Some seniors with Social Security and a pension can't afford to stay here. They're working on the property tax situation with the STAR tax relief program. Eventually, even a healthy, active senior citizen might get to a point where he or she needs a level of care that family or friends can't provide. A newcomer to Oswego County can't help but notice the number of healthy, active older people here, despite what many consider a brutal climate. Michael Treadwell has noticed it too.
People here live in a place with superb air quality and water quality.
Research has shown that a healthy environment and strong social ties work in favor of a healthy old age. Some Oswego County residents are staying involved and active by caring for, and in some cases, raising, their grandchildren. Some help out their families in other ways, sometimes just by being there. Jean Robbins reminds us what a resource Oswego County has in its older people. Get their memories of the factories.