‘Unions are the single most effective way to protect older workers’ seniority and job security.’
Why Older Workers Need Unions—Now More Than Ever
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Meeting Clients Where They Are, and Providing Intensive Services
DayBreak Adult Care Centers’ Rapid Response Case Management pilot
Treasuring Work at Age 75
Developing trainings for family dementia caregivers keeps her brain stimulated and shares her extensive knowledge.
Redefining Retirement
Bill Glover finds passion, purpose with in-home caregiving.
Embodying Healthy Aging with a Multigenerational Workforce at the NY Academy of Medicine
Carolyn Stem on what she’s learned in an intergenerational workplace.
On Being a Social Entrepreneur at Age 60—and Beyond
‘The world needs us all. Raise your hand.’
Productive Aging, or How to Foment Revolution in a Post-Career Job
I hoped to bring the senior living industry forward beyond caregiving to lifelong human empowerment.
Focus on: Motivation, Aging, Reinvention
‘Advocating and educating had become my jam.’
One Worker’s Experience Starting in a Difficult Profession at 54
I know ageism when I am asked for an employee’s birthdate who is up for a lead position.
We Need Stronger Protection Against Age Bias
The POWADA bill would undo the Supreme Court ruling that gives plaintiffs an exceptionally difficult burden of proof.
Five Months, 560 Resumes, Countless Recruiters, No Job
Life on the current job market as a 54-year-old woman.
Age Discrimination: A Costly Workplace Practice
‘In 2020, 78 percent of older workers had seen or experienced age discrimination in the workplace.’
Community Health Navigator Ray Marion on the Two-Way Nature of Teaching
‘You talk to them where they’re at.’
Looking for Workers in all the Wrong Places
Ideas for employers who are stuck following old practices.
How Many Older Workers Is Just Right?
Seeking answers to the Goldilocks question.
About Generations Today
Generations Today A bimonthly digital publication covering current trends and people impacting the field of aging through OpEds, feature articles, profiles, and first-person pieces.
Inside This IssueThe Older Worker
Generations Today, vol. 43, no. 1 (Jan-Feb 2022)
Why Older Workers Need Unions—Now More Than Ever
At the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 75-year-old Maria Rios makes $14.50 an hour as a food prep worker, supplementing her retired husband's $400 monthly Social Security check. “I'm forced to still have to work to try to make ends meet,” she told The...
Meeting Clients Where They Are, and Providing Intensive Services
Editor's note: The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and The SCAN Foundation fund the Aging and Disability Business Institute, led by USAging. The mission of the Aging and Disability Business Institute is to build and...
Treasuring Work at Age 75
I have worked in the field of geriatric social work for 40 years in a variety of settings: senior center, nonprofit mental health organizations, private psychiatric hospitals, assisted living, long-term care, dementia-specific facilities and a cancer nonprofit. When I...
Redefining Retirement
In many ways, Bill Glover's daily routine is not unlike many at his age. Rises before dawn. Drinks a cup or two of coffee. Scans the local news headlines for something engaging to read with a healthy dose of milk and cereal. The fact that the 67-year-old Home Instead...
Embodying Healthy Aging with a Multigenerational Workforce at the NY Academy of Medicine
Carolyn Stem has worked as the Program Assistant for the Center for Healthy Aging at the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) for 10 years through the Fedcap Reserve program, where professionals ages 55 and older are matched with organizations that benefit from their...
On Being a Social Entrepreneur at Age 60—and Beyond
Many of us have pivotal moments in contemplating aging. Mine came one day while reading Joseph F. Coughlin's work, wherein he told the story of executives (gold mines of life and leadership experience) who moved to Florida and in retirement largely focused on...
Productive Aging, or How to Foment Revolution in a Post-Career Job
It's only natural that people are age conscious. We all feel most comfortable with our contemporaries. After all, we share many of the same experiences, and our outlook on life and longevity is likely to be similar. I suppose that I'm no different. I was born in 1936...
Focus on: Motivation, Aging, Reinvention
My life has taken me in the direction of advocacy for people who need a louder voice. My degree was in History with a minor in Philosophy in 1972 from the University of Northern Colorado. Without a teaching degree, this combination seemed unlikely to lead to financial...
One Worker’s Experience Starting in a Difficult Profession at 54
I am an older worker. No denying that. I am 70, employed as a COHN (Certified Occupational Health Nurse) and Workers Compensation Case Manager by a large international technology and manufacturing corporation. Pre-COVID-19, my employer had more than twice its current...
We Need Stronger Protection Against Age Bias
In 2003, a 54-year-old executive named Jack Gross faced a painful, age-based problem at work. The insurance company that had employed him for more than three decades was shifting duties to younger workers as part of a reorganization. Older employees—like Gross—could...
Five Months, 560 Resumes, Countless Recruiters, No Job
“You have to be where your feet are.” An NFL player on the Sunday NFL pregame show just now said this, and it sticks. You don't watch football all day on Sunday anymore, in place at exactly 12:55 p.m., friends filling the house, dogs and kids running from the front...
Age Discrimination: A Costly Workplace Practice
Ageism is often discussed as the last remaining “ism” that is overlooked or even accepted in American society. It's in advertising, when only young people are seen using the latest technology, driving a cool car, or wearing trendy clothes. It's in the grocery store...
Community Health Navigator Ray Marion on the Two-Way Nature of Teaching
Ms. Ray Marion could teach a master class in how to change people's habits by being compassionate and leading by example. She volunteers with JASA Health Services as a Community Health Navigator (CHN) in North Brooklyn. JASA is a more than 50-year-old agency annually...
Looking for Workers in all the Wrong Places
In this upside-down world of increased longevity, a pandemic-shocked economy and labor in short supply, employers and workers are wondering how to move forward. Little has prepared us for this moment of massive change. Many older adults want to, and need to, continue...
How Many Older Workers Is Just Right?
More people who are older than age 65 are working in the U.S. than ever before. The majority of the large Baby Boom cohort is now older than age 65 and the labor force participation rate for people ages 65 to 74 has increased markedly from 19.2% in 2000 to 26.6% in...