us?
If you’re 60+ and identify as a solo ager, you’ll find community, resources, and information when you participate in Aging Alone Together.
Volunteer
We are looking for older adults with strong facilitation skills to serve as discussion group leaders, either in person or online.
About Aging Alone together
Aging Alone Together® is a six-week program for adults 60+ who identify as solo agers. Sessions are held in person or online via Zoom. We offer information and resources on strengthening your social and support networks, preparing your home for aging in place, considerations for making a move, advance care planning, and legal and financial matters.
Short videos feature experts and solo agers who share their experiences and strategies to work through barriers. Small group discussions with other solo agers are facilitated by a trained discussion leader and provide opportunities for reflection, discussing resources, and sharing experiences.
Aging Alone Together will help you:
- Define your solo aging priorities.
- Acquire strategies to meet your goals.
- Build and maintain community as you age.
- Examine challenges unique to solo aging.
- Recognize that you are not alone in your solo aging journey.
As a participant, you will receive our Aging Alone Together Workbook and Resource Guide, which feature tools to set priorities and plan actionable next steps. Following the six sessions, DOROT offers educational and social networking opportunities for Aging Alone Together alumni.
I’m a Solo Ager
Hear from solo agers in their own words, along with insights from facilitators of Aging Alone Together and experts on the solo aging experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
It helps just that somebody’s acknowledging the fact there are so many of us. I’m not the only one.
Become a Partner Organization
Would you like to offer Aging Alone Together to your community? We work with hospitals, houses of worship, community centers, government agencies, and other organizations that serve older adults throughout the country. Both in-person and virtual options are available.
Email agingalonetogether@dorotusa.org to learn more.
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Thank you
DOROT is grateful to the funders who have generously supported our Aging Alone Together programs: The EGL Charitable Foundation, Mother Cabrini Foundation, The Sephardic Foundation on Aging, and The Susan Klingenstein Family Foundation. We would also like to thank the solo agers we have met over the years who inspire and inform the Aging Alone Together curriculum.