A public health agenda that reduces dementia risk factors could yield governmental and healthcare savings and improve health and well-being.
Promoting Healthy Aging to Reduce the Risk of Dementia: A Public Health Imperative
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Improving the Lives of People Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers
Can you truly live well with dementia? This journal issue demonstrates that you can.
Courageous Disruption: ASA RISE, the Obesity Epidemic & Equity Leadership
An ASA RISE project on obesity held larger lessons on ferreting out greater societal inequities.
ASA Hosts the Largest Multidisciplinary Conference in Aging in Atlanta
Conference welcomes national influencers, award recipients and new Board Officers and Members
Seeking Proactive, Equitable Care for Elders
AARP’s Edem Hado on how she goes about trying to make older adults’ lives joyful and fulfilling.
League of Women Voters on the Ground Getting Voters Ready
A Texas tradition and a new Alabama website are just two volunteer-led programs churning out informed voters.
Will You Love Me When I’m 64?
Ageism flourishes on dating apps, and not just from suitors.
New Direct Care Workforce State Index Maps Out Progress and Potential
This state-level analysis allows leaders to consider the relative wage disparity in their state and its implications for workers.
Balancing Scientific Inquiry with Empathy
New interventions for transfers consider needs of the care receiver and family caregiver.
Don’t Get Old!
Personal life lessons in the practice of cultural humility.
Horse Whisperers Connect Care Partners and People with Dementia
The Connected Horse program shows great promise in changing the narrative, and reality, around dementia.
Visit Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
ASA’s On Aging Conference provides a chance to visit this crucial historic site.
Get Your “Boosters for Joy” This Winter Season
Social connectedness is vital during COVID-19.
Advancing ASA’s Role in Public Policy—2022 Year in Review
As a board member and the chair of the American Society on Aging's Public Policy Committee, I have been working with our all-member, all-volunteer committee to advance ASA's role in public policy. Thank you to our dedicated cadre of experts working on behalf of ASA to inform our policy work. The year 2022 has been a turning point for ASA's policy efforts....
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Or How to Save DME from Ending Up in the Landfill
Maryland Department of Aging routinely recycles durable medical equipment for those who need it.
Nature Really Is Medicine, This Caregiver Learned
Access to nature returned my mother’s will to live—and made me a biophilia advocate.
New Research Supports the Importance of Nutrition in Surgical Recovery
‘Previous research has shown the value of nutrition in reducing hospital length of stay and readmission rates in surgery patients.’
The Brushstrokes of Dementia
How an artist’s work was transformed by dementia.
The Art of Aging
A portrait and interview project by Aging Well WhatCom explores what it means to age in a certain place and includes fascinating personal histories.
What to Expect from On Aging 2023
‘When we sit together in the same space, we all gain new insight and inspiration.’