With AARP Foundation’s Bill Rivera and Audra Wilson, President and CEO, Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Systemic Solutions to Poverty Through Legal Advocacy
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The Older American Indian: Yesterday and Today
As indigenous populations move to urban centers, Native cultures are threatened.
Making it Work: Care, Blackness, and Generational Values
For the second time in their generation, my aunts helped weave together a care plan that would become my inherited responsibility.
Youth Caregivers: Before, During, and After the Pandemic
The call to support care infrastructure as policy and practice presents a historic watershed moment for youth caregivers.
Care in the United States: Our Moment of Crisis
One immigrant family’s story lays out the situation for many.
Stop the Scam! How to Avoid Rental Scams
Scam artists use photos of a real property, or hijack a legitimate listing, to create a real estate advertisement.
Future Proof: Building Relationships that Lead to Opportunity
Getting a good job is about more than just skills. How can work programs facilitate the type of connections older workers need to build a post-pandemic professional network that leads to better employment opportunities? Dr. Tamara Payne, Project Director for Back to Work 50+ Women's Economic Stability Initiative (WESI) talks with AARP Foundation's Lisa...
Quality Cancer Care Equals Quality Nutrition Care
‘Nutrition is a social determinant of health that can impact health and healthcare costs.’
The Foundation of Care: Wages, Rights, Access, Equity, Housing and Safety
As economic hurt hit the middle class, suddenly a new breed of activists were interested in issues that have always affected BIPOC women.
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis Helps Older Homeowners Age in Place
‘All of the issues in the home were making my granddaughter sick.’
Future Proof: Is Poverty Solvable?
Building Opportunity and Fighting Poverty, Presented by AARP Foundation
Student Debt Weakens Retirement Security; COVID-19 Aggravates the Situation
Student loan debt is the fastest growing debt since 1992.
The Growing Pressures Facing Unpaid Family Caregivers
‘The government and employers need to step up their support so that caregivers can continue to work.’
Better Care, Better Jobs Act Desperately Needed for Aging Well
Do your part to help by contacting Congress.
Precarious Aging: The Spatial Context of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Economic Security
The cost of remaining in one’s community intersects with life-course experiences and social identities to produce disparities in economic security at older ages.
Commonsense Updates to SSI Can Help 3.3 Million Americans Pull Themselves Out of Poverty
Income and eligibility rules for SSI have changed little since it was signed, in 1972.
Mitigating Homelessness Among Older Adults: Adapting the Permanent Supportive Housing Model
Housing alone is not enough to address geriatric conditions in homeless older adults and improve their ability to age in place.
Life Lessons for Adults and Children
How to shrink the awareness gap about care plans between children and older adults.
Why We Must Support Our Hispanic/Latinx Caregivers
‘The caregiver experience for Hispanic/Latinx caregivers may differ depending upon their origin of birth.’
The Importance of Social Security as an Equalizer
Retirement wealth inequality is extreme—Black and Hispanic households have less than half the retirement wealth of White households.