Stories of Indigenous peoples across the country welcoming and benefiting from Native food programs demonstrate their effectiveness.
Resurgence of Indigenous Food Traditions Helps Heal Bodies and Spirits
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Tomato Season
A simple sandwich helps one hang onto memories.
Let’s Break this Bread and Eat
On how culinary traditions click with chosen family.
Food as Culture and Cure
One journey from native food to American and back to nearly an ancestral diet.
Demonstrating Resilience as Older Adults
Mental health goals and gains are within reach no matter one’s age.
Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World: Native Elders and Obesity
A disconnection from tradition and difficulty accessing Native foods play into high rates of obesity among older Indigenous peoples.
Insurance and Safety Issues Linked to Climate Change and Housing
The difficult state of the current insurance market in states experiencing regular climate events, and challenges linked to evacuation.
Creating the Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging
Three philanthropic organizations and the Administration for Community Living have come together to engage the community in the development of a national plan on aging.
Increasing Access to Medical Nutrition Therapy
Such access can improve health and help achieve goals of the Food as Medicine Movement.
Where to Live Amid Climate Change
Increasingly, older adults need to take hard look at potential climate change effects when deciding where to live.
Tackling the Complex Issue of Obesity Among Indigenous Elders
The Food is Medicine Movement and other ways Indigenous elders are reconnecting with traditional ways of eating to help prevent obesity.
Forty-six Years of Memories
Legacy Corps member counts the career-long merits of ASA.
On Love: In Your Career in Aging, What Love Did You Witness that Inspired You?
In praise of the special connection between grandparents and grandchildren.
Shining a Light on Substance Use Disorder in Elders
A true understanding of the needs and strengths of older adults with SUD is necessary to treat it effectively.
Tackling Healthcare Bias Against Older Adults with Obesity
The Obesity Bill of Rights should be a call to action for policymakers and employer retirement plans to think differently about the medical needs of people ages 60 and older with obesity.
A 21st-Century Vision for an Age-Old Problem
Introducing Teddie-Joy’s Law and the agenda to address aging with vision loss in America.
Aging with a History of Trauma: How Service Providers Can Help
Recent retraumatization of Holocaust survivors provides a need for person-centered, trauma-informed care.
Passion for Older Adults Is Her Purpose
Professor and psychologist juggles multiple studies and community projects all aimed at older adults with depression and cognitive impairment.
Ageism, Racism, and Culture as Determinants of Productive Aging Among Asian/Asian American Communities
Barriers and recommendations for overcoming them in work, volunteering, and caregiving for A/AA communities.
Intersectional Perspectives to Health and Work in Later Life
What is an intersectional perspective and how must we view work and older adults via this lens?