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Older Adults and Matters of Substance 

Our guest editors

Madeline Naegle
Madeline A. Naegle

 

Benjamin H. Han
Benjamin H. Han

 

Substance Use and Abuse Among Older Adults: Reality and Treatment Options

Substance Use Is a Critical Health and Mental Health Issue for Older Adults
By Madeline A. Naegle and Benjamin H. Han

Training Future Leaders to Address Mental Health and Substance Use Issues in Older Adults—The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program
By Harold Alan Pincus, Kathleen M. Pike, and Brigitta Spaeth-Rublee 

Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults: Overview and Future Directions
By Carlos Blanco and Isabella Lennon

Substance Use: Implications for Health and Well-being

Something to Talk About: Reducing Risk in Alcohol Consumption Using Education and Conversation
By Deborah S. Finnell

Treating Substance Misuse in Older Adults Participating in PACE
By Pamela Z. Cacchione

Can Innovative Technologies Improve Behavioral Health Care for Older Adults?
By Alexis Kuerbis and Silke Behrendt

Why Older Adults Should Quit Tobacco and How They Can
By Lisa U. Nguyen and Timothy C. Chen

Spotlight: Smokeless Tobacco Use in Older South and Southeast Asian Americans
By Benjamin H. Han

Ethical Dilemmas in Counseling Older Adults on Cannabis Use: Less Science, More Quandaries
By Arthur Robin Williams

Help for Primary Care Practitioners in Addressing Older Adult Alcohol and Opioid Use
By Sebastian T. Tong, Elisabeth U. Kato, Mary P. Nix, and Arlene S. Bierman

Spotlight: Caring for Aging Veterans with Alcohol Use Disorder and Multiple Morbidities
By Aaron P. Greenstein, Haley V. Solomon, and Margo C. Funk

Tailoring Treatment and Recovery Programs to Older Adults

SBIRT-Plus: Adding Population Health Innovations to Enhance Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Effectiveness
By Thomas Babor

Barriers Facing Older Adults with Substance Use Disorders in Post–Acute Care Settings
By Rossana Lau-Ng, Hollis Day, and Daniel P. Alford

What Can a Recovery Model for Alaska Natives Teach Us about Substance Use and Older Adults?
By Jordan P. Lewis

Prevalence and Correlates of Methamphetamine Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in San Francisco
By Glenn-Milo Santos, Desmond Miller, Jennifer Jain, Akua Gyamerah, Erin Wilson, Willi McFarland, and Henry F. Raymond

How Health Centers Engage Elders with Substance Use Disorder in Treatment
By Margaret Flinter

Spotlight: Caring for Older Adults Post Incarceration
By Benjamin  H. Han

Inside Summer 2021 Generations Journal

Precarious Aging and Late-Life Poverty

An Opportune Moment for Socially Just Economic Strategies to Prevent Precarity
Our Guest Editors
 

Judith Gonyea headshot
Judith G. Gonyea

 

Amanda Grenier
Amanda Grenier 

 


Precarity in Later life: Understanding Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience 
By Judith G. Gonyea and Amanda Grienier

Precarity and Economic Equality

Precarious Aging: The Spatial Context of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Economic Security   
By Jan E. Mutchler, Yang Li, and Nidya Velasco Roldán

The Importance of Social Security as an Equalizer  
By Wenliang Hou and Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher

The Diversity of Older Immigrants and Precarious Aging: Eligibility and Access to Public Benefits  
By Trinh Phan and Gelila Selassie

Precarity and Health Equity

A Tricky Balance: Medicare’s Affordability and Middle- and Lower-Income Beneficiaries’ Financial Stress
By Amber Willink

The Crucial Role of Federal Nutrition Programs in Promoting Health Among Low-Income Older Adults 
By Robert Blancato and Meredith Whitmire

Precarity on a Global Scale

Climate, Disasters, and Extreme Weather Events: Vulnerability, Resources, and Interventions for Lower-Income Older Adults 
By Alexis A. Merdjanoff

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Precarious Aging: The Importance of an Equity 
By Marc A. Garcia, Adriana M. Reyes, and Catherine Garcia

Precarity in Relation to Place

Addressing Health Equity for Older Adults at the Neighborhood Level  
By Stephanie Robert and Meghan Jenkins Morales

Mitigating Homelessness Among Older Adults: Opportunities in Adapting the Permanent Supportive Housing Model
By Sonia Gupta Pandit and Rebecca T. Brown

Affordable Senior Housing Maintenance and Renovations, COVID-19, and the Precarity of Residents’ Health Safety  
By Tam E. Perry, Zach Kilgore, Michael Appel, Michele Watkins, Claudia Sanford, and Dennis Archambault


Suggested citation for articles in this issue: [Last Name(s), First Name(s)]. "Article Title." Generations Journal, 45, no. 2 (Summer 2021). [URL]

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