Generations Today

Generations Today

Sept-Oct 2020

Climate Change or COVID-19: What’s Your Story?

Sept-Oct 2020

‘These older adults have rewritten the stories they tell themselves about climate change.’

By Michael A. Smyer

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Sept-Oct 2020

The Line Between Choice and Fate

Sept-Oct 2020

‘For some, I was the only person they spoke to all day.’

First Person Singular
By Katherine Seligman

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Generations Today

Sept-Oct 2020

A Call to Action: Elder Justice and the Movement to Defund the Police

Sept-Oct 2020

‘Black older adults are likely not to seek help from abuse because of the risk of racial discrimination.’

On Aging, Race, Identity and Equity
By Vivianne Mbaku

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Generations Today

Sept-Oct 2020

For Supporters of Social Security, This Year’s Election is Crucial

Sept-Oct 2020

Social Security’s one shortcoming is that its vital benefits are too low.

OpEd
By Nancy Altman

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Generations Today

Sept-Oct 2020

Older Voters Will Vote, But Not as a Bloc

Sept-Oct 2020

‘They are not a monolith or a lock for either party. How older adults vote depends upon who they are and where they live.’

By Nancy LeaMond

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Generations Today

Sept-Oct 2020

Undeterred: Three Voting Advocates on Why They Persist

Sept-Oct 2020

'Voting is such a fundamental right.'

In Focus
By Alison Biggar

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Generations Today

Sept-Oct 2020

Are Presidential Candidates Even Thinking About Aging?

Sept-Oct 2020

‘Gallup found that 54 percent of respondents ages 65 and older support recent racial justice protests.’

In Focus
By Robert Blancato and Meredith Ponder Whitmire

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Generations Today

Sept-Oct 2020

Oral Health Is Key in Pneumonia Prevention

Sept-Oct 2020

‘During the first year of the two-year study, pneumonia incidence was reduced by 31 percent among nursing home residents.’

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Generations Today

Sept-Oct 2020

What Will Candidates Say About Medicare This Election?

Sept-Oct 2020

Biden’s proposal would give the HHS Secretary authority to negotiate drug prices.

In Focus
By Tricia Neuman

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Generations Today

Sept-Oct 2020

The Older White Male Ticket and How We Got Here

Sept-Oct 2020

‘The mood of the country seems to be not so much a desire for change as a desire for normalcy.’

In Focus
By Melissa R. Michelson

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Generations Today

Sept-Oct 2020

Partnering during the pandemic: Evolving on the fly in Wisconsin

Sept-Oct 2020

How do we reinvent ourselves? How do we leverage what we had and make it so super cool that it’s irresistible?

From Our Sponsors

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Sept-Oct 2020

Structural Racism—A Key Driver in Health Disparities

Sept-Oct 2020

Stress is probably a key player in the association of racism with cognition.

Disparities in Aging
By Patricia Coogan, Lynn Rosenberg and Yvette Cozier

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Generations Today

Generations Today, (formerly Aging 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

Publisher: Peter Kaldes, Esq.
Editor-in-Chief: Leanne Clark-Shirley, PhD
Senior Editor: Alison Biggar

Editorial Advisory Committee

Robert Espinoza, Chair
Robyn L. Golden, Immediate Past Chair
Donna Benton
Diane Brown
Kristi Mellion
Paul Greenwood
Anne Montgomery
Kathy Sykes
Laura Trejo
Sandra von Doetinchem