‘We can’t afford to look away from direct care workforce challenges that are both longstanding and compounded by current political trends.’
As a Matter of Fact(s), Direct Care Workers Need Our Attention—More Than Ever
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Two Faces of the Same Crisis
How opioids and psychotropics became a symptom of overmedicalization in our care for the young and old.
The Wealth Transfer We Can’t Ignore
Why aging networks must reckon with economic inequities.
There’s a Place for Us
On Bad Bunny and how many centuries it has taken for Latinos to claim their belonging in the United States.
The Realities of Paid Caregiving in the United States
Who are paid caregivers, and how are they impacting our lives?
The New Face of Family Caregiving
A detailed laying out of who cares for whom, prefaced by the author’s lived experience as a caregiver.
Aging-in-Place, Caregiving and the Future of the Longevity Economy
As Medicare funding declines, tech innovators should bring prices more in line with consumer needs.
A Boomer’s Cognitive Dissonance About Caregiving
Pondering the inevitability of needing care, and setting limits.
The Identity Crisis Behind ‘Caregiver Overwhelm’: A Gen-X Perspective
Finding a way to lighten the emotional load of caregiving, while still doing the work.
Empowering Family Caregivers with Hope, Support and Purpose
On how one caregiver’s experience taught her how to live.
Rebuilding the Village
When caregiving is one’s cultural inheritance.
One Millennial’s Multigenerational Caregiving Experience
Growing up fast under the shadow of HIV.
The AI Resistance Needs Experience, Not Just Rebellion
How older adults should be working with younger people in the fight to protect workers from the AI incursion.
Reimagining Wealth Transfer: Legacy, Exclusion and Possibility
Centering Black women’s economic security, honoring elders, and ensuring dollars and dignity flow forward are all key to such reimagining.
Older LGBTQ+ People Need Your Support and Advocacy
As programming is slashed and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric ramps up, we must fight to preserve this population’s hard-earned rights.
Breaking Through the Walls of Loneliness
Friendly Visitors program provides path to form a friendship and stave off social isolation.
A New Blueprint for Action to Advance Comprehensive Nutrition and Obesity Care
‘A more comprehensive policy approach is needed to leverage effective engagement and coordination across stakeholder groups.’
Care Is What Connects Us
Family caregiving and the practice of belonging.
Pressured by FOMO? It’s Time to Say ‘No’
Experts explain how rejecting the fear of missing out can improve the quality of our lives.
Ways to Ensure Retirement Doesn’t Bite
It’s all about envisioning one’s dreams and figuring out how best to act on them.