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Good Nutrition May Help Support Vaccine Response in Older Adults
‘Up to one of two older adults is either at risk of malnutrition or is malnourished.’
Muscogee Nation Fights Back Against COVID, Preserving Tradition
‘Our survival as a people and a culture has been threatened once again by sickness and disease.’
A Matter of Substance
The pandemic’s mental health toll—grief, anxiety, and depression, has lent an air of urgency to the already-critical study of the older adult cohort’s use and misuse of substances.
Biden an Apt Symbol of a Commitment to Healthy Aging
‘At the core of his plan is a recognition of the preference for aging in place.’
Online Learning–An Important New Component for Older Adult Well-Being and Quality of Life
‘The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted the educational landscape and learning modalities.’
Working, or Unable to Work, the ‘Most Dangerous Jobs in America’
Countless CNAs and residential care aides have left jobs due to contracting the virus, or to quarantine or care for kids or other relatives.
Connecting Housing to Health: CDC Gets Vaccines into HUD-subsidized Senior Housing
60 percent of LeadingAge affordable housing members know of COVID cases in their communities.
New Dietary Guidelines Include Focus on Older Adults
Most Americans do not follow a healthy dietary pattern, although older adults have the highest diet quality.
Of Aging: Equity, Economics and Class
‘Authors explore the intersections of racial and cultural identity, ageism, poverty and the need for responsive policy.’
Let’s Pick Up the PACE: Expanding the Reach of the Gold Standard Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
West Health and The John A. Hartford Foundation are funding an exciting initiative—PACE 2.0—to expand the reach of PACE programs nationally.
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