Generations Now Why Our Healthcare System Is Failing Older Adults On witnessing the silent yet blatant discrimination before us. OpEd By Carla Perissinotto Read more
Generations Now A Dose of Determination Solves Complex Challenges for Patients at Home ‘I was not prepared for the reality of a patient's life outside of a hospital or clinic.’ First Person Singular By Jose Martinez Read more
Generations Now Let’s Slow the Downward Trajectory of Life Expectancy in the United States In 2020 we experienced the largest drop in life expectancy since World War II. By Marcia Ory Read more
Generations Now Can Non-pharmaceutical Interventions in Alzheimer’s Stave Off the Related Economic Crisis? Mid- to late-stage dementia patients will overwhelm and bankrupt Medicare, Medicaid and overrun the U.S. hospital system with end-of-life needs. By Michael Morgan April 1, 2021 Read more
Generations Now Coming Storms: Climate Change and the Rising Threat to America’s Coastal Elders ‘Evacuating elders from nursing homes and assisted living facilities can cause more harm than good.’ By Allison Kopicki and Charles Wohlforth Read more
Generations Now New Malnutrition Quality Measure Helps to Better Quantify Nutrition Care ‘It is a first-of-its-kind composite measure fully specified for use with electronic health record data.’ From Our Sponsors By Angel F. Valladares Read more
Generations Now Making Sense of the Many Resources Available to the Sandwich Generation ‘The entirety of the caregiving spectrum can be daunting.’ From Our Sponsors By Charlie Young Read more
Generations Now COVID—When Everyone Found Their Hysterical Strength Even HHS moved with unprecedented alacrity. By Ruth Katz March 23, 2021 Read more
Generations Now A Shared National Goal to Reduce Dementia Prevalence ‘Up to 40 percent of dementia cases could be delayed or prevented by modifying 12 risk factors.’ By Kelly O’Brien March 24, 2021 Read more
Generations Now Ideas for Fortifying the Federal Agenda for Older Adult Nutrition Prior to the pandemic, up to one out of every two older adults was already at risk for malnutrition. By Meredith Ponder Whitmire March 22, 2021 Read more
Generations Now Older Adults Have a Lot to Teach Us About Resilience in the Face of a Pandemic Cultivating psychological hardiness can help people age to their greatest potential. By Tobi Abramson and Pamela Braverman-Schmidt Read more
Generations Now Aging Strong Via Age-friendly Initiatives ‘The effects of these inequities compound with age.’ By Jan E. Mutchler and Caitlin Coyle Read more
