PROJECT HEAL

Project H.E.A.L (Health Education and Aging Literacy) is BRIDGE’s culturally tailored community outreach initiative to empower older adults in Brooklyn to pursue healthy aging behaviors and practices to reduce disease, disability, and injury.

What is Project H.E.A.L?

A community outreach program that provides health education to help older adults in Brooklyn learn about healthy aging.

Focuses on preventing sickness, disability, and injuries, and supports you in staying healthy and active.

Project H.E.A.L’s Mission:

Provide easy-to-understand health information for all older adults in Brooklyn.
Offer tips and strategies to help everyone age healthily—no matter your income, background, or abilities.
Work with local partners (like older adult centers) to address challenges that might make it hard for older adults to live their best lives.

Key Activities:

HEALTHY AGING TALKS

Bi-weekly healthy aging education talks with our community partners. Our talks include a broad range of topics related to our 4M Framework (i.e., What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility)

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4Ms CHAMPIONS PROGRAM

We propose to educate and train a cohort of older adults (4Ms Champions) at each center on how to promote age and dementia-friendly care.

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INTERGENERATIONAL
LEARNING COLLABORATIVE

A special program bringing together older adults and students from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University to foster understanding between generations, share knowledge, and address age-related stereotypes.