Ageful Living 

Like COVID, ageism is widespread, easily transmissible, and once it takes hold, tenacious and pernicious. Here's how we should treat it....

We older adults must be the vanguard that moves us out of the shadows and into the forefront of society. It would be too easy to say that...

As we age, it seems that we become socially irrelevant –– and that’s a big mistake. How do people become invisible or ignorable in plain...

Yale psychologist Dr. Becca Levy offers powerful insights on how perceiving aging affects the experiencing of it. Some important books...

What was her secret? Simply being a fine role model of elderhood. As the entertainment world was preparing to celebrate Betty White’s...

As time passes, caregivers will need greater recognition, acceptance, and support from all parts of our society. In Part 1, I presented...

It's not a disease or disability. It's the future of health care. On November 26, 2002, The Charlotte Observer published the following...

If we do it right, eventually we'll no longer need to at all. This is Older Americans Month. Most people don’t know that. In fact, the...

While we’re teaching elementary students how to read and do math, we should add lessons on the benefits of Aging, Belonging, and...

Instead of creating a new “warning” symbol depicting older adults, why have one at all? Four months ago, the Centre for Ageing Better in...

The only way to survive this pandemic and act more justly toward one another is by recognizing and embracing our interdependence. In this...

There is a large group of Americans who can contribute even more substantively to the quality of life of all citizens if given greater...

When it comes to allocating limited medical resources, must we older adults give up COVID-19 treatment so that younger players can take...

In this time of COVID-19, it's more important than ever to be your own best health advocate. Here's how. Anyone who has been following...

In this time of pandemic, is the light of existence so limited that we elders must douse our candles prematurely in order for others' to...

One huge impact of this pandemic might just be a gradual integration of the positive qualities of elderhood into the rest of society. In...

Older adults have been handicapped for years by social assumptions of what we could -- or should -- be doing with our lives....

Changing the words that relate to the process of getting older may help change people’s minds about it. As the current longevity economy...

Gen Xers have their own views of aging and ways to counteract discrimination. The recent “OK, Boomer” meme is just the latest example of...

How well does the media cover longevity issues — and how can it improve? Pro-aging advocates might give the media less-than-stellar...