‘The caregiver experience for Hispanic/Latinx caregivers may differ depending upon their origin of birth.’
Why We Must Support Our Hispanic/Latinx Caregivers
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The Transportation Data Equity Initiative—Working to Improve Mobility for Everyone
Volunteer mapping provides detailed data on sidewalk access.
Can Technology Solve Mobility and Transportation Challenges for Older Adults?
Mobility challenges are common for older adults and with public transport that is inaccessible or non-existent, mobility and transportation are closely intertwined.
Mobility is Key for Older Adults, But How to Pay for It?
‘There is a significant and disruptive transformation in transportation technology happening right now.’
What it Takes to Be and Remain an Age-Friendly World
As experience experts, older residents identify opportunities and challenges to aging in place and develop solutions for change.
Network Collaboratives Give Aging Services Providers a Hand Up
‘Everyone has a common goal of building up their networks, but how they go about achieving it differs.’
How Self-Driving Cars Can Empower a Growing Population of Older Adults
A self-driving service can promote wellness, offering access to healthcare or local businesses and connection to family.
Passing Social Security Forward: A Legacy for All Generations
It is time to expand Social Security and we can afford it.
Toward a National Strategy to Strengthen Family Caregiver Supports
‘The input of family caregivers will be a key component of Strategy development.’
Building a Stronger, Bolder, Long-Term Care System with Equity at its Center
‘Angie believes she can live safely at home if only she could receive some help.’
Medicare Advantage: A Pathway to Offer Innovative, Non-Medical Benefits
MA plans are now able to offer a wider variety of benefits through new ‘Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill.
Larry of Arabia and the Rest of the Gang
Now you cross the street when you see her, quickly wave and act in a hurry, as if you’ve got to get to work.
Plan for the Road Ahead: Driving and Dementia
People with dementia do not typically recognize the loss of problem-solving abilities while they can still use the gas and brake pedals.
Changing the Narrative on Multigenerational Living
Both policy and psychological barriers hindered the adoption and acceptance of multigenerational households.
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Inside This IssueTransportation and Mobility
Generations Today, vol. 42, no. 4 (July-Aug 2021)
Why We Must Support Our Hispanic/Latinx Caregivers
Editor's Note: This article represents the fifth in a series by the Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) to be published in Generations Today. Articles are connected to ASA-hosted webinars; see end of article to register. The series of articles by the DEC highlights...
The Transportation Data Equity Initiative—Working to Improve Mobility for Everyone
Older adults, people with disabilities and other populations are poorly served by modern map applications because these phone and web apps do not contain or account for key pieces of information about sidewalks, travel environments and community transportation...
Can Technology Solve Mobility and Transportation Challenges for Older Adults?
This post originally appeared on TheGerontechnologist. It has been edited to match Generations Today style. Mobility and transportation are among the biggest challenges of aging. Mobility is defined as “the ability to move or be moved freely and easily” and...
Mobility is Key for Older Adults, But How to Pay for It?
Access to transportation is especially important to older adults, caregivers and the communities where they live. By 2040, almost one in five Americans will be older than age 65. Many of these people live active lives, are able to drive and to take public...
What it Takes to Be and Remain an Age-Friendly World
In preparation for the doubling in number of people ages 65 and older across the globe, in 2006 the World Health Organization (WHO) created the Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities to ensure older residents are respected, can actively engage in their...
Network Collaboratives Give Aging Services Providers a Hand Up
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 the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a). The mission of the Aging and...
How Self-Driving Cars Can Empower a Growing Population of Older Adults
At Ford, we believe self-driving technology has the potential to make transportation more accessible to people. Our ultimate goal is to use autonomous technology to make people's lives better by providing a safe, trusted and affordable mobility solution. This...
Passing Social Security Forward: A Legacy for All Generations
This article is adapted from the authors' co-authored book, “Social Security Works for Everyone! Protecting and Expanding the Insurance Americans Love and Count On” (New York: The New Press, 2021). Aug. 14, 2021 is Social Security‘s 86th birthday. It was signed into...
Toward a National Strategy to Strengthen Family Caregiver Supports
For more than 20 years, family caregivers have been supported through the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP) of the Older Americans Act (Title IIIE). The NFCSP provides information to caregivers about available services; assistance in gaining access to...
Building a Stronger, Bolder, Long-Term Care System with Equity at its Center
Editor's note: During the summer of 2020, as the urgent issue of racial injustice took center stage, ASA and Justice in Aging (JIA) embarked upon a series of articles in Generations Today highlighting for the aging advocacy community how aging, identity...
Medicare Advantage: A Pathway to Offer Innovative, Non-Medical Benefits
A growing number of individuals are choosing to receive their Medicare benefits through Medicare Advantage (MA). In addition to Medicare-covered benefits, MA plans can offer supplemental benefits, like vision and dental coverage, and lower cost-sharing compared to...
Larry of Arabia and the Rest of the Gang
When did it start? A feeling that you've seen that face before. You recognize his jacket, the one you see him wear every morning, the same scotch plaid. Or her light green scarf, how she always ties it tightly around her chin. Or how one woman turns her face away and...
Plan for the Road Ahead: Driving and Dementia
As an occupational therapist and driving rehabilitation specialist, one of the hardest tasks is to inform an individual with dementia that they can no longer drive. While it is a difficult conversation with any medically at-risk driver (a person, regardless of age,...
Changing the Narrative on Multigenerational Living
Editor's Note: This column is sponsored by the AARP Thought Leadership and International team. Thought Leadership and International seeks to position AARP as a global thought leader by identifying emerging trends around the world, cultivating and elevating new ideas...