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The Human Cost of Technical Debt
How failed technology perpetuates suffering in determining disability qualification for older adults.
Feeling Connected, Capable and Included
Enabling tech access and integration via New York’s Master Plan for Aging.
Could Wills Help Reduce the Racial Wealth Gap?
One promising avenue for reducing the wealth gap between Black and white households is to encourage more Black households to draft wills.
The Importance of Expanding Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Roles in New Rural Health Transformation Grant Applications
A Nov. 5 deadline looms for CMS program applications to make rural America healthy again via prevention, access, tech and workforce development.
The Age-Friendly Paradox
When good intentions meet structural limitations.
The Civil Rights Generation, the Great Wealth Transfer and Our Need to Address the Racial Wealth Divide
This transfer will most likely act as another brick in the wall of American economic segregation.
Age-inclusion Isn’t a Nice-to-Have—It’s the Way Forward
We need to bring everyone into the circle, creating environments where people of all ages and backgrounds have a sense of belonging.
The Power of Belonging in Aging
The On Aging theme of belonging should be the core of aging services and advocacy.
The End of Aging as We Know It
Increased life expectancy, longevity medicine, potential limits on childbirths, what could it all mean?
When We Cheer for Fat Bears but Stigmatize Fat People
While we obsess over fat bears for fun, let’s lend some compassion to older people struggling with obesity and take action on the TROA bill.
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