Active aging in Pittsburgh: A guide for staying vibrant and engaged

Seniors and adults take a “rhythmic movement with chair” class at the Kingsley Association in East Liberty on June 14, 2024. (Jess Daninhirsch/PublicSource) Explore dance, biking, pickleball and community resources to enhance your golden years. “PublicSource is an independent nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region.& Sign up for our free newsletters.” by Christine Graziano, PublicSource He’s 77 and heads out to dances multiple times a week. She’s 74 and likes to hit the bike trails. They both want to try pickleball, but it’s been too difficult to get it on their busy schedules. Bruce Meyer travels over an hour from Greensburg just to dance in Allegheny County. He sometimes runs into his acquaintance Patty Sedlak, a Pittsburgh resident, who is one of some 240,000 adults ages 65 and over in Allegheny County, home to the second largest concentration of seniors in the U.S. after Palm Beach County in Florida.& Seniors face a number of challenges as they age, and there’s a tendency to only focus on the most acute.& Shadyside resident Dr. Alefiyah Mesiwala, a preventive medicine physician and former chief medical officer at Humana Military, said finding ways for older adults to stay active and engaged with their communities...