The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately targeted older adults, taking the life of 1 in 100 Americans over 65. The impacts are much worse in communities “We Need a National Booster Campaign Aimed at Older Adults and Centered in Equity”
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Tips for Enhancing Access to Legal Help for Tribal Elders
When envisioning the core essentials for aging, adequate healthcare, nutrition services, accessible housing and sufficient income likely come to mind. “Access to legal assistance” should “Tips for Enhancing Access to Legal Help for Tribal Elders”
Commonsense Updates to SSI Can Help 3.3 Million Americans Pull Themselves Out of Poverty
If there was a program in existence that could dramatically reduce poverty among older adults and people with disabilities, but it just needed a few “Commonsense Updates to SSI Can Help 3.3 Million Americans Pull Themselves Out of Poverty”
The Role of Elder Justice in Our National Racial Justice Reckoning
This piece was published originally at NextAvenue.org. Our current racial justice reckoning has invited our nation to reconsider our most basic institutions and structures, acknowledge “The Role of Elder Justice in Our National Racial Justice Reckoning”
Advancing Equity in Aging: A Conversation Between Metta Fund & Justice in Aging
Janet Y. Spears Kevin Prindiville Janet Y. Spears: Kevin, you’ve announced a major new initiative to center all of your work in [racial] equity. Can “Advancing Equity in Aging: A Conversation Between Metta Fund & Justice in Aging”
It’s Obvious: We Need to Invest in Our Care Infrastructure
It’s obvious if you work in the aging field. It’s obvious if you work in disability field. It’s obvious if you are any age and “It’s Obvious: We Need to Invest in Our Care Infrastructure”
Why We Launched Our Advancing Equity Initiative
We ripped it up. After spending most of 2019 developing a new strategic plan, we were all set to present a final draft to our “Why We Launched Our Advancing Equity Initiative”
Equitable Vaccine Distribution for Older Adults Requires a Tailored Approach and Key Principles
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout bumps along and vaccinations for older adults have begun on a large scale, it is clear that, although supply is “Equitable Vaccine Distribution for Older Adults Requires a Tailored Approach and Key Principles”
The Intersections of Inequity and Aging
“This blog post appeared originally on the American Society on Aging’s Generations Today online platform and is the second in a year-long collaboration between Justice in “The Intersections of Inequity and Aging”
Centering Vaccination Planning on Equity: Intersecting Considerations of Age, Race, and More
Like many older adults, Dorothy, the 72-year-old Chinese American in Seattle’s Chinatown, has had a tough year. She has been coping by mostly quarantining alone, “Centering Vaccination Planning on Equity: Intersecting Considerations of Age, Race, and More”
