This collection of pieces harnesses culturally responsive solutions, empowering caregivers and strengthen bonds in our communities.
Wrapping Up the Aging While Black Series
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Keep Livin’: How Intergenerational Connections Shape Us
In Black communities, insights and guidance from elders can serve as tools for resilience and strength.
Older Americans Are Least Likely to Report Scams
Multiple efforts exist to teach older adults how to avoid being scammed.
Why I Wrote American Eldercide
On triage, healthcare rationing, and how ageism might rear its ugly head in any situation of constructed scarcity.
‘I Wish I Never Came Here’
Unhoused residents struggle to find affordable housing.
Fostering Dementia Family Caregivers’ Resilience Via a Virtual Social Model
Mental health is often overlooked in other caregiver support programming.
Providers Are Failing People with Parkinson’s and Complex Dementias
More training and specified staff could make a huge difference in how people with PD and dementia are treated.
Spiritual Aging: The Path to Growing Not Just Old, but Whole
New book zeroes in on the clarity that comes with aging.
Americans Want a Better Economy—Investing in Care Holds the Key
Cuts to Medicaid and the threat of mass deportations could do irreparable harm to direct care.
Weaving a Complex Safety Net for Unhoused People in Colorado Springs
Springs Rescue Mission staff on what it means to be unhoused and how they help people land on their feet.
Elder Financial Exploitation and the Role of the CFPB
Laying out the many resources available to prevent and report fraud.
Improving Lives and Care: the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
How the LTCOP came about and the challenges it faces.
SNAP Stories: Two Older Adults Navigating Benefits in New York
On the health and psychological benefits of this crucial federal program.
Champion of Elder Justice on Advocacy’s Long and Winding Path
‘One simple fact should motivate us: A victim of elder abuse is never the same.’
Improving Pressure Injury Quality Care with Nutrition
Putting older patients at the center of care via new protocols that include nutrition as part of the care action steps.
A Forest of Generations
How arbitrary generational definitions can foster ageist thinking.
Pairs with Pride: Intergenerational Connections for LGBTQ+ Elders
How to create meaningful links between LGBTQ+ older and younger adults.
Who Cares When the Caregivers Fall?
Personal tale brings home the truth about our caregiving infrastructure, or lack thereof.
Care Is on the Ballot
As the election approaches, we should focus on care and caregiving.
On Hibiscus, Holidays and Health Benefits for Elders
A quick, personal take on the Jamaican Sorrel tradition.