Institute of Behavioral Research

‘Still Here, Still Living’: AIMS Project Gives Voice to Tarrant County Older Adults

At first glance, the participants in the AIMS study seem like anyone’s elderly neighbor: a woman on oxygen who still smokes a pack a day, a veteran who believes “pain means you’re alive,” a rock-painting volunteer who also runs social media for a local mission store. But running through each story is a powerful thread, a quiet resilience that underscores why this research project on better aging exists.