Cuts to the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention would have devastating consequences for the growing population of older adults living with HIV.
We Cannot Afford to Lose Ground in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
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From Classroom to Cybercrime Fighter
A student’s quest to protect older adults from online scams.
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.
CCRC Workforce Challenges
‘We’re in a very competitive staffing environment. There are 4 CCRCs within a few miles of here.’
Black Women’s Legacy of Care Is a Model for Aging Well
Rethinking aging—from isolation to connection.
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.
The Shifting Care Needs of CCRC Residents
‘They’re living longer. They’re staying longer. And, unfortunately, our bed space is limited.’
The Good Death
‘We expect doctors to somehow fix the unfixable and to defy the inevitable.’
A Path Toward Universal Social Prescribing in the United States
How does social prescribing work ideally, and how might it work more broadly in the U.S.?
Community Perspectives on Social Connection Programs
Interviews reveal what might and might not work to foster social prescribing in the community.
Connecting Generations, Empowering Lives: A Vision for Social Prescribing
An eyes-wide-open account of how social prescribing should work, equitably.
Social Prescribing: A Geriatrician’s Perspective
How might solving for social isolation and loneliness improve physical health?
How Social Prescriptions Help Patients—and Physicians
Where and how the practice got off the ground in a real way.
Social Prescribing Can Optimize Quality of Life and Age-Friendly Care
‘Often, the most important issues with older adults are not purely medical.’
How Social Prescribing Is Reconnecting Older Adults
Art Pharmacy demonstrates that “prescribing” the arts in community reliably improves older adult well-being.
A 1-Year Social Isolation and Loneliness Intervention
Health professional students learned how to educate elders on SIL and provide potential social prescriptions to help.
How Companies Like GeriatRx Can Foster Social Prescribing
Reducing medications empowers deprescribing advocacy.
Changing Lives by Challenging Use of the Word Dementia
Removing dementia from our vocabulary would likely lead to earlier detection and hope for help.
Applying Anti-Racist Initiatives to Promote Health Equity
AgeSpan in Massachusetts benefits from a diverse service area and staff, which means ramping up racial equity training for service providers, funders and staff.
How Your Phone Could Save Your Eyesight
Exploring new digital health tools for older adults to monitor and manage eye disease at home.