Services for Older Adults at BPL offers inclusive programming and services tailored to our patrons over the age of 55, including lectures, films, performances and educational programs that reflect the wide interests of today’s older adults.

While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts, Zoom meetings, and streaming from our branch staff!

Virtual Programs & Classes

This fast, convenient service provides books, audiobooks and videos to people who are homebound or have a visual disability.

Books by Mail

Multi-session art workshops for patrons ages 55 and older, led by a professional teaching artist.

Creative Aging

Assisting you in all your tech demands

Technology for All

 

More Services from BPL's SOA
Books-to-Go

We supply reading and viewing materials to older adults in nursing homes, senior centers and adult day-care centers. Materials include books in English and other languages (some in large print), DVDs and audiobooks. Books-to-Go Application

DOROT University Without Walls

Monthly teleconference and online courses for those who are homebound or living in senior residences or nursing homes. Visit dorotusa.org for more information.

Our Streets, Our Stories (OSOS)

OSOS is an ongoing oral history project exploring Brooklyn from the words of its residents.

Nursing Homes, Senior Centers, and Residences Services

We reach beyond the Library to visit street fairs, senior residences, nursing homes, hospice care and more. Throughout Brooklyn, we host cultural programs, speakers and presenters at senior sites.

Technology for All 

 Services for Older Adults' new initiative, Technology For All, may assist you in your tech needs, such as:

  •  Screen Readers (NVDA, JAWS, Voiceover)
  • Phone & Android (Smartphones)
  • Computer Support (Google Suite, Microsoft365, Outlook, Gmail)
  • Virtual Programs (Zoom, Microsoft Team)
  • Social Media (Youtube, Instagram, Facebook)
  • Microsoft & Mac iOS Software. 

Email [email protected] or call 718-938-2525 for more information. 

Technology for All is generously supported by the New York Community Trust.

 

Senior Debate 

The covid pandemic, despite the tragic losses it has brought, will be seen as a positive turning point in the history of modern society? On balance, the United Nations has failed to fulfill the vision of its founders? These are just a few of the topics the senior debate club has argued since last fall in a tournament before a panel of judges. Divided into four to five teams, participants learn new skills and connect with others while engaging in lively debate. Want to join? Call Services for Older Adults at 718.236.1760 or email [email protected].  BPL Senior Debate is brought to you in partnership with and made possible by the Association for Senior Debate.  For videos, a handbook, and more, visit them here:  https://www.seniordebate.org/

Services for Older Adults is partially funded by Coordinated Outreach Library Services aid from the NYS Education Department, administered by the State Library’s Division of Library Development. All programs are sponsored by BPL’s Department of Outreach Services, which was established with the generous support of The Charles H. Revson Foundation.

 

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