Embracing and empowering an older population: How Colorado is preparing for its fast approaching future

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Picture shows two women seated on stools in front of an audience. There is a small black draped table between them. They are seated in front of large floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Colorado Matters host Chandra Thomas Whitfield and the state's Senior Specialist on Aging, Kristine Burrows, speak in front of an audience at CPR News, May 8, 2025.

The foreground shows an audience looking toward two women sitting on stools with a small black table between them. They are seated in front of large windows with trees and buildings in the background.
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Volunteers prepare food for Meals on Wheels
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The artist reception for the '80 Something' art show
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Residents dine together in the dining hall at an independent senior housing facility,
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FILE - Residents dine together, but socially distant, in the dining hall at RiverWalk, an independent senior housing facility, in New York, April 1, 2021. COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too. That's leading to new restrictions on family visits and a renewed push to get more residents and staff members vaccinated and boosted. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Photo shows two women seated on stools with microphones on stands in front of them. The woman on the left, Chandra Thomas Whitfield, is earing a teal top and black skirt and is holding papers. The woman on the right, Kristine Burrows, is wearing a white top with black slacks. They are in front of windows divided by vertical beams.
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