‘My grandparents seemed as inseparable from their surroundings as a snail from its shell.’
Learning on the Job: The Family Caregiver Reality
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Applying an Equity Framework to Elder Abuse Awareness, Prevention and Response
‘The virus has exposed and exacerbated the toxic intersectionality between compounded inequity and ageism.’
Has COVID-19 Made the Decline Narrative of Aging Worse?
‘The overwhelming embedded stereotype is that over 70, over 75 and you’re on that spiral of decline.’
Let’s Slow the Downward Trajectory of Life Expectancy in the United States
In 2020 we experienced the largest drop in life expectancy since World War II.
Coming Storms: Climate Change and the Rising Threat to America’s Coastal Elders
‘Evacuating elders from nursing homes and assisted living facilities can cause more harm than good.’
A Dose of Determination Solves Complex Challenges for Patients at Home
‘I was not prepared for the reality of a patient’s life outside of a hospital or clinic.’
Can Non-pharmaceutical Interventions in Alzheimer’s Stave Off the Related Economic Crisis?
Mid- to late-stage dementia patients will overwhelm and bankrupt Medicare, Medicaid and overrun the U.S. hospital system with end-of-life needs.
New Malnutrition Quality Measure Helps to Better Quantify Nutrition Care
‘It is a first-of-its-kind composite measure fully specified for use with electronic health record data.’
Making Sense of the Many Resources Available to the Sandwich Generation
‘The entirety of the caregiving spectrum can be daunting.’
A Shared National Goal to Reduce Dementia Prevalence
‘Up to 40 percent of dementia cases could be delayed or prevented by modifying 12 risk factors.’
COVID—When Everyone Found Their Hysterical Strength
Even HHS moved with unprecedented alacrity.
Ideas for Fortifying the Federal Agenda for Older Adult Nutrition
Prior to the pandemic, up to one out of every two older adults was already at risk for malnutrition.
Black and Brown Aging Life Care Managers Changing The World, One Client at a Time
Remind black or brown clients that they are the expert of themselves, and the relationship is a partnership.
Aging Strong Via Age-friendly Initiatives
‘The effects of these inequities compound with age.’
Clinical Resilience Among Practitioners Caring for Older Adults
COVID-19 has greatly exacerbated contributing environmental stressors to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
The Road to a COVID-19 Vaccination Is a Bumpy One for Many Older Adults
Many older adults are learning the hard way that vaccine eligibility does not necessarily mean vaccine access.
Help for Southeast Asian American Caregivers Facing PTSD, Trauma, Racism and Language Barriers
Some 70 percent of older Southeast Asian American immigrants or refugees have been diagnosed with PTSD.
National Blueprint Updates Malnutrition Care Strategies for the New Decade
‘Disease-associated malnutrition in older adults is estimated to cost nearly $53 billion annually.’
Shoulder to Shoulder, Men’s Shedders Engage with One Another, Save Lives
‘Shedders are not slackers.’
Fighting Ageism in Crisis Standards of Care
‘Considerations of prognosis must be limited to the risk of imminent mortality.’