Read more Food Is Medicine The OAA Nutrition Program and community network are vital to delivering food is medicine interventions. By Shirley Chao, Judy Simon, Laura Borth, Lydia McGrath, Jaime Gahche, Mary Beth Arensberg, and Johanna Dwyer
Generations Now Fluid in the Balance: Hydration and Nutrition Recommendations for Older Adults The role of water in the body’s systems and preventing dehydration in elders. From Our Sponsors By Andie Lee Gonzalez Read more
Generations Now What it Takes to Be a Catalyst for Change Landing in the right cohort, with the right mentor, meant a real transformation for one RISE fellow. By Nadia Murphy Read more
Generations Now The Deathly Toll of Extreme Heat on Elders—and What FEMA Can Do to Tackle It With vital FEMA monies states and tribes can deploy multiple infrastructure upgrades to ward off heat effects. By Jean Su Read more
Read more Spending Time in the Weeds, But for Worthy Outcomes Two experts on why applied research could mean a much better way to age. By Alison Biggar
Generations Journal Summer 2024 Applied Research in Aging: Advancing Health Equity and Addressing Social Needs Summer 2024 The roles data and research play in getting elders the care they need, with a spotlight on Medicare Advantage and social care. By Claire Ankuda and Bonnie Ewald Read more
Generations Journal Summer 2024 Leveraging Health Services Research to Address Aging Health Equity Summer 2024 The frailty care crisis remains invisible to most people Americans, but collaboration between agencies should draw attention to it and foster interventions. By Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, Naoko Muramatsu, R. Tamara Konetzka, and Marshall H. Chin Read more
Generations Journal Summer 2024 Pragmatic Clinical Trials for Dementia Care: Experience from the First 5 Years of the IMPACT Collaboratory Summer 2024 Why we need more research on what kind of dementia care works, how, and for whom, to make a difference in the real-world. By Jill Harrison, Susan L Mitchell, Ellen P. McCarthy, and Vincent Mor Read more
Read more The Vital Role of Sports and Recreation in Healthy Aging Cataloging the many benefits to getting outside and moving, especially for elders. By André Pereira dos Santos, Basia Belza and Allison R. Webel
Generations Journal Winter 2020-21 Help for Primary Care Practitioners in Addressing Older Adult Alcohol and Opioid Use Winter 2020-21 'From 2015 to 2016, 19 percent of older adults filled at least one opioid prescription.' By Sebastian T. Tong, Elisabeth U. Kato, Mary P. Nix, and Arlene S. Bierman Read more
Generations Journal Winter 2020-21 Caring for Aging Veterans with Alcohol Use Disorder and Multiple Morbidities Winter 2020-21 Aging veterans with alcohol use disorder and multiple morbidities face a complex slate of needs. By Aaron P. Greenstein, Haley V. Solomon, and Margo C. Funk Read more
Generations Journal Winter 2020-21 SBIRT-Plus: Adding Population Health Innovations to Enhance Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Effectiveness Winter 2020-21 There is a rising prevalence of hazardous drinking among older adults, making them ripe for SBIRT-Plus programming. By Thomas Babor Read more
Generations Now Connecting Housing to Health: CDC Gets Vaccines into HUD-subsidized Senior Housing 60 percent of LeadingAge affordable housing members know of COVID cases in their communities. By Linda Couch Read more
Generations Journal Winter 2020-21 Barriers Facing Older Adults with Substance Use Disorders in Post–Acute Care Settings Winter 2020-21 Barriers facing older adults with opioid use disorder have only been exacerbated by the pandemic. By Rossana Lau-Ng, Hollis Day, and Daniel P. Alford Read more
Generations Journal Winter 2020-21 What Can a Recovery Model for Alaska Natives Teach Us about Substance Use and Older Adults? Winter 2020-21 The desire to be an Elder and pass on wisdom to the next generation could be a great motivator for maintaining sobriety. By Jordan P. Lewis Read more
Generations Journal Winter 2020-21 Prevalence and Correlates of Methamphetamine Use Among Older Men Who Have Sex with Men in San Francisco Winter 2020-21 This population’s needs are often overlooked given assumptions that older adults do not engage in substance use. By Glenn-Milo Santos, Desmond Miller, Jennifer Jain, Akua Gyamerah, Erin Wilson, Willi McFarland, and Henry F. Raymond Read more
Generations Journal Winter 2020-21 How Health Centers Engage Elders with Substance Use Disorder in Treatment Winter 2020-21 Sharing wisdom with younger patients is a big part of the equation. By Margaret Flinter Read more
Generations Journal Winter 2020-21 Caring for Older Adults Post-incarceration Winter 2020-21 Substance use disorders and multiple morbidities present a complex picture. By Benjamin H. Han Read more
Generations Now Of Aging: Equity, Economics and Class 'Authors explore the intersections of racial and cultural identity, ageism, poverty and the need for responsive policy.' By Leanne Clark-Shirley Read more
Generations Today Jan-Feb 2021 100 Days for Biden et al. to Change the Course of Elderhood Jan-Feb 2021 Biden’s plan would finally put caregiving squarely into federal policy. By Joanne Lynn Read more
Generations Today Jan-Feb 2021 Head of NIA’s Office of Special Populations Emphasizes the Team Effort Needed to Achieve Health Equity Jan-Feb 2021 ‘I hope to leave my community and world better than I found it.’ Read more
Generations Today Jan-Feb 2021 The Intersections of Inequity in Aging Jan-Feb 2021 ‘Let’s raise up and explicitly value women, and the work that women do, at all ages.’ By Tracey Gronniger Read more
Generations Today Jan-Feb 2021 What Might it Mean for the United States to Achieve Equity for Older Adults of Color? Jan-Feb 2021 Some people are further behind not because of deficits within them, their families or their communities. In Focus By Kilolo Kijakazi Read more
Generations Today Jan-Feb 2021 The Long Arm of Inequities and Minority Elders: Life Course Matters Jan-Feb 2021 Increased risk of chronic disease is best understood through the different periods of a person’s life as they interact and accumulate. In Focus By Peggye Dilworth-Anderson and Heehyul Moon Read more
Generations Now Malnutrition - A Significant Threat to Aging Malnutrition disproportionally affects older adults, with up to 1 out of every 2 at risk for malnutrition By Brenda Schmitthenner, Jessa K. Engelberg, Andrea M. Morris, Amy Herr, Kai Oliver-Kurtin and Cheryl Hassoldt Read more
Generations Now Let’s Pick Up the PACE: Expanding the Reach of the Gold Standard Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly West Health and The John A. Hartford Foundation are funding an exciting initiative—PACE 2.0—to expand the reach of PACE programs nationally. By Amy Herr and Amy Berman Read more
Generations Now New Dietary Guidelines Include Focus on Older Adults Most Americans do not follow a healthy dietary pattern, although older adults have the highest diet quality. From Our Sponsors By Meredith Ponder Whitmire Read more
Generations Now Family Caregiving During COVID: Two Stories of Coping “You have to stop being the person you’ve always been.” Read more
Generations Today Jan-Feb 2021 The Economics of Equity: The Outsized Impact of COVID on Older, Non-white Workers Jan-Feb 2021 Between March and July 2020, nearly one-fifth of non-white women lost their jobs. In Focus By Michelle Altman, Teresa Ghilarducci and Siavash Radpour Read more