Mather’s online and in-person programming focuses on connections.
The Loneliness Gap Is Real. Free Virtual Programs Can Help Close It.
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How Employers Can Support Working Caregivers
Report finds about 7 in 10 working-age family caregivers are employed.
A Discharge Address Is Not a Community
Ways to reconnect older adults after rehabilitation.
Rethinking Fall Prevention: From Avoidance to Preparedness
Social connection and mobility are also factors in avoiding falls.
Can AI Help Us Leave Breadcrumbs Back to Ourselves?
What my mother’s determination to stay independent taught me about memory, identity and the possibilities of artificial intelligence.
From the Shadows to the Light: Centering Solo Agers in Healthcare
What our ASA RISE Fellowship Program research project into solo aging discovered.
Advancing Equity in Palliative Care
How the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is working to reduce disparities for older adults living with serious illness.
Aging With Disability Is a Continuum, Not a Handoff
Adding aging services on top of disability services does little to create continuity.
Who Is Qualified to Listen to Us?
The counseling gap for older adults is not only about access. It is about who is trained to understand what later life contains.
A Child May Age Out of a System, But They Never Age Out of a Family
An excerpt from “Grandfamilies: Stories of Children and the Loving Relatives Who Raise Them.”
Building a Longevity-Ready Society
ASA is examining the future of aging and learning from others.
If You Shape Community, You Shape How We Age
Letter from ASA’s Patrice Dickerson is an open invite to On Aging 2027: Creating Community conference
When the Medical Plan is Sound But Not Sustainable
Four questions to decide if a care plan is feasible.
We Didn’t Mean to Design Conversation Out of Home Care
We measure tasks completed and minutes worked but not connections made and personal impact.
Music-Response Drawing: A Daily Practice for People Aging with Parkinson’s Disease
My drawing starts with Steely Dan as the line follows the rhythm.
Beyond the House: Understanding the Emotional Side of Housing Decisions in Later Life
How to help older adults change residences and transition to a new home.
Growing Old in a Warming World
The intersecting trends of aging populations and increasing global temperatures require viable solutions.
Why Must Our Leaders Pretend They Aren’t Old?
Few model healthy aging and present themselves as the exception to growing older.
Creativity: It Should Never Stop
An excerpt from author and new longevity expert Michael Clinton’s latest book.
Creatine in Healthy Aging: Not Just for Muscle Performance Anymore
Benefits and misconceptions of creatine supplementation.