Springs Rescue Mission staff on what it means to be unhoused and how they help people land on their feet.
Weaving a Complex Safety Net for Unhoused People in Colorado Springs
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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.’
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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 IssueThe Personal Impact of Public Policies
Generations Today, vol. 45, no. 6 (Nov-Dec 2024)
Weaving a Complex Safety Net for Unhoused People in Colorado Springs
In mid-September, Sydney Byer, manager, Policy and Strategic Partnerships for Next50 in Denver, interviewed Julie Divine, senior manager of Philanthropy at Springs Rescue Mission, which is one of Next50's grantees, about the experience of working with people who are...
Elder Financial Exploitation and the Role of the CFPB
One of the most critical risks facing older Americans, and indeed, Americans of all ages, is the problem of fraud. Fraud is devastating to the financial security of older Americans. The most conservative estimates translate into at least 4 million financial...
Improving Lives and Care: the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
During a 1971 helicopter ride to a speech in Chicago, President Nixon and former Commissioner on Aging Arthur S. Flemming were discussing the President's presentation of initiatives to improve nursing home care. By the time they arrived in Chicago, a new idea was...
SNAP Stories: Two Older Adults Navigating Benefits in New York
In late September, Laura Borth reached out to two aging organizations who assist older adults with SNAP (or SNAP applications). These are the stories of two older New Yorkers who rely upon SNAP benefits. For more than 25 years, I was a proud business owner in...
Champion of Elder Justice on Advocacy’s Long and Winding Path
It was March 23, 2010. President Barack Obama had just signed the Affordable Care Act into law, which included the landmark Elder Justice Act. The journey to getting this Act to become law has been a personal and professional honor and quite a story, too. The journey...