Aging

We all do it. See someone new and, within seconds, our brains start making up stories about them. Or we...

“I know I’m going to get older. I can handle that, and I even know that I am going to...

The last place one would expect to find ageism well and flourishing is in the helping professions, particularly among those...

When I first became a hospice social worker, I was stunned to realize more than half of my patients were...

Grandparents raising grandchildren is an age-old practice and continues to be common in today’s society. This article offers helpful advice...

By Denise Bartley, Andre Juste, Rachel Meadows, and Guiseline Momplaisir According to a study by the National Center on elder...

New York-The Radical Age Movement held its first public event last evening at the New York Ethical Culture Society.  One...

Substance abuse, specifically alcohol and prescription drug use, is one of the most rapidly growing healthcare problem for older adults,...

Proposals for delivering excellent social work to older people was recently unveiled by The College of Social Work (TCSW) with...

The British prison service is struggling to deal with an ageing and growing population. As it stands, the number of...

I have been a grandmother for over 17 years. It is a role that I covet, yet circumstances in our...

We are having a conversation, social worker to social worker, about the older constituents and clients who we each try...

In late September, HUD’s Secretary Julián Castro made the announcement that nearly $8 million in grant funding will be used to...

Working in a legislative office, I’ve come to learn that people are always at least 20 steps in advance of...

Recently, the United States Department of Justice announced the launch of the Elder Justice website which was created to help...

Like many women my age, I participated in the feminist consciousness raising movement of the sixties. It was a powerful...

Surveys show that most people when asked prefer to spend the last years of their lives in their homes rather...

This month, we learned that former model and restaurateur B. Smith has been living with Alzheimer's Disease.  Smith, dubbed the "black...

How do you feel when you sit down to unwind in front of the television at the end of the...

Baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are changing the definition of what it means to grow old. Baby boomers...