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Creating an Enriching Work Life for Older Adults with Vision Loss
Support and training allow people with vision loss to secure or maintain positions.
How We Might Reduce Risks for Older Adults in a Changing Climate
Advocacy is needed to help those at greatest risk for all climate crises.
The Ibasho Model of Elder Empowerment and Community Ownership
Elder-led community model fosters older adults’ mental health and resilience.
The Cost of Aging in Prison
‘Older adults in California prisons, including those with chronic (but not totally disabling) illnesses are mandated to work every day.’
Now is the Time to Integrate Nutrition and Malnutrition Care into State Master Plans on Aging
More than half of U.S. states are developing plans, but nutrition needs to be included.
Beyond Their Prime? Or Just Missed Opportunity?
Self-perception is a key reason older women don’t exercise as they should.
ASA RISE—An Invaluable Segue into My Second Chapter
‘ASA RISE has been the vitamin boost I needed to continue advocating for older adults with even more passion, power and a community of believers backing me.’
4 Steps to Starting Helpful Conversations About Care Through the End of Life
‘The guides provide open-ended prompts to help unpack a person’s values and beliefs by asking “what matters most to you?” ’
How Occupational Therapists Can Assist Aging in Place
Interventions can be tailored to different conditions to ensure elders meet daily goals without having to move.
Leveraging Multisector Plans for Aging to Promote Health Equity
How to get involved!
Let’s Break this Bread and Eat
On how culinary traditions click with chosen family.
When a Food’s Poignant History Is Hard to Forget
Relishing a grandmother’s almost perfect baos.
Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World: Native Elders and Obesity
A disconnection from tradition and difficulty accessing Native foods play into high rates of obesity among older Indigenous peoples.
Demonstrating Resilience as Older Adults
Mental health goals and gains are within reach no matter one’s age.
Insurance and Safety Issues Linked to Climate Change and Housing
The difficult state of the current insurance market in states experiencing regular climate events, and challenges linked to evacuation.
Creating the Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging
Three philanthropic organizations and the Administration for Community Living have come together to engage the community in the development of a national plan on aging.
Increasing Access to Medical Nutrition Therapy
Such access can improve health and help achieve goals of the Food as Medicine Movement.
Where to Live Amid Climate Change
Increasingly, older adults need to take hard look at potential climate change effects when deciding where to live.
Tackling the Complex Issue of Obesity Among Indigenous Elders
The Food is Medicine Movement and other ways Indigenous elders are reconnecting with traditional ways of eating to help prevent obesity.
Forty-six Years of Memories
Legacy Corps member counts the career-long merits of ASA.
Articles from publications of the American Society on Aging