Mobility challenges are common for older adults and with public transport that is inaccessible or non-existent, mobility and transportation are closely intertwined.
As job satisfaction and care quality improve, consumers spend more, public assistance rates drop and costly health outcomes go down.
The MNT Act would promote health equity among minority communities with higher rates of nutrition-related chronic diseases.
‘Facilities very rarely have just cause when they seek eviction for a reason other than nonpayment.’
Caregivers are part of the connective tissue that binds families, often across generations.
‘CRT challenges us to look beyond our feelings and examine the impact our words and actions have on others.’
‘The toolkit is informed by the voices and perspectives of diverse elders themselves, as well as their caregivers.’
As experience experts, older residents identify opportunities and challenges to aging in place and develop solutions for change.
A self-driving service can promote wellness, offering access to healthcare or local businesses and connection to family.
‘Angie believes she can live safely at home if only she could receive some help.’
‘The effects of discrimination and poverty among LGBT individuals compound over the lifetime.’
Tom had the uncanny ability to put everyone at ease and to make spaces for those who may otherwise have felt marginalized.
‘LGBT caregivers may not be formally recognized as caregivers by healthcare providers.’
‘When entrepreneurs are successful, businesses become a source of family wealth that can transfer to future generations.’
‘The impact of racism only intensifies as people of color age and also confront ageism.’
How do older adult learners like and experience new types of course delivery such as online or via phone?
‘At age 44, should I have already properly named and mastered myself?’
Biden’s administration and a pro-equality majority in Congress can advance a range of policies supporting LGBT older adults.
Dementia incidence in the American Indian/Alaska Native population is 14.6 percent higher than in the white population.
The pandemic has made clear that we can no longer ignore the digital divide.
