Aging King County

Joel Domingo of the ADS Advisory Council writes: If you are new to this journey of advocacy, summer is a great time to start!

Whether it is enjoying a walk, attending a local event, or checking out a new program such as adaptive biking, each activity is a chance to connect with your community and with what is possible.

Advocacy 101: How Advocacy Is Opening Up Summer for Everyone - AgeWise King County Here in the Pacific Northwest, summer has a way of making things feel a little lighter. The days stretch out, neighborhoods feel vibrant (case in point with the World Cup), and there are more chances to get out and enjoy all the different things that our area offers. For older adults, this season ca...

At a recent Civic Coffee event, attendees learned that the hardest part of end-of-life planning is figuring out what you want. Next, all you need to do is communicate it.

In the latest edition of AgeWise King County, Sonali Agarwal of Age Friendly Seattle explains that planning now will let you approach the idea of dying with contentment that you will die the way you want to. Plus it will provide your loved ones with some peace of mind.

Civic Coffee Recap: End-of-Life Planning - AgeWise King County How can we plan ahead for our end-of-life with confidence? This was a question explored in Age Friendly Seattle and The Seattle Public Library’s May Civic Coffee event on end-of-life planning. The panel featured insights from Reed Longyear’s associate attorney Emily Tyson-Shu, Known Wishes consu...

Regular AgeWise King County contributor Katy G. Wilkens has some recipes for easy, healthy stir-fry dishes, plus some tricks to decrease their sodium content.

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Age Friendly Seattle intern Sonali Agarwal recaps a recent Civic Coffee event about AI:

"The potential of AI is scary. In some ways, it feels as if the sci-fi movies are coming true. However, educating ourselves to keep us safe from personalized phishing attempts, deepfake videos of loved ones, and online misinformation is something we can all do."

Civic Coffee Recap: Forecasting Our AI Future - AgeWise King County Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. This was a joke that Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered assistant, told me when prompted to “tell me a joke.” It turns out that no engineer is able to tell me why Copilot told me this specific joke. AI models are trained to respo...