Extension
It Starts With Us
Author: Luciana Hockersmith
Planning Unit: Mercer County CES
Major Program: Keys to Embracing Aging
Plan of Work: Family Resilience and Skill Building
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
Partnering with the University of Kentucky, Kansas State University and the UNiversity of Arkansas through a USDA-NIFA grant to evaluate the effectiveness of the "Keys to Embracing Aging" curriculum, the Mercer County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences offered a monthly program from April or 2017 through March of 2018 (12 months) featuring lessons about various aspects of healthy lifestyle habits that contribute to healthy aging. (more to come)
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