‘Evacuating elders from nursing homes and assisted living facilities can cause more harm than good.’
Coming Storms: Climate Change and the Rising Threat to America’s Coastal Elders
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Can Non-pharmaceutical Interventions in Alzheimer’s Stave Off the Related Economic Crisis?
Mid- to late-stage dementia patients will overwhelm and bankrupt Medicare, Medicaid and overrun the U.S. hospital system with end-of-life needs.
Housing: Often Overlooked but a Critical Pillar for Older Adults
Why is housing a backburner issue, how does it determine health, what are the inequities and how might we fix it?
The Ethics of Misogyny
‘Women have long been taken for granted as the default safety net.’
Aging While … in a Post-Pandemic World
‘More low-income older adults will become entrepreneurs, freelancers and gig workers.’
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.
Age Diversity Is the Untapped Source for Growth Business Leaders Are Talking About
‘Multigenerational teams perform better, lead to greater worker satisfaction and produce greater revenue for companies.’
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.
Precarity, USA
‘The most marginalized may be seen as “perfect” workers—people who are used the most and cost the least.’
100 Days for Biden et al. to Change the Course of Elderhood
Biden’s plan would finally put caregiving squarely into federal policy.
Of Aging: Equity, Economics and Class
‘Authors explore the intersections of racial and cultural identity, ageism, poverty and the need for responsive policy.’
The Intersections of Inequity in Aging
‘Let’s raise up and explicitly value women, and the work that women do, at all ages.’
The Economics of Equity: The Outsized Impact of COVID on Older, Non-white Workers
Between March and July 2020, nearly one-fifth of non-white women lost their jobs.
What Might it Mean for the United States to Achieve Equity for Older Adults of Color?
Some people are further behind not because of deficits within them, their families or their communities.
A Place to Be
‘Every one of us has a story. But not every one of us has a home.’
“How Much Time Do You Want for Your ‘Progress’?” Inequitable Aging for Diverse Sexual and Gender Minorities
SGM older adults and older adults of color are disproportionately affected by poverty and mental and physical health conditions.
Leaving No Older Adult Hungry During the Pandemic
Meals on Wheels quickly and safely ramped up food delivery to meet the rapid influx in demand and combat food insecurity among elders.
More Than Ever, COVID-19 Needs a Racial Justice Response
‘While we are all weathering this storm, we are not in the same boat.’
Building Older American Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines
Barriers to adoption include perceived costs, availability and side effects.
Weathering the Storm: How Older Adults Will Help Drive States’ Economic Growth and Recovery
‘States with the oldest populations will experience the largest economic growth.’