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The Spring 2020 issue of ASA’s Generations, “Taking Action Against Elder Mistreatment,” features “Reframing Elder Abuse,” by Laura Mosqueda, Alyssa Neumann and Eden Ruiz-Lopez.

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Why won’t Americans, who are living longer lives, plan for their long-term care? And where are the policies for financing it?

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The Spring 2020 issue of Generations, “Taking Action Against Elder Mistreatment,” is an action-oriented issue, highlighting many options for programming to protect and serve older adults who either are...

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The challenge of fully embracing person-centered care lies in the struggle to change how organizations get things done.

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Though caregiving is demanding and draining, she reminds herself again that what she is doing for mom and Tom really matters.

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It is important to help a person living with dementia make a disaster preparedness plan and to review the plan at least once a year.

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A comparison of policy and procedure around supported decision-making for people with intellectual disabilities, and for people with age-related cognitive decline.

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"Many of my patients said they wouldn’t leave the house—they were afraid to go out."

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The response to stress caused by a relocation—often called “transfer trauma”—may include depression, distress, agitation, withdrawn behavior, self-care deficits, falls and weight loss.

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The opportunity to live in a caring, well-staffed senior living facility may provide the necessary well-being and connectedness that often is absent when elders live independently.

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Nursing home suicides, what LGBTQ elders and immigrants share, the lives and legacies of America’s vets, helping hoarders and more…

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The three major types of elder abuse are financial abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse.

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What lies ahead for the burgeoning population of older adults that will need long-term care?

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Why won’t Americans, who are living longer lives, plan for their long-term care? And where are the policies for financing it?

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What lies ahead for the burgeoning population of older adults that will need long-term care?

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Increasingly, first responders such as law enforcement, EMTs and paramedics, and firefighters are encountering people living with dementia in the course of their work and need sound strategies for...

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In 2018, caring for people with dementia was estimated to cost the health and long-term care systems $277 billion, making it the most costly disease in America.

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One of the questions my grandma asked me most often when we spent time together was, “What are you doing on your phone?”

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Wellness is a simple, though multi-pronged, concept, which emphasizes a mission of connection.

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ASA’s Healthcare and Aging Network (HAN) Leadership Council will celebrate OAM by offering a special series of presentations at the 2019 Aging in America Conference.

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