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Generations Today (July–August 2025)On Menopause: Turning Around the Silence & Stigma
A Menopause Primer
Laying out the facts about this complex process as they are now known, and potential treatments.
Menopause: Why the Stigma?
On busting the stigmatized relationship our culture has with menopause, and why it matters.
Caregiving and the Menopause Experience
The odds of experiencing more severe menopause symptoms is directly related to the number of hours spent in the caregiving role.
The ‘Menopausal Turn’ and the New Menopause Market
Destigmatizing ‘the change’ or amplifying anxiety?
Artivist Research Centers Menopause Across Countries and Cultures
Using comic strips and body mapping from workers and migrants on menopause knowledge to enhance awareness.
Good Reads on Menopause
Four books everyone should read and learn from.
Meeting the Change
An old woman speaks to the challenge of menopause.
The Impact of Aging with a Criminal Record
Prior involvement with the criminal justice system amplifies an already challenging situation for elders living with HIV.
On Aging, Identity and Survival
Reclaiming space for older Latino adults in the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Caring for the Caregivers
Supporting those who support people living with HIV.
Leaving a Legacy: HIV Long-Term Survivors Share Their Stories
The Reunion Project empowers long-term survivors to shape the narrative of HIV going forward.
Navigating Comprehensive Care for Older Adults Living with HIV
Insights from the LifeStyle Program.
Healing Hope: The Power of Storytelling for Women Aging with HIV
Rooted in trauma-informed care, it ensures that every storyteller's dignity and authenticity are preserved.
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.
Reimagining How Black Elders Could Age in America
The Aging While Black movement is built upon three core pillars: Recalibrating the Village, Embracing Innovation, and Leaning into Sankofa.
When the Personal Becomes Professional
Family dementia caregiving inspires a business that centers Dementia Villages in underserved communities.
Listening to the Voices of Black Dementia Caregivers
We need culturally tailored education on navigating care.
Caregiving and the Absolute Necessity for Radical Self-Care
‘Radical Self-Care isn’t optional—it’s a survival strategy.’
Wrapping Up the Aging While Black Series
This collection of pieces harnesses culturally responsive solutions, empowering caregivers and strengthen bonds in our communities.
Keep Livin’: How Intergenerational Connections Shape Us
In Black communities, insights and guidance from elders can serve as tools for resilience and strength.
Weaving a Complex Safety Net for Unhoused People in Colorado Springs
Springs Rescue Mission staff on what it means to be unhoused and how they help people land on their feet.
Elder Financial Exploitation and the Role of the CFPB
Laying out the many resources available to prevent and report fraud.
Improving Lives and Care: the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
How the LTCOP came about and the challenges it faces.
SNAP Stories: Two Older Adults Navigating Benefits in New York
On the health and psychological benefits of this crucial federal program.
Champion of Elder Justice on Advocacy’s Long and Winding Path
‘One simple fact should motivate us: A victim of elder abuse is never the same.’
Cultivating the Land in Contact with Nature
Passing along his deep knowledge of agricultural production and symbiosis with nature.
Forest Bathing: An Outdoors Activity Ideal for an Older Population
Discovering a way to be in nature minus the strenuous route to nature.
The Mountains Called and He Answered
Report from “America’s Favorite Drive,” the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Tending to the Gardens and the Visitors
The joys of volunteering at the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
When Giving Back Is its Own Reward
One volunteer’s story of growing intimately familiar with the miles of roads and canal at the Chesapeake & Ohio National Historical Park.
When Nature Is a Savior
Taking advantage of nature’s proven health benefits, during duress and ever after.
One Woman’s Evolution Into a Climate Warrior
Active advocacy grown out of a lifetime of nature immersion.
The Swimming Siblings
Six brothers and two sisters find the National Senior Games and take home some hardware.
Going for the Zumba Gold!
Passion for Zumba nets deep personal connections with older adults.
Why I Practice Yoga
How appreciation of an ancient practice evolved across age.
The Beautiful, if Painful, Game
When to throw in the towel on a rec sports team, or is it never?
Racing to the Ends of the Earth
Mental health through endurance racing.
The Vital Role of Sports and Recreation in Healthy Aging
Cataloging the many benefits to getting outside and moving, especially for elders.
Navigating HIV Challenges in Aging: A Call for Inclusive Policies
Guidelines lay out how to connect elders with HIV to services and educate service providers on HIV.
The Relevance of The Denver Principles for Elders Living with HIV in the United States
On how to support this document and prioritize the voices of people living with HIV in efforts to end the domestic epidemic.
What Do Social Workers Need to Serve Older People Living with HIV/AIDS?
Detailing the path to developing a Social Work Certification in HIV and Aging.
Educating the Healthcare Workforce to Improve Quality of Care for People Aging with HIV
People who are long-term survivors with experience and strategies for aging with HIV are central to this project.
Still in the Shadows: The Health Crisis of Hispanic/Latinx Communities Aging with HIV/AIDS
Amplify their voices and prioritize their needs.
Distinguished Black Men and Their Long Road of Survivorship
Exploring the journeys of distinguished Black men through the lens of their lived experiences with trauma, PTSD, loss and stigma, using visual narratives.
Challenges and Strategies in HIV Care for Older Adults
Insights from HealthHIV’s Pozitively Aging program.
When a Food’s Poignant History Is Hard to Forget
Relishing a grandmother’s almost perfect baos.
Cooking with the Spirit of My Ancestors
Student chef cooks Southern family traditions via modern recipes.
How to Manage Diabetes Simply in a Not-So-Simple Program
The Cray Diabetes Self-Management program at the University of Kansas treats, informs, and connects participants.
Stark Climate Realities Affect Native Food Gathering
How climate directly impacts the author’s habits and what far-reaching impacts may be.
Cherry-Picking Food from One’s Past
Why did his grandmother decide some dishes should remain behind after they immigrated?
What I Weighed: Reflections on a Lifetime of Dieting
Later life lessons in wresting some of that time back from thinking about dieting.
Resurgence of Indigenous Food Traditions Helps Heal Bodies and Spirits
Stories of Indigenous peoples across the country welcoming and benefiting from Native food programs demonstrate their effectiveness.
Tomato Season
A simple sandwich helps one hang onto memories.
Let’s Break this Bread and Eat
On how culinary traditions click with chosen family.
Food as Culture and Cure
One journey from native food to American and back to nearly an ancestral diet.
Grounding Myself in an Ancient Practice
Yoga helped me return to myself, to nature, and to much we have all forgotten.
Oasis in a Hot, Dusty Town
A short tour of a how to make a home.
Leadership Is Autobiography: An Ode to Black Feminism
A lifetime spent seeking to be recognized as ‘levelly human.’
Shelter from the Storm
Leaning into a grandmother’s love for strength and comfort.
Being an Israeli Mother in America Right Now
One personal viewpoint on an international tragedy.
Who Am I Beyond My Bio?
A product of thoughtful parenting and an engaged, watchful community.
About Generations Today
Generations Today is a bimonthly digital publication covering current trends and people impacting the field of aging through OpEds, feature articles, profiles, and first-person pieces.
Staff
Editor-in-Chief: Leanne Clark-Shirley, PhD
Senior Editor: Alison Biggar