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Broke, But Not Broken: Baby Boomers & Their Not-So-Golden Years

Primary Education Topic:  Aging in Community Other Education Topics:  Business & Aging Creativity and Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Healthcare & Aging Leadership in Aging Mental...

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The Perils of Climate Change: A Growing Threat to Older People

Primary Education Topic:  Aging in Community Other Education Topics:  Health & Wellness Healthcare & Aging Leadership in Aging Legal & Ethical Issues Mental Health & Aging Policy and...

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Tax 'Reform' Puts Elders & the Safety Net At Risk

Primary Education Topic:  Policy and Advocacy Other Education Topics:  Aging in Community Business & Aging Leadership in Aging Legal & Ethical Issues LGBTQ Aging Mental Health & Aging...

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Disaster Preparedness & Elders: There’s Room for Improvement

Primary Education Topic:  Aging in Community Other Education Topics:  Aging in Community Caregiving Creativity and Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Healthcare & Aging Leadership in Aging...

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The Impacts of Climate Change Take a Heavier Toll on Older Women

Primary Education Topic:  Aging in Community Other Education Topics:  Creativity and Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Healthcare & Aging Leadership in Aging Legal & Ethical Issues LGBTQ...

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Quality Measures Can Strengthen Care for Vulnerable Populations

Primary Education Topic:  Leadership in Aging Other Education Topics:  Aging in Community Leadership in Aging Legal & Ethical Issues LGBTQ Aging Mental Health & Aging Multicultural Aging Policy...

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The Dilemma of the Unbefriended Elder

Primary Education Topic:  Legal & Ethical Issues Other Education Topics:  Aging in Community LGBTQ Aging Mental Health & Aging Policy and Advocacy An unbefriended LGBT elder could end up with a...

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Mass Incarceration, Racial Disparities in Health, and Successful Aging

Primary Education Topic:  Policy and Advocacy Other Education Topics:  Aging in Community Business & Aging Creativity and Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Healthcare & Aging Leadership...

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Employers are beginning to see the toll that caregiving takes on their employees. This toll might jeopardize productivity and risk the loss of an otherwise excellent worker.

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We talk much less about people who were doing fine until they weren’t, people who had career choices, good jobs and decent incomes, until the wheels came off in their late 40s, 50s or 60s.

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Older people also often are living with chronic health conditions and functional limitations that may contribute to frailty and disability. And climate change impacts not only physical health. 

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Growing levels of inequality are bad news for older adults. Elder poverty rates are already high and growing—even while some smaller groups of older adults continue to do well financially.

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Given that age-related vulnerabilities such as diabetes, hypertension, vision or sensory deficits, im­paired mobility, cognitive decline or mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety are...

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It is important to note, air pollution can trigger COPD and asthma and increase the risk of heart attack in older adults, especially those who are diabetic or obese.

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Across the country, budget shortfalls have put pressure on state Medicaid programs that pro­vide most publicly funded long-term service and supports.

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An unbefriended LGBT elder could end up with a guardian with whom the elder has no prior personal connection, and who may have little to no LGBT cultural competency or interest in protecting the...

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An analysis of the impacts of mass incarceration on the African American community and on the cohort’s long-term health consequences.

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The use of certain prescribed or over-the-counter medications known as anticholinergics are associated with adverse cognitive effects and have recently been considered a modifiable risk factor for ADRD.

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Alzheimer’s is more complicated—it’s not just one thing, but rather various processes that are intimately related to brain aging that we will all experience to some degree over time.

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Alzheimer’s—a new view, an Openhouse/On Lok partnership helps LGBTQ elders, dementia risks for LGBTQ older adults, and the freeing fun of improv.

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