‘The guides provide open-ended prompts to help unpack a person’s values and beliefs by asking “what matters most to you?” ’
4 Steps to Starting Helpful Conversations About Care Through the End of Life
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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.
Collaborating to Help Rural Elders with Mental Health Needs
A Snohomish County program is breaking through stigma to reach older adults seeking mental health care.
Pass the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) to Advance Quality & Equitable Obesity Care
‘A shift in mindset is urgently necessary to act on obesity as a public health crisis and ensure equitable access to evidence-based care.’
Leveraging Multisector Plans for Aging to Promote Health Equity
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When a Food’s Poignant History Is Hard to Forget
Relishing a grandmother’s almost perfect baos.
Cooking with the Spirit of My Ancestors
Student chef cooks Southern family traditions via modern recipes.
How to Manage Diabetes Simply in a Not-So-Simple Program
The Cray Diabetes Self-Management program at the University of Kansas treats, informs, and connects participants.
Where to Live During Retirement
Help for analyzing the feasibility of preferred living destinations in older age.
Stark Climate Realities Affect Native Food Gathering
How climate directly impacts the author’s habits and what far-reaching impacts may be.
Cherry-Picking Food from One’s Past
Why did his grandmother decide some dishes should remain behind after they immigrated?
What I Weighed: Reflections on a Lifetime of Dieting
Later life lessons in wresting some of that time back from thinking about dieting.
Resurgence of Indigenous Food Traditions Helps Heal Bodies and Spirits
Stories of Indigenous peoples across the country welcoming and benefiting from Native food programs demonstrate their effectiveness.
Tomato Season
A simple sandwich helps one hang onto memories.
Let’s Break this Bread and Eat
On how culinary traditions click with chosen family.
Food as Culture and Cure
One journey from native food to American and back to nearly an ancestral diet.
Demonstrating Resilience as Older Adults
Mental health goals and gains are within reach no matter one’s age.
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.
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.