Providing For The Elderly During COVID-19

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with Charlotte Mather-Taylor of The Aging and Disability Resource Center of Broward

Posted

Sep 23, 2020

There are more than four million residents in the State of Florida who are age 60 and up according to the latest Census figures, and about 400,000 of them live in Broward County. One organization devotes itself to providing seniors with the resources they need – especially during these trying COVID-19 times. Charlotte Mather-Taylor is the Executive Director of the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Broward and talks about their work.

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