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MTA’s Access-A-Ride Not so Accessible
The MTA’s Access-A-Ride program provides transportation services for the disabled but for some patrons, its translation capacities leave much to be desired. (MTA photo, via Flickr Creative Commons...
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Dancing ‘Like a Spinning Top’ at 105
Fidel Feliciano dances with his caregiver Vernetta Darby of Throgs Neck Extended Care Facility. (Photo by José Acosta via El Diario-La Prensa) Of the 312 million U.S. residents, it is estimated that...
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NY Seniors Choose Between Pets and Loneliness
A woman walks her pooch Coqui by a city park. (Photo by Mariela Lombard via El Diario-La Prensa) For many senior citizens, their pet is their only company and becomes an important member of their...
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AIDS Preys on Older, Lonely Straight Men
Lemuel Jones in front of Martin Luther King Jr. Towers in Harlem. He took in a friend who eventually died of AIDS. (Photo by Kurumi Fukushima via NYC In Focus) For some low-income elderly residents in...
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