A skid row doctor on why homeless people with psychiatric illnesses and/or dementia need our help and empathy.
It’s Not OK with My Soul
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Climate Change, Disasters, Aging and Homelessness
‘Environmental inequities are social inequities, resulting in health and economic disparities.’
A Shortage of Affordable Homes Is Driving the Surge in Older Adult Homelessness
‘Today, more than 3 million older adults live in households that are severely rental cost burdened.’
Round and Round We Go: Or the Way Services Work for People Who Are Homeless
Mental illness, drug use, abuse and dementia can all make help hard to secure.
Causes of Homelessness Among Elders and How We Might Eliminate ‘Homeism’
Reasons for becoming homeless are many, but discrimination and stigmatization happen to all.
Over the Edge: Older Adult Homelessness in Contemporary America
‘Researchers project continued and significant growth in older adult homelessness across the next decade.’
Today’s Victories for Direct Care Workers Took Decades of Activism
In 2020 we heard the first significant acknowledgement of direct care workers from a presidential candidate.
Learning from COVID. Or Not.
Detailing ways to ensure nurse aides hired during the pandemic are sufficiently trained.
Supreme Court Issues Decision Upholding Puerto Ricans’ Exclusion from SSI
‘Mr. Vaello-Madero didn’t understand he no longer qualified for SSI benefits after a change of address.’
Call to Action on Economic Security and Climate
Outtakes from On Aging 2022.
A Place to Call Home
One county in the Bay Area is reducing the number of unhoused people to ‘functional zero.’
The Economic Impact of the Pandemic on Older Adults
Government response has been insufficient to mitigate the impact of a public health crisis that is compounding decades of exclusion and discrimination.
Using Health Spending Accounts for Oral Nutrition Supplements
‘Physicians may recommend ONS products for individuals with a number of chronic diseases.’
ASA Hosted the Largest In-person Conference on Aging Since the Pandemic Began
Conference welcomes national influencers, award recipients and new Board Officers and Members
COVID Deaths Demonstrate Why We Should Protect Older Adult Rights as Human Rights
We must do better for our older loved ones, and for ourselves.
To Meet the Need for Home Care Workers, Provide a Pathway to Citizenship
Such a pathway would allow home care workers to move into the formal home care market, live with greater dignity, and enforce their rights.
The COVID-19 Effect on Older Asian Immigrants
Anti-Asian violence, which has continued despite the pandemic slowing, impacts older immigrants’ psychological well-being as well as family dynamics and well-being.
Improving Economic Security for Undocumented Older Adults
Many such immigrant workers enter old age with no protections.
How Older Immigrant Workers Benefit from Unions and Worker Centers
Los Angeles is a case study in unions’ power to raise labor standards.
Apprehension and the Aging of Undocumented Parents
Precarious legal status of older parents can lead to continued economic precarity in future generations.