You’ve undoubtedly heard that Americans are living longer. But have you thought about how you might adjust your career to personally take advantage of the longevity trend? The needs of aging boomers and their parents are opening up a variety of job opp… Continue reading
Devyani Dave immigrated from India to California in 1995 in her early 60s to live near her son and his family. Her green card was sponsored by her son (who prefers not to reveal his name), a citizen who came to the U.S. in 1973. When Dave arrived to st… Continue reading
Joseph Gaxiola, Stephanie Stuart, Sharon Bosley and Robert Toth — four long-term survivors of HIV (Editor’s note: This story is part of a series for The John A. Hartford Foundation on aging with HIV/AIDS.) More than 500,000 people over 50 in the U.S. a… Continue reading
Often, adult children need some money from their parents. But what do you do when your parents need financial help? You won’t be alone. According to a 2019 study by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, 8% of Gen Xers and 3% of boomers say su… Continue reading
Integrating social services into medical care helps improve outcomes, prevents costly hospital admissions and lowers cost of care for everyone. Social work professionals have long known this. Now, hospitals and insurers are finally stepping up to deliv… Continue reading
Opioid abuse has risen dramatically over the past 20 years and a recent survey from the National Council on Aging (NCOA) paints an alarming picture of how older adults are affected. The survey garnered responses from more than 200 diverse community-bas… Continue reading
Two years have passed since the U.K. announced a buzzy and shocking, headline-making position: the Minister of Loneliness — an appointment born from a 2017 report that said nine million of the country’s 67 million people feel lonely some or all of the … Continue reading
Michael Thomas has a radical idea that loneliness needs to be normalized. Thomas, a lecturer in social work at Brunel University London, says it should be accepted that everyone struggles “and it’s normal to move in and out of loneliness over your life… Continue reading
(This article was provided through The OpEd Project, whose mission is to increase the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear in the world.) The holidays are here! Fun times for all! But for many older people, the holidays are not so fun and can b… Continue reading
Some 50 years ago, they were young, fit and willing to serve their country in Vietnam. Now, three time-worn but smiling veterans of that war sit around a table in the office of the organization that has saved them from homelessness. Today, Frank Knowlt… Continue reading