Nearly one in five adults provides unpaid care to an adult ages 50 or older.
Let Down by a Broken Retirement System, Older Americans Rely on Family for Support
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Building Community with African Immigrant Older Adults to Improve Function
Studies are necessary to help develop health interventions and improve clinical practice for this population.
Challenges in Stroke Care and Potential Preventive Practices
Preventing stroke and caring for those who’ve had strokes should involve public health, clinical care and the community.
It All Starts With Clinical Trials: The NIA’s Dr. Patricia Jones on How to Make Them Inclusive
Clinical trials should include diverse study participants because such studies are intended to benefit the public and improve the quality of everyone’s life.
We Can End Homelessness Among Older Adults
Policy solutions can be put in place now to ensure all older adults have a safe place to age with dignity.
Meeting the Shadows of Age
Exploring a realm of aging that is unexplored territory: the unconscious.
The Fierce Urgency of Now
Leslie Alden leads a climate and sustainability effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2033.
Afro- and Age-Futurism: Imagining a Better Future for All Elders
Walking ancestors, or living older adults, can help us visualize a more inclusive future.
On Menopause, Ageism, Sexism and Reimagining This Life Phase
‘I was interested in writing in a more raw and real way about what happens to the female body as it’s aging.’
A Q&A With Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford on Treating the Disease Obesity
I realized we have the tools in medicine to have a major impact on weight status.
Working Longer Not a Panacea Considering the Number of Low-wage Work Options
Many older adults have jobs that meet the classic definition of a bad job.
Housing Plus: Hebrew SeniorLife’s Embedded Prevention Pilot Reaps Rewards
The nonprofit provides services to about 3,000 older adults in the Boston area.
If You Care about Healthy Longevity, You Should Care about Rising Wealth Inequality
Likely it’s the opportunities that wealth affords—healthcare access and reduced stress—that lead to better health, not the wealth itself.
Are We Headed Toward a More Comprehensive Hearing Care System?
Over-the-counter hearing aids and Medicare expansion of hearing care may move the U.S. in this direction.
The Gift of Having a Later Life
Aging is more than the social sciences have led us to believe.
Lifelong Learning in the U.S.: An Institutional Overview
Later life learning can fend off cognitive decline, increase self-confidence and independence, contribute to life satisfaction and prevent loneliness.
ASA Supports Build Back Better Act
Congress must pass this Act to support older adults.
Protecting Heroes from Exposures to Toxins that Accelerate Aging
Aging-related diseases can take decades to develop.
The Bottom Line: How Working While Caring Impacts our Nation’s Economy
Experience in family caregiving exposes gaps in U.S. supports.
New Research Shows Need for Greater Focus on Brain Health
This survey validates the need for more resources and information about brain health.