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Health Equity in Palliative and End-of-Life Care

WebHealth equity, health disparities, end-of-life care, palliative care, hospice care, health inequities, access, lack of access. While the COVID-19 pandemic brought …

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Promoting Healthy Aging to Reduce Risk of Dementia

WebThe association between these five risk factors (i.e., diabetes, midlife hypertension, physical inactivity, smoking, and midlife obesity) and an increased risk for …

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Health Equity for Elders at the Neighborhood Level

WebAttending to neighborhood environments as important determinants of health equity among older adults emphasizes improving environments that prevent poor health and create …

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Housing, Older Adults, Health, Inequities, Policy

WebHousing is central to older adults’ life outcomes. Housing’s affordability, physical quality, and location can impact physical and mental health. Housing policies and practices have …

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Without Trust, There Can Be No Healthcare Equity

WebMistrust of the healthcare system and other public institutions is a critical barrier to equity in health as we age. Today, a legacy of mistrust sown by a history of …

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Making Healthcare More Inclusive

WebFor all of us in healthcare, the journey toward equity, inclusion and belonging has never mattered more. According to The New England Journal of Medicine: “The …

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Positive Impact of Public Health During COVID

WebAbstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has made starkly clear that the public health system in the United States can significantly impact the health and well-being of …

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Equity, the COVID-19 Pandemic and Precarious Aging

WebCOVID-19, structural racism, minority aging, health equity. Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that older Black, Indigenous, and Latinx adults (hereafter, …

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Blacks Fall Into Poverty as Their Health Worsens

WebThose problems manifest themselves in the already fragile health of Black Americans, which progressively worsens as they age. Nearly 4 in 10 Black men ages 18 …

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The Economic Impact of the Pandemic on Older Adults

WebAbstract: The global health pandemic exacerbated existing economic disparities for many older adults who struggled as a result of structural inequality. Even …

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Homelessness, Older Adults, Poverty, Health

WebHomelessness among older adults is increasing; among single homeless adults, approximately half are ages 50 and older. Of these, almost half first became homeless …

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Centering BIPOC Will Fix Care Infrastructure

WebThe inherent and long established structural racism built into our care infrastructure has been allowed to permeate without consequence and perpetuates disparities and …

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Reimagining and Transforming Long-Term Care

WebAbstract: This article highlights the racial/ethnic disparities predating COVID-19 in long-term care (LTC) settings that contributed to the disproportionate impacts of the …

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Confronting the Challenges of Solo Aging

WebMy research, including many interviews with Solo Agers across the United States, became a book, Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers: A Retirement and …

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Why We Must Support Hispanic/Latinx Caregivers

WebThe high cultural commitment we found (75 percent) to caregiving among Hispanic/Latinx caregivers may force them to neglect their own health. Often, Hispanic/Latinx …

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The Impact of Ageism on Elders' Mental Health

WebAgeism is a pervasive issue with profound implications for mental health. Negative stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes can lead to feelings of isolation, …

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Older Adults Should Quit Tobacco—How They Can

WebThere are proven health benefits in quitting tobacco use in older adult smokers. Quitting tobacco use can lessen the risk of cognitive decline and brain atrophy, and prevent …

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Older Undocumented Immigrants and Their Health

WebAcross the board undocumented immigrants have disproportionately higher health risks. Our study found that twice as many undocumented immigrants ages 65 and …

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