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Becoming an Age-Friendly University (AFU): Integrating a retirement community on campus
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education uses the partnership of an Age-Friendly University (AFU), Lasell College, and an affiliated university-based retirement community (UBRC), Lasell Village, to illustrate how AFU principles can be implemented to extend older adults' access to various educational opportunities. Specially-designed programs such as Talk of Ages and Faculty Fellows are described. Challenges inherent in leadership, awareness, classroom dynamics, and ageism are also explored alongside opportunities that an AFU approach brings in light of such challenges.
Becoming and being an Age-Friendly University (AFU): Strategic considerations and practical implications
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education proposes a conceptual framework for developing a strategy for change in an academic setting, and then illustrates how one university, the University of Rhode Island, has utilized it to move forward with becoming more "age friendly." Implications for continuing development consistent with Age-Friendly University (AFU) principles is discussed. The full article can be accessed with an OpenAthens account through your institution or with a Taylor & Francis Online account.
Coalition building to create an Age-Friendly University (AFU)
This article published in Gerontolgy & Geriatrics Education shares the story of one public university that became the first in its state to join the Age-Friendly University (AFU) global network. The article highlights several partnerships and programs that reflect the AFU principles and discuss how becoming an AFU helped to further strengthen university ties and is now providing a valuable framework for continued collaboration and coalition building. The article shares lessons from the efforts, including the challenges and benefits of being the first AFU in the state.
Age Well Planner
The National Council on Aging created an Age Well Planner for older adults and family members to complete regarding the health and well being of aging adults. The planner includes a personalized assessment for individuals to complete depending on their role. At the completion of the assessment, individualized resources are provided to the individual based on three categories: finance, Medicare, health and wellness.
Long-term care in America: Increasing access to care
This report from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research summarizes results from a survey conducted on telemedicine in adults age 40 and older. The results found that while telemedicine services may hold particular promise for older adults in need of long-term care, older Americans are concerned that it could result in lower-quality care.
Long-term caregiving: The true costs of caring for aging adults
This report from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research summarizes results from a survey of adults age 18 and over who have experience in providing long-term care. The survey found that as family and friends take on more of the responsibility of caring for the nation’s growing senior population, their own personal and professional lives often pay the price. This study summarizes the opportunity costs and health impacts on those who devote their time to providing long-term care.
Long-term care in America: Americans want to age at home
This report summarizes a survey conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research on long-term care in America. The results found that in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that was especially devastating for nursing homes, the vast majority of Americans want to age at home and want government action to help them do so. This report also discusses ways for government programs and insurance companies to help organize this care for the aging older adult population.
Global report on ageism
The WHO Global Report on Ageism outlines a framework for action to reduce ageism including specific recommendations for different actors (e.g. government, UN agencies, civil society organizations, private sector). It brings together the best available evidence on the nature and magnitude of ageism, its determinants and its impact. It outlines what strategies work to prevent and counter ageism, identifies gaps and proposes future lines of research to improve our understanding of ageism.
Does restructuring theory and clinical courses better prepare nursing students to manage residents with challenging behaviors in long-term care settings?
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes a study which explored whether enhancing and restructuring theoretical and clinical courses resulted in student nurses feeling better prepared to manage residents’ challenging behaviors and improve their levels of distress. The findings of this study indicated that students who felt less prepared experienced greater distress by residents’ behaviors than those who felt better prepared.
An innovative educational clinical experience promoting geriatric exercise
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes how formal educational training in physical activity promotion is relatively sparse throughout the medical education system. The authors describe an innovative clinical experience in physical activity directed at medical clinicians on a geriatrics rotation. The experience consists of a single 2 1/2 hour session, in which learners are partnered with geriatric patients engaged in a formal supervised exercise program. The learners are guided through an evidence-based exercise regimen tailored to functional status.