Leslie Alden leads a climate and sustainability effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2033.
The Fierce Urgency of Now
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Housing Plus: Hebrew SeniorLife’s Embedded Prevention Pilot Reaps Rewards
The nonprofit provides services to about 3,000 older adults in the Boston area.
Lifelong Learning in the U.S.: An Institutional Overview
Later life learning can fend off cognitive decline, increase self-confidence and independence, contribute to life satisfaction and prevent loneliness.
New Tools for the Diabetes Toolbox
Use of these products may help in diabetes self-management.
Yes to Mobile Homes: Manufactured Housing’s Role in Solving the Housing Crisis
Manufactured homes are now virtually indistinguishable from site-built homes.
Altering the Narratives We Are Told to Benefit Caregivers and the Work They Perform
Using story to divest ourselves from the American ideal of rugged individualism.
The Care Infrastructure: Building Across Movements
Sustained advocacy could combat America’s short memory.
Intergenerational Programs Are Key to Combating Ageism
Older adults are more likely to live longer, healthier lives with a positive view of aging.
Closing the Technology Gap on the UN International Day of Older Persons
‘Almost half of the world’s population is still offline.’
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.’