‘Food brings pleasure, and eating is a valuable social activity.’
Nutrition—A Key Factor for Older Adults’ Quality of Life
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Don George: Meandering Mystic
Well-known travel writer, teacher and mentor lives his ‘be the love’ mantra.
The Connection Between Health and Vision Impairment
Poor physical health often accompanies vision loss, but connecting to vision rehab services can rebuild confidence and control over one’s daily life.
Preaching Beyond the Choir About Family Caregiving
Why engaging journalists matters.
Monitoring and Nutrition Are Vital for Quality Diabetes Management
Diabetes Awareness Month is a great time to encourage elders to speak with healthcare providers about programs and experts that can help them better control blood glucose levels.
We Must Foster Synergy Between Direct Care Workers and Family Caregivers
Our new effort aims to address profound needs by centering this caregiver dyad in policy and practice-related conversations.
Why MPAs Are Critical to Equitably Meeting the Needs of Aging Communities
Cross-sector involvement in such plans requires engaging key components of the LTSS system to address root causes of challenges faced by elders, people with disabilities, caregivers and families.
Advocating for Policies to Promote Good Nutrition for Equitable Healthy Aging
‘Our nation faces a pressing need for policies that prioritize the nutrition well-being of minority older adults.’
In Praise of Adventure: Changing the Narrative of Later Life
In how many directions might we (ad)venture as we reach the end of life?
Charting a Course in Gerontology
Collective reflections and anticipations of emerging scholars in the field of aging.
Coming Out Old: A Journey of Contradictions
It is time for academics to advocate using the data they’ve been collecting all these years on LGBTQ aging, especially for Black elders.
Designing for Social Citizenship in the Everyday Human Built Environment
Concepts, tools, and challenges to explore, use, and overcome when designing for cognitive as well as physical impairment.
Reflections on Gerontology, Minorities, and Immigrants from the 1960s to the 2020s
A gerontologist of almost 50 years takes readers through the arc of research and gerontology trends from just before he started to now.
How We Talk About Aging
Big and little picture ways to think about scripts for talking aging.
Lessons from Ethnography in Poland: Beyond Dualistic Views of Aging
‘Older Poles went about their daily lives in ways that cannot be explained by concepts of either the third or fourth age.’
Life-Course Reflections on a Career in Aging
As his career evolves over time, one geropsychologist witnesses a dramatic evolution of the field as well.
Our Guest Editor: Complex Yet Compelling Take on Narratives About Aging
Mark Luborsky’s empathy plays a large part in his portrayal of how we might better talk about aging.
Perspectives of a Social Gerontologist: Aging with the Field
My passion is identifying and evaluating social, behavioral, environmental, and/or tech solutions that can make healthy aging a reality for more older adults.
In Search of the Good Life
Engaging in life is key for aging well, but views differ on what that means.
Still Writing—Not Done Aging Yet
A longtime gerontologist and writer on his philosophical and spiritual search for meaning in life and death.