Congregations can become a refuge for people processing grief over climate change and spur advocacy and action to halt it.
Living Faithfully on the Hinge of History
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Climate Change Hazards + Social Vulnerability = A Recipe for Disaster
Climate justice must involve transgenerational, equitable action.
Why Aging Policy Must Include Climate Action
ASA’s climate policy agenda will emphasize health policy and climate justice; emergency preparedness, response, and recovery; and volunteerism.
ASA RISE Mentorship and What it Means to Me
Having a mentor that knows my challenges and matches my interests is imperative in the field of aging.
What I Think of When I Think of Juneteenth
ASA RISE’s program director on all that June 19 represents.
Building Resilience and Fostering Adaptation to Climate Change
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has embarked on multiple efforts to prepare Americans.
A Shortage of Affordable Homes Is Driving the Surge in Older Adult Homelessness
‘Today, more than 3 million older adults live in households that are severely rental cost burdened.’
Round and Round We Go: Or the Way Services Work for People Who Are Homeless
Mental illness, drug use, abuse and dementia can all make help hard to secure.
Causes of Homelessness Among Elders and How We Might Eliminate ‘Homeism’
Reasons for becoming homeless are many, but discrimination and stigmatization happen to all.
Stepping Out of Our Lane
Current events sometimes call for more direct action.
Over the Edge: Older Adult Homelessness in Contemporary America
‘Researchers project continued and significant growth in older adult homelessness across the next decade.’
Today’s Victories for Direct Care Workers Took Decades of Activism
In 2020 we heard the first significant acknowledgement of direct care workers from a presidential candidate.
Learning from COVID. Or Not.
Detailing ways to ensure nurse aides hired during the pandemic are sufficiently trained.
ASA RISE: Connecting the Dots Between Caregiving, DEI Work and Aging
I have a deeper appreciation of how many of our healthcare systems are riddled with systematic racism.
Double Jeopardy: COVID-19 and Me
One Black woman’s two-week hospital journey through COVID-19 and our healthcare system.
The COVID-19 Pandemic in Midlife and Older Persons in Mississippi
Multiple lessons learned in the state’s pandemic response can be used going forward.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Direct Care Workers
Although deemed essential, the quality of direct care jobs falls short of their worth.
Elucidating Impacts, Navigating the New Normal in a Pandemic
Exploring COVID-19 impacts via equity, diversity, and inclusivity lenses and proposing systemic solutions.
Hard Lessons Learned and How to Move Forward as COVID-19 Persists
These guest editors have the future firmly in mind and can envision a better one.
4 Takeaways from the ASA On Aging Conference
There is so much value in making connections with diverse professionals in the field of aging: