U of A Project Addresses Loneliness in Older Adults Living in Border and Rural Communities
September 19, 2024
September 19, 2024
TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 19 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
Fewer than 2,000 people call Pirtleville, Arizona, home. The town sits about a mile north of the U.S.-Mexico border and is known to many by its Spanish name, Pueblo Nuevo.
Growing up there, Ada M. Wilkinson-Lee made regular trips across the border to visit family.
"I really had the best of both worlds, I can really immerse myself in both cultures," she said. . . .
Fewer than 2,000 people call Pirtleville, Arizona, home. The town sits about a mile north of the U.S.-Mexico border and is known to many by its Spanish name, Pueblo Nuevo.
Growing up there, Ada M. Wilkinson-Lee made regular trips across the border to visit family.
"I really had the best of both worlds, I can really immerse myself in both cultures," she said. . . .