July 2017 | American Society on Aging

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July 2017

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Multidisciplinary Team Approach and the Educated Consumer

07.27.2017

By Judy Rough Multidisciplinary care is an integrated team approach to healthcare. The evaluation of treatment options and treatment planning are collaborative processes involving medical and allied healthcare professionals in concertation with the patient and the patient's family. Healthcare... Read More

Are Extended-Stay Hotels a Housing Model for Aging in Place?

07.12.2017

Are Extended-Stay Hotels a Housing Model for Aging in Place? By Terri Lewinson Gary is a 64-year-old husband and father of five adult children. He temporarily relocated to Atlanta from Virginia so that his wife Paula, a homemaker, could provide caregiving for her mother. Two years into their stay... Read More

Of Aha Moments, Unicorns and a Passion for the Work

07.12.2017

Millennials are known for seeking employment where they can “do well while doing good.” Amanda Cavaleri, age 28, founder of Connect The Ages, wants to capitalize on that tendency by encouraging members of her generation to work in the field of aging. “They want to take their... Read More

New Toolkit Can Help Reframe Ageist Messaging

07.10.2017

Editor’s note: ASA President and CEO Bob Stein represents ASA in the Reframing Aging work advanced by the Leaders of Aging Organizations (LAO), also serving as an advisor to the Reframing Elder Abuse parallel research project conducted by the Administration for Community Living (and... Read More