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Working Longer Cannot Solve the Retirement Income Crisis
When we control for all factors that help a person prepare for retirement, working longer has no independent effect.
Immediate Actions the new Administration Should Take to Improve End-of-life Care and Planning
We offer three critical ways the Biden Administration can positively impact end-of-life care for all populations.
Without Trust, There Can Be No Healthcare Equity
Public health and aging services must regain lost trust, or gain the trust they never had earned.
Overthrowing Ageism
‘Why do adult children feel shame in admitting that we don’t know the best way to care for mom and dad?’
ASA Joins AARP, AARP Foundation and SAGE in Amicus Briefs Fighting Discrimination Against LGBT Surviving Spouses
‘The SSA is discriminating against married LGBT couples.’
Doctors Without Borders Helps U.S. Nursing Homes Fight Infection, Stigma and for Resources
‘Some of the world’s most advanced health systems were not prepared to handle a pandemic.’
Success! Addressing Vaccine Reluctance in Long-term Care Staff
‘Between Dec. 18 and Jan. 17, only 37.5 percent of nursing home staff stepped up to be vaccinated.’
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.
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