Intergenerational Service Learning

Published: May 27, 2022, 1:56 p.m.

b'Maggie Ratnayake, Executive Director of Lori\\u2019s Hands, speaks with Julia O\'Hanlon, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware\'s Institute for Public Administration, about service-learning models to support older adults and promote mutually beneficial experiences. This May 6, 2022 interview addresses the history and mission of Lori\\u2019s Hands, the value and impacts of intergenerational service-learning programs, and approaches to evaluating program impacts.\\n\\nEstablished in Newark, Delaware in 2009, Lori\\u2019s Hands builds mutually beneficial partnerships between community members with chronic illness and college students, fostering empathy, connection, and resilience. To learn more about the work at Lori\\u2019s Hands, visit https://lorishands.org/.\\n\\nAs a Policy Scientist at the Institute for Public Administration (IPA), Julia O\'Hanlon leads research and public service programs focused on health policy, including an ongoing focus on senior center programming and aging in place (https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa/serving-delaware/health). For more information about the Institute for Public Administration, visit ipa.udel.edu.\\n\\nOpening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License.'