Articles & Publications (Aging) « Aging Issues
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Articles & Publications About Aging Issues
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- A Guide to Downsizing for Seniors and Their Loved Ones
There are all kinds of benefits to downsizing in your golden years — lower energy bills, a smaller space to clean and maintain, and the potential of moving closer to loved ones are just a few. It’s a wonderful way to open the door to the next stage of your life. Even so, downsizing can be a difficult and sometimes painful experience for seniors. Saying goodbye to the home they’ve raised a family in doesn’t come easily, even if it’s the right choice from a logical standpoint.
- AARP Policy & Research articles
Links to several articles related to aging, health care, age discrimination and other aging related matters.
- All About Accessibility Remodeling and Retrofits (Porch – 11/13/19)
A primer on home remodeling and retrofits for seniors and individuals with special needs.
- Am I Legally Obligated to Continue to Care for My Mother Even Though She Is Mean to Us? (Elder Law Answers – 10/6/17)
Am I legally responsible for her well-being and care if I take her home as she wishes and wash my hands of the whole situation?
- A Profile of Older Americans: 2009 (Administration on Aging: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Facts and figures related to the older population, its growth, income, employment, education and more.
- ABA Bifocal (American Bar Assn. Commission on Law and Aging Newsletter)
The Commission on Law and Aging's bi-monthly journal, provides timely, valuable legal resources pertaining to older persons, generated through the joint efforts of public and private bar groups and the aging network.
- Changing Choices – Aging in Place in the 21st Century (Aging Well – Summer 08)
Aging once offered few options to older adults choosing living arrangements. We've come a long way from the stark and difficult choice between home and impersonal institutional settings.
- Countering Ageism
Elder abuse has roots in ageism. NYCEAC is committed to changing the way aging is perceived.
- Creating a Stronger Information, Advice and Advocacy System for Older People (Joseph Rowntree Foundation – 10/09)
Choice and control for older people is at the heart of current change to the adult social care system. Yet the information, advice and advocacy services older people need to remain independent are often limited, come without adequate support, and fail to take their experience and ideas into account.
- Five Wishes (Aging With Dignity)
Five Wishes has become America’s most popular living will because it is written in everyday language and helps start and structure important conversations about care in times of serious illness.
- Graceful Aging (Bloomfield Township – video)
Graceful Aging is a television show designed to promote living safe, healthy, and dignified. Each episode focuses on a single topic important to older adults and those concerned. Driving for older adults, home safety, fall prevention, dementia issues, marriage and dating are samples of past shows. Each show is guided towards practical useful information by host and producer Gregory Bator. "Our goal for every show is to enhance and improve an older adult's life. Spouses, family members, and friends often struggle with aging issues. We tackle and unravel those struggles," says Bator.
- Healthy Aging Begins at Home (Bipartisan Policy Center – (5/22/2016)
A report that looks into the needs facing America and its aging population.
- Is My Elderly Parent Incompetent? What To Do If You’re Worried
This situation does come up a fair bit with aging parents and relatives. I’m sorry to say there usually are no easy solutions. But there are definitely things you can and should do, and it’s better to act sooner rather than later.
- Making the Move to Assisted Living: A Guide to Knowing When It's Right and Making the Right Choice
One of the first questions you will have to answer when making the transition to assisted living is whether or not it is time to do so. Each family will have to answer this question for themselves, as no two situations have the same unique problems and challenges.
- No Country for Old People? (WashingtonPost.com – Jan. 27, 2008)
The generation that wouldn't trust anyone over 30…never planned on a 30-year retirement.
- Observant Mailman Helps Save Elderly Customer After Noticing His Mail Was Piling Up (The Consumerist – 7/23/12)
It pays to have a good relationship with your mailman — after all, who better to notice when your mail is piling up, or when you haven't come outside to chat? A mailman in Norfolk, Va. potentially helped save his customer's life, after realizing he hadn't stepped out to talk in days and that his mail had just been collecting inside.
Patti's Comment: This is a great story!
