Or how to practice equity leadership around disability.
Becoming a Disability Ally in the Aging Network
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Supporting Local Multisector Plans for Aging in Rural Communities
The 1-year-old Rural MPA Initiative is raising awareness of how such plans might work in rural California and beginning to reap benefits.
Vision Rehabilitation Can Complete the Continuum of Care
How to connect people facing vision loss with the vision rehabilitation services they need.
Medically Tailored Meals Use Nutritious Food to Treat Disease
Food is medicine programs could revolutionize the healthcare industry and improve the health and well-being of millions of Americans.
When Aging Is Unbound
Four ways to cut the ties tethering aging to ageism.
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
One Massachusetts AAA’s perspective on grandparents raising grandchildren.
Workforce Shortages Demand Collaborative, Cross-Sector Solutions
As the population rapidly ages, it is urgent that public and private sectors ditch working in silos to ensure continuity of care.
Geriatric Medicine Is, in Essence, About Relationship(s)
And it brings many unexpected and powerful human moments.
Working for the Workforce: Older Adults for Hire
Stories from the field: One occupational medicine PA on getting people back to work, or not.
Obstinate Pursuit of Passion Pays Off for this Physician Associate
Decades in the field haven’t come close to dampening Dr. Freddi Segal-Gidan’s enthusiasm for her work as a PA/Gerontologist.
Healthcare Hesitation: The Need to Enhance ADRD-Friendly Practice in Primary Care
Lessons from the Louisiana Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program.
Success in Improving Outcomes for Elders in Southeastern Florida
Details on what Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs really do.
How Can We Make Caring for Older Adults Desirable Work?
Relying upon an intrinsic motivation to work with older adults will not be enough to attract more workers to this field.
UCSF’s Care at Home Program: Calming Chaos, Allowing Elders to Remain at Home
Stories from the field: One nurse practitioner’s experience and why it’s so rewarding.
Making Healthcare More Inclusive
Duke University Health System is on a journey to create a more equitable culture.
The Untapped Potential of Older Adults in Direct Care Work
During Older Americans Month, let’s think of the older adults who work in direct care jobs and how we might make those jobs more stable and alluring.
The Reality of Aging and Vision Loss in America
Research to determine the most immediate needs is key to allocate resources to groups who would most benefit.
Envisioning a Healthier Community
Enhancing housing opportunities through adaptive reuse.
Ten Things You Can Do to Support Nurses in the Workplace
Hospitals are understaffed and nurses are under stress, if you end up a patient or a patient’s family member, here are tips to support those who remain.
California Could Lead in Protecting Older Undocumented Immigrants from Exorbitant Medical Bills
The relief among children of older undocumented immigrants is palpable after California expanded Medi-Cal benefits to that population.