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Mothering Challenging Adult Children: Difficult Mothering
Resources abound for adult children who become default caregivers for their parents, but what about older parents who become the default safety net for adult children?

Improving the Behavioral Health of Older Adults Through Multisector Plans for Aging
States are using MPAs to address older adult behavioral health.

I Am a BIPOC Older Adult Rising with ASA RISE
How benefits from the fellowship program trickle up to its consultant.

Getting In the Vote: The Nursing Home Challenge
6 things to do to help facilitate voting for residents of long-term care facilities.

What Juneteenth Means to Me and to Black Elders
Using the commemorative day as an inspiration for one’s life work.

What Might Care Mean to Future Health Professionals?
First-person experience can be a powerful teacher when it comes to care and caregiving.

Bearing Witness to Someone Letting Go of Life
Book explores what it means to die with eyes wide open.

Vision Rehabilitation Transforms Lives
Big Data Project demonstrates wide gap in health metrics between people living with vision loss and those without, prior to vision rehabilitation.

Often Overlooked: Malnutrition with Overweight and Obesity
Nutrition screening tools typically rely on low body mass index, missing malnutrition in people with overweight and obesity

Tell Congress: It’s Time to Strengthen the Older Americans Act
Six top issues that need addressing ASAP in the upcoming OAA authorization.

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