- Older Adults' Health and Age-Related Changes
Accurate information and continued research on the aging process are critical as Americans age. This brochure contains information about older Americans and attempts to dispel the myths regarding that age group.
- Older Americans and People With Disabilities – Bridging the Disconnect (Aging and Disability in America – 8/20/10)
This Information Bulletin is an attempt to bridge and solidify advocates from two communities – older Americans and people with disabilities. For many reasons, there has been a disconnect between them.
- Older Americans Behavioral Health – Issue Brief: Series Overview (NCOA.org)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Administration on Aging (AoA) partnered to develop this series of Issue Briefs to address behavioral health issues that are important to older Americans. Behavioral health refers to a state of mental/emotional health and/or choices and actions that affect wellness. Behavioral health includes issues of mental health and substance abuse. This Issue Brief series focuses on issues of suicide, anxiety and depression, prescription drug misuse and abuse, and alcohol abuse.
- Older people offer resources that children need, Stanford report says (9/8/16)
A new Stanford University study counters ageism by demonstrating that intergenerational interactions benefit both young and old. “When older adults contribute to the well-being of youth, it cultivates a sense of purpose and extends benefits both ways.”
- Profile of Older Americans (ACL)
Each year, the Administration on Aging (AoA) compiles the latest statistics on the older population compiled primarily from U.S. Census data into a Profile of Older Americans. The profile provides data on changes in demographics of the population over age 65, including 15 topical areas (such as population, income and poverty, living arrangements, education, health, and caregiving). The profile is available in PDF format. Data tables are also available in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
- Projected Future Growth of the Older Population (ACL – 4/26/17)
Provides statistics by age, age and gender, and by race. For further information, also see "Aging Statistics."
- Serving Low-Income Seniors Where They Live: Medicaid's Role in Providing Community-Based Long-Term Services and Supports (9/18/15)
Seniors managing chronic health conditions or experiencing an age-related decline in physical or cognitive functioning may need long-term services and supports (LTSS) to complete daily self-care or household activities. Medicare is the primary source of health insurance for nearly all seniors, but the program does not cover LTSS. Medicaid fills this gap by providing wraparound coverage for a range of services, including LTSS.
- Smart Tech for Seniors
The guide covers information to make the lives of seniors more convenient by highlighting existing technology.
- Special Needs Seniors – Planning for the Future of this Vulnerable Population (3.15.17)
Some senior adults need a bit of help and care, but when a senior has a special need, the level of care increases significantly. With the right resources, you can create a plan of care that will ensure your loved one’s needs – from healthcare through financial – are well met throughout their retirement years.
- The Eighth Deadly Sin is Hunger, Especially Among Seniors (Aging & Disability in America – 1/24/10)
Americans living in the south are the hungriest citizens in the nation, according to a study from the Meals on Wheels Association.
- The Joy of Making New Friends (Next Avenue – 3/20/18)
We all need a circle of pals, but making new friends after 50 is challenging.
- Tips to Declutter and Organize Your Home for Seniors and Individuals with Special Needs
Aside from making modifiable renovations to a home to better accommodate equipment such as wheelchairs or walkers, some simple decluttering and organizing can help ensure your home, or that of a loved one, remains a safe, comfortable, and familiar place of them to live long-term.
- Toolkit for Serving Diverse Communities (ILR School)
An easy-to-use method for providing respectful, inclusive, and sensitive services for any diverse community. The Toolkit consists of a four-step process and a questionnaire that assists professionals, volunteers and grassroots advocates with every stage of program planning, implementation and service delivery for older adult communities, their families and caregivers.
- Unafraid of Aging (New York Times – 6/25/12)
The signal public health achievement of the 20th century was the increase of the average human life span. Now, as that achievement helps raise the proportion of the aged around the world, what once seemed an unalloyed blessing is too often regarded as a burden — a financial burden, a health care burden, even a social burden.
- What to Expect in Your 70s and Beyond Some tips about what to expect after your 70s, from AARP
- Blueprint for Successful Aging Report Report Shows Needs of Oakland County, Michigan Seniors
