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Be Cash Clever to Avoid Tax-time Phone Scams
‘The IRS almost always resolves issues via mail, not phone.’
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.
Learning on the Job: The Family Caregiver Reality
‘My grandparents seemed as inseparable from their surroundings as a snail from its shell.’
Applying an Equity Framework to Elder Abuse Awareness, Prevention and Response
‘The virus has exposed and exacerbated the toxic intersectionality between compounded inequity and ageism.’
Has COVID-19 Made the Decline Narrative of Aging Worse?
‘The overwhelming embedded stereotype is that over 70, over 75 and you’re on that spiral of decline.’
Tribute to Dennis Dudley
‘No matter the occasion or the setting, he transformed it.’
ASA Announces New Board Members
‘This year’s class of new ASA board members will more than fulfill our ambitious aspirations.’
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.
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.’
On Choosing Public Service
My mother helped neighbors, ‘because it was the right thing to do.’
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