Read more New Age-Friendly Hospital Measure Focuses on What Matters Most to Older Patients Healthcare goals, medication management, frailty, social vulnerability, and age-friendly leadership must all be tracked. By Amy Shepps
Generations Now CCRC Workforce Challenges ‘We’re in a very competitive staffing environment. There are 4 CCRCs within a few miles of here.’ By James H. Johnson, Jr. Read more
Generations Now Introducing a Fresh Approach to Dining for Older Adults A pop-up café approach to dining at older adult centers is proving to be quite popular. Read more
Generations Now Black Women’s Legacy of Care Is a Model for Aging Well Rethinking aging—from isolation to connection. By Nicole E. Kenney Read more
Read more Advocating for Grandparents Who Step in to Parent Bolstering the village it takes to raise grandchildren whose parents are out of the picture. By Alison Biggar
Generations Journal Winter 2024–25 The Power of Strength: A Tribute to My Grandmother and All Grandparents Winter 2024–25 Grandparents are key to raising grandchildren in the U.S., despite economic, emotional, and physical sacrifices. A Personal Reflection By Jean C. Accius Read more
Generations Journal Winter 2024–25 A Glimpse into the Lives of African American Grandmothers Caring on the Margins Winter 2024–25 A lack of familial or community resources makes the grandmothering job all-consuming and nearly impossible. By Gaynell M. Simpson Read more
Generations Journal Winter 2024–25 A Case Study of Compound Caregiving by an African American Grandmother Winter 2024–25 Addressing the preferred ways extended family and healthcare providers might provide stress relief for compound caregivers. By Tina L. Dothard Peterson Read more
Read more How Social Prescribing Is Reconnecting Older Adults Art Pharmacy demonstrates that “prescribing” the arts in community reliably improves older adult well-being. By Chris Appleton and Lucy Rabinowitz Bailey
Generations Today March–April 2025 Social Prescribing Can Optimize Quality of Life and Age-Friendly Care
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 How Self-Driving Cars Can Empower a Growing Population of Older Adults July-Aug 2021 A self-driving service can promote wellness, offering access to healthcare or local businesses and connection to family. In Focus By Robert Moser Read more
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 The Transportation Data Equity Initiative—Working to Improve Mobility for Everyone July-Aug 2021 Volunteer mapping provides detailed data on sidewalk access. In Focus By Anat Caspi and Dylan Cottrell Read more
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 Can Technology Solve Mobility and Transportation Challenges for Older Adults? July-Aug 2021 Mobility challenges are common for older adults and with public transport that is inaccessible or non-existent, mobility and transportation are closely intertwined. In Focus By Keren Etkin Read more
Generations Today Plugging Transportation Gaps: Microtransit Can Fill in Where Public Transit and Ride-Hailing Fail On-demand public transit allows travelers to request a shared shuttle that picks them up in a few minutes. In Focus By Aparna Paladugu and Gabriel McCaig Read more
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 Mobility is Key for Older Adults, But How to Pay for It? July-Aug 2021 ‘There is a significant and disruptive transformation in transportation technology happening right now.’ In Focus By Richard Ezike Read more
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 Changing the Narrative on Multigenerational Living July-Aug 2021 Both policy and psychological barriers hindered the adoption and acceptance of multigenerational households. From Our Sponsors By Stephanie Firestone and Donna Butts Read more
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 Building a Stronger, Bolder, Long-Term Care System with Equity at its Center July-Aug 2021 ‘Angie believes she can live safely at home if only she could receive some help.’ By Natalie Kean and Gelila Selassie Read more
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 Why We Must Support Our Hispanic/Latinx Caregivers July-Aug 2021 ‘The caregiver experience for Hispanic/Latinx caregivers may differ depending upon their origin of birth.’ By Yanira Cruz and Ocean Le Read more
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 Toward a National Strategy to Strengthen Family Caregiver Supports July-Aug 2021 ‘The input of family caregivers will be a key component of Strategy development.’ By Greg Link and Heather L. Menne Read more
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 Network Collaboratives Give Aging Services Providers a Hand Up July-Aug 2021 ‘Everyone has a common goal of building up their networks, but how they go about achieving it differs.’ From Our Sponsors Read more
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 Medicare Advantage: A Pathway to Offer Innovative, Non-Medical Benefits July-Aug 2021 MA plans are now able to offer a wider variety of benefits through new ‘Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill. By Elexa Rallos and Claire Jensen Read more
Generations Today July-Aug 2021 Larry of Arabia and the Rest of the Gang July-Aug 2021 Now you cross the street when you see her, quickly wave and act in a hurry, as if you’ve got to get to work. First Person Singular By Toni Mirosevich Read more
Generations Now Equity in Entrepreneurship Among Older Adults ‘When entrepreneurs are successful, businesses become a source of family wealth that can transfer to future generations.’ From Our Sponsors By Melissa Grober-Morrow Read more
Generations Now A New Advancing Equity Initiative from Justice in Aging 'The impact of racism only intensifies as people of color age and also confront ageism.' By Paul Nathanson Read more
Generations Now Venture Capital Is Driving Innovation in the Older Market When we looked around, there weren’t a lot of companies that had been formed to meet the needs of older adults. A conversation between Age Wave’s Bob Morison and venture capitalists Alan Patricof and Abby Levy Read more
Generations Now How Do the Health Crises of COVID-19 and Drug Overdoses Intersect with Aging? ‘Adults ages 55 to 64 in particular have seen one of the sharpest increases in overdose deaths over the past five years.’ By Makaya Funk-White and Benjamin H. Han Read more
Generations Now Will Congress Finally Transform the Direct Care Job? As job satisfaction and care quality improve, consumers spend more, public assistance rates drop and costly health outcomes go down. By Robert Espinoza June 8, 2021 Read more
Generations Now New Milken Report Recommends Ways to Make Cognitive Screening Routine ‘As many as 50 percent of adults with dementia are never diagnosed.’ By Diane Ty Read more
Generations Now Call to Action: Three Ways You Can Prevent Future Catastrophes in Aging ‘We now have a historic opportunity to act on what is arguably the largest investment in aging-related causes since 1965.’ By Peter Kaldes Read more
Generations Now Pandemic Learning: Paving the Way for a New Lifelong Learning Direction How do older adult learners like and experience new types of course delivery such as online or via phone? By Lucas Livingston, Maureen Feldman, Linda E. Maurice and Sandra von Doetinchem Read more
