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LinkAges: Building bridges between children and the elderly

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The LinkAge pilot has been launched full of expectations for the future, not only for the children and older people who participate directly in the classroom activities, but also for its potential to inspire. Every effort has been made to create a program based on principles of early childhood education that can be applied in developing countries around the world. The pilot will serve as a proving ground for this concept and should establish that development activities can be transferred more readily once they have been tested and fine-tuned in an appropriate Third World setting.

For more information about the development work of SSM*BRIDGES, please write to:

Mr. Anthony Fernández

SSM*BRIDGES

St. Claire Medical Center Riverside

Denville, NJ 07834

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  1. the SSM*BRIDGES International Center on Aging, Denville, New Jersey

    Antonio Fernández-Pereiro M.D. (Executive Director)

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A pilot program will demonstrate to the developing world that preschoolers can learn reading readiness—and much more—from older teachers and community members.

Mr. Fernández is an expert in the field of health and human services planning and implementation with significant expertise in working within developing countries. As part of his responsibilities with SSM*BRIDGES, he oversees the operations of its programs in the Dominican Republic, the Fundación SSM de la Republica Dominicana and the “Dr. Eduardo and Julia Alvarez Latin American Center for the Third Age” to be established in the City of Santiago, DR.

Melba Sánchez-Ayéndez, Ph.D., is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Gerontology at SSM*BRIDGES, and works as Director of Programs for the Center. She holds a Doctorate in Anthropology with a specialization in Social Gerontology. Dr. Sánchez is a Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, where she has held the position of Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. She is a Consultant to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and member of the editorial committee for PAHO’s bookLa Salud de los Ancianos: Desafío para la Década de los Noventa.

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Fernández-Pereiro, A., Sánchez-Ayéndez, M. LinkAges: Building bridges between children and the elderly. Ageing International 19, 10–14 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02680731

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