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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 IssueEthics and Aging

Generations Today, vol. 42, no. 2 (Mar-Apr 2021)

Fighting Ageism in Crisis Standards of Care

Editor's note: This past summer, as the urgent issue of racial injustice took center stage, ASA and Justice in Aging embarked upon a series of articles in Generations Today highlighting for the aging advocacy community how aging, identity and racial equity intersect....

An Ethic of Care Needed in Our Long-term Care System

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating multidimensional impact on the world, especially among older adults, and specifically nursing home residents. More than 130,000 nursing home residents have died and for untold thousands their health and lives have been...

The Ethics of Misogyny

Last year alone, 2.1 million women left the workforce. A majority of these women left not by choice, but because either their jobs were eliminated or their caregiving responsibilities became too arduous during the pandemic. The long-term consequences of women exiting...

Aging While … in a Post-Pandemic World

Editor's Note: This Generations Today column, “Aging While...” is sponsored by AARP Foundation. It focuses on creating and advancing innovative solutions that help older Americans build economic opportunity and social connectedness. With vaccine administration well...

Seeking Concern for Community in Broadening Internet Access

Having worked in the field of aging for 45 years, I've had the privilege of listening to stories from two very different generations. Working in mental health in the early years gave me the opportunity to hear privately held true stories of challenge and, more...