How failed technology perpetuates suffering in determining disability qualification for older adults.
The Human Cost of Technical Debt
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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.
Lift Your Voice for Those Who May Think They Don’t Have One
An advocate for older immigrants on why she helps those who tend to stay in the shadows.
Securing Intergenerational Wealth by Investing in Anti-Poverty Programs for Older Adults
The ability to build and pass on wealth should not be a privilege reserved for the few, but a right for all older adults.
Aging with HIV Is an American Story We Cannot Ignore
‘When aging services, health systems and community-based organizations collaborate, older adults with HIV can thrive.’
The New Brain Economy: An Economic Strategy to Boost the Longevity Dividend
Offering a holistic and proactive approach to aging that grows the longevity dividend, unlocking untapped human potential and economic productivity.
The New Brain Economy: Promoting Cognitively Healthy Life Expectancies
What does it mean to live more years cognitively healthy, and how might we get there?
Seeking Human Connection in the New Brain Economy
AI researchers need deep thinking to truly address social isolation.
Brain Equity in the New Brain Economy
Cognitive health is an economic imperative.
Coalition Building for Social Connection
At UCSF’s Social Connections and Aging Lab, work is afoot to enhance awareness of social isolation and loneliness and cooperate with community groups to foster connection.
Wealth Disparities in a Moment of Unprecedented Intergenerational Wealth Transfer
Early insights from roundtable discussions in geographically diverse areas of the United States.
Nothing About Us Without Us
The importance of research, advocacy and centering community voices in the quest for equitable aging in place.