by D. Kevin McNeir. This article originally appeared in the Washington Informer. Much has been reported about a paradigm shift within American society which looms on the horizon and cannot be ignored: In less than 20 years, according to U.S. Census data, older adults...
States Need Pragmatic Policy Solutions to Better Support Family Caregivers
by Rani Snyder, Program Director, The John A. Hartford Foundation. This blog originally appeared on The John A. Hartford Foundation website. Dear Colleagues— At JAHF we want to know how we can better support family caregivers—the nearly 18 million family members in...
Spotlighting aging and caregiving in diverse communities at the 2019 Aging in America Conference
Last week, I traveled to New Orleans for the 2019 Aging in America Conference, hosted by the American Society on Aging (ASA). This annual event brings together thousands of people working in the aging field for a week of workshops, film screenings, events and...
Elder Refugees In Kentucky At Risk for Hunger
by Rhonda Miller. This article originally appeared on WKU Public Radio. This is part one of a three part series; you can read part one here and read part two here. Feeding Kentucky, a nonprofit with a mission to alleviate hunger across the Bluegrass State, reports...
HRC and SAGE Announce Partnership on First-Ever Assessment of Care Facilities Serving Older LGBTQ People
This press release originally appeared on the SAGE website. Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and SAGE, the world’s...
NICOA Joins 2019 Aging in America Conference
by Kayla Sawyer The National Indian Council on Aging, Inc. (NICOA) will travel to New Orleans for the 2019 Aging in America conference on April 15-18 to learn best practices and gain insights from leaders in the field about the current state of aging in America. Join...