‘Almost half of the world’s population is still offline.’
Closing the Technology Gap on the UN International Day of Older Persons
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International Day of Older Persons: Pushing Digital Equity for All Ages
International Day of Older Persons in 2021 affirms the need for digital access and participation for all elders.
Passion and Purpose: Cherokee Geriatrician Blythe Winchester on Choosing Geriatrics
Her patients help her to reconnect with her tribe and to incorporate her indigenous heritage in her work.
Delivering—and Measuring—Healthcare That Matters for People with Complex Healthcare Needs
New way of measuring healthcare could deliver person-driven outcomes.
Lauren Artress: A Life in Sacred Motion
An authority on labyrinths, she has written four books and trains labyrinth facilitators.
How Peer-to-peer Interventions Can Combat Loneliness
Peer advocates will encourage elders to reconnect with friends and relatives with whom they’ve lost touch.
Mitigating Homelessness Among Older Adults: Adapting the Permanent Supportive Housing Model
Housing alone is not enough to address geriatric conditions in homeless older adults and improve their ability to age in place.
An Opportune Moment for Socially Just Economic Strategies to Prevent Precarity
‘It is poverty, disadvantage, and inequality that reveal how unequal aging is structured and experienced.’
On ASA Rise and Leadership Lessons Learned from the Program that Preceded It
The key message, which I carry with me to this day, is that at times I must leave my comfort zone to be an effective leader.
Partnering with Community Organizations to Address Older Adult Loneliness
Introducing an effective, scalable, and sustainable approach to ameliorating loneliness
Care Management in Residential Settings: Added Benefit or Unnecessary Duplication?
Does it make sense to require independent care management for individuals who live in residential settings such as assisted living and nursing facilities?
Help for Primary Care Practitioners in Addressing Older Adult Alcohol and Opioid Use
‘From 2015 to 2016, 19 percent of older adults filled at least one opioid prescription.’
Battling Loneliness: The American Geriatrics Society’s CoCare: Hospital Elder Life Program
Volunteers are a key component to the program, and it demonstrates a 95 percent satisfaction rate.
A Solutions-Oriented Partnership Helps Metro Detroit Elders Stay Safe at Home
Metro In-Home Solutions, a collaborative of four charitable organizations, accelerates home modifications for Detroit’s older adults.
‘Magic Table’ Can Create Joy, Overcome Apathy in People With Dementia
The Tovertafel shows benefits for elders with dementia and their caregivers.
Climate, Disasters, and Extreme Weather Events: Vulnerability, Resources, and Interventions for Lower-Income Older Adults
Catastrophic disasters can be extremely disruptive and take months—if not years—to recover from.
Affordable Senior Housing Maintenance and Renovations, COVID-19, and the Precarity of Residents’ Health Safety
Three case studies of protecting residents from COVID-19 during low-income senior building renovations.
Plugging Transportation Gaps: Microtransit Can Fill in Where Public Transit and Ride-Hailing Fail
On-demand public transit allows travelers to request a shared shuttle that picks them up in a few minutes.
What Can Be Done to Fix Direct Care Jobs? Here are 47 Ideas
Two priorities are to reform long-term care financing and increase compensation for direct care workers.
Can Technology Solve Mobility and Transportation Challenges for Older Adults?
Mobility challenges are common for older adults and with public transport that is inaccessible or non-existent, mobility and transportation are closely intertwined.