Concentrating federal transportation spending in high birth-rate areas may isolate elders in their neighborhoods.
How Shifting DOT Funding Priorities Hurts Grandma, Grandpa and Their Families
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Strategies to Reduce Healthcare Cost Burden via Medicare Savings Programs
Explaining MSPs and how to expand access to them.
On Homelessness, Housing and How We Got Here
Past opportunities, inflation are behind the wave of older adult homelessness, but viable solutions exist.
GRAND Voices—Powerful Advocates for Change
Grandparents raising grandchildren are highly valued as key advisors to policy makers.
‘Your Grandma Is Here for You’
How Black grandmothers raising their grandchildren care for children’s social and emotional needs.
Getting Grandchildren Back on Their Feet
How Black grandmothers raising grandchildren tend to children’s physical development.
‘I Wanna Put That Education in Them’
How Black grandmothers raising their grandchildren support children’s cognitive development.
Getting By Is Not Enough
Poverty—A neglected driving force in skip-generation African-American caregiver households.
Family Dynamics When Grandchildren Are Not Siblings: An Opening Discussion
What we do and don’t know about the impact of family composition on family or child outcomes, particularly in grandparent-headed families.
The Impact of Latino Culture on the Experiences of Abuelitas (Grandmothers)
How cultural values like familismo, machismo, and marianismo can influence grandmothers’ view of their role.
A Case Study of Compound Caregiving by an African American Grandmother
Addressing the preferred ways extended family and healthcare providers might provide stress relief for compound caregivers.
A Glimpse into the Lives of African American Grandmothers Caring on the Margins
A lack of familial or community resources makes the grandmothering job all-consuming and nearly impossible.
Advocating for Grandparents Who Step in to Parent
Bolstering the village it takes to raise grandchildren whose parents are out of the picture.
Another New York Story
A new book chronicles how a nondescript bakery in Manhattan provides company for the struggles of late life.
Working Well Past Retirement
Older workers cite high cost of housing, necessities, for staying longer in the workforce.
Reimagining How Black Elders Could Age in America
The Aging While Black movement is built upon three core pillars: Recalibrating the Village, Embracing Innovation, and Leaning into Sankofa.
Wrapping Up the Aging While Black Series
This collection of pieces harnesses culturally responsive solutions, empowering caregivers and strengthen bonds in our communities.
Older Americans Are Least Likely to Report Scams
Multiple efforts exist to teach older adults how to avoid being scammed.
‘I Wish I Never Came Here’
Unhoused residents struggle to find affordable housing.
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.