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May 6
5 min

How Should We Celebrate Older Americans Month?

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...

Mar 3
4 min

Let's Teach These ABCs, Too

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

Jan 23
4 min

An Iconic Solution

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

Dec 10, 2020
4 min

Our Survival and Safety Are at a Crossroads

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

Aug 25, 2020
4 min

We, Too, Are the People

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

Aug 9, 2020
4 min

How Many "At Bats" Should We Get?

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

Jul 26, 2020
4 min

Six Ways to Be a Smarter Patient

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...

May 31, 2020
3 min

Do Not Go Gentle...

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...

Mar 16, 2020
2 min

The Aging Equivalent of High Heels

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

Mar 9, 2020
4 min

In Other Words: Finding New Terms for Old Age

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

Dec 2, 2019
3 min

The News Media and Aging: Reports from the Field

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

Aug 6, 2019
3 min

On the Value of Weeds

There is a vital crop of humanity eager to be harvested and engaged. There are many negative, inaccurate ways in which our society either...

Jul 8, 2019
4 min

Building Toward Age Equity: Three "Inter"-Changing Models

Strategies that are interdependent, intergenerational, and intersectional can help abolish ageism. After decades of struggle, pro-aging...

Jun 24, 2019
4 min

Old Dogs, New Tricks, Smart Learners

Their strong motivations and particular cognitive skills make older adults valuable and engaged students. “You can’t teach an old dog new...

Jun 5, 2019
4 min

On “Elderhood”

A new book by geriatrician Louise Aronson calls us to rethink medicine, aging, and life itself. This began as an old age book, and then...

May 21, 2019
3 min

The Tony Bennett Effect

How the iconic singer has chosen to live exemplifies three basic realities of the older adult experience: adaptability, resourcefulness,...

Apr 10, 2019
3 min

From “Faking Normal” to Living a New One

A proactive guide to facing and overcoming the changed economic reality as we age. Her public voice began with a 2016 essay, when Harvard...

Jan 29, 2019
4 min

How to “Finish Strong”

A book that highlights the important issues involved in ensuring humane and compassionate end-of-life care. So far in my life, I’ve been...

Jan 14, 2019
4 min

Fighting Ageism: A Call for Long-Term Action

Pro-aging efforts are gaining momentum; now what can be done to sustain them? Something radical is happening in the civil rights movement...

Nov 12, 2018
4 min

What’s Fueling the Anti-Ageism Movement?

Dedicated grassroots activists and innovative organizational campaigns are fighting to end age discrimination. In 2011, it was Occupy...

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