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Stories resulting from the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program
2021
- Do You Get Angry More Often as You Grow Older? (Atlanta Senior Life)
- Ageism in the Workplace: Companies Breaking the Mold (Next Avenue)
- Ageism in the Workplace: Can President Biden Change the Course? (Next Avenue)
- An Exception to the Rule (POZ Magazine)
- How Some HIV Controllers Contain the Virus (POZ Magazine)
- Robotic pets provide companionship to Minnesota seniors: 'Kitty is there' (Star Tribune)
- Virginia Tech researchers seek to understand effects of caregiving on extended family (The Roanoake Times)
- Contra-Vax (Palabra)
- Is End of Life Its Own Stage of Life? (Next Avenue)
- Nurses Feel Emotional Impact of COVID-Related Senior Losses (Action News Now)
- Why understanding the impact of the pandemic in Detroit’s Bangladeshi community is more complicated than you think. (Tostada Magazine)
- Are Conservative Policies Shortening American Lives? (Undark)
- Longtime Erlanger employees pursue legal action over pension woes (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
- 'Worried sick': Erlanger retirees reel over pension changes a month after current employees, executives get bonuses (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
- Family Caregiving While Facing Fears of COVID-19 Pandemic (Action News Now)
- Nursing homes balance COVID-19 prevention, social isolation (Cape Cod Times)
2020
- Study seeks to understand Arab American health during COVID-19 (Arab American News)
- Health Care Comes to Assisted Living (Next Avenue)
- The Master Plan for Aging Addressing the Graying of California (Action News Now)
- Older adults feel isolating effects of holidays upended by COVID (Wicked Local)
- Pandemic invades nursing homes again (Politico)
- Despite His Advanced Age, Justin Gatlin Is a Peak Performer (Real Health)
- Sports: A Double-Edged Sword (Real Health)
- Pandemic Increases Emotional Toll on Informal Caregivers in Post-Hurricane Puerto Rico (Medicina Salud Publica/Diverse Elders Coalition)
- What We Learn From the Long Lives of Nuns (Think: People, Not Productivity) (KQED)
- COVID-19, aging, dementia and social bonds; an Arab American perspective (Arab American News)
- Why Older People Really Eschew Technology: It’s not because they can’t use it. (Slate)
- Aging in Prison: A Cruel and Not Unusual Punishment (Real Health)
- Planning for the Future (Telemundo Noticiero Oklahoma)
- The American Dream (Telemundo Noticiero Oklahoma)
- Hurt at Work (Telemundo Noticiero Oklahoma)
- Undocumented Latino Seniors Struggle Without Pensions, Health Insurance (Diverse Elders Coalition/La Opinion)
- American Workers’ Health Challenges Before Reaching the Golden Age (Diverse Elders Coalition/La Opinion)
- Latinos, Victims of Depression Who Are Unaware or Live in Denial (Diverse Elders Coalition/La Opinion)
- The US communities hit hardest by Covid-19 are also the most ignored (Quartz)
- 60% of Virginia's COVID-19 deaths came from long-term care, but state code bars knowing which homes (The Roanoake Times)
- Tercera edad en la calle y con un futuro poco prometedor (La Opinion, Spanish language)
- Aging in Prison: A Cruel and Not Unusual Punishment (Real Health)
- Emergency: Outbreaks in Prison (Real Health)
- Pandemic intensifies feelings of seclusion for seniors (Cape Cod Times)
- Pandemic adds to strain for Cape grandparents raising grandchildren (Cape Cod Times)
- Llegar a la tercera edad como inmigrante, sin pensión y sin seguro médico (La Opinion, Spanish language)
- Los altos costos médicos ponen en jaque a miles de estadounidenses (La Opinion, Spanish language)
- Death As Performance Art: People Share Stories Of Loss On Stage (KALW Public Radio)
- Meals on Wheels (Telemundo Noticiero Oklahoma/Diverse Elders Coaltion)
- Embracing Life: New challenges for women aging with HIV require more research (POZ)
- Cultural Motivation to Volunteer Among Older Jewish Adults (Jewish Life News)
- Elder Abuse Can Be Close to Home (Atlanta Senior Life)
- Is Aging a Disease? (Slate)
- ‘Talking Out Loud’ About Sex After Loss (Next Avenue)
- Resource center on Alzheimer’s disease holds community informational meeting in Dearborn Heights (Arab American News)
- Aging in Massachusetts is Getting Harder (El Planeta/Diverse Elders Coalition)
- ‘Hidden and buried and locked’ (Cape Cod Times)
- The Key to Elder Abuse Prevention is Education (Atlanta Senior Life)
- Researchers look to use technology to ease burden of caring for relatives with dementia (The Roanoake Times)
- 3 Degrees of Separation (Real Health)
- Living Longer with HIV (Real Health)
- Innovative center improves Alzheimer awareness through contextual research on Arab Americans (The Arab American News)
- The Double Whammy For Older, Low-Wage Workers With Chronic Conditions (Next Avenue)
- The Dog Aging Project: Em-'Barking' on a New Line of Research (Atlanta Senior Life)
2019
- Cliff Notes for Growing Old Well (The Tennessee Tribune)
- La comunidad latina de la tercera edad, víctima de la depresión (La Opinion, Spanish language)
- Cohousing is a potentially key way to combat loneliness — but it's difficult to get off the ground (Ottawa Citizen)
- The cost of loneliness: Canadians are facing a solitary future — and it's affecting their health (Ottawa Citizen)
- What’s Behind My Mother’s Obsession with Food? (India Currents)
- Federal Program to Upgrade Skills and Find Jobs for Older Workers in Kentucky Part of Global Trend (WKU Public Radio)
- Elder Employment Program Struggling to Find Kentucky Businesses to Hire Workers with Upgraded Skills (WKU Public Radio)
- If dementia can’t be prevented, can it at least be detected early? (Quartz)
- When older residents can’t make ends meet (San Francisco Examiner)
- A Cancer Care Approach Tailored To The Elderly May Have Better Results (NPR)
- La generación de una vejez mal interpretada (La Opinion, Spanish language)
- A dog's life: New study to investigate aging process in man's best friend (Ottawa Citizen)
- How These Aging Experts Decided Where They’d Live In Later Life (Next Avenue)
- Rural Social Worker Develops Internationally Known Anti-Frailty Program (Next Avenue)
- Death and Dying: A Filipino American Perspective (AsAm News)
- Ruth Moy reflects on nearly 50 years of service to Asian elders (Sampan)
- Chinese elders face hurdles to settle in America (Sampan)
- Untreated Hearing Loss Linked To Loneliness And Isolation For Seniors (NPR)
- Social worker guides aging patients through some of their darkest times (Times Free Press)
- Senior suicide: Counteracting loneliness can head off depression in older adults (Times Free Press)
- Immigrant elders seek housing options to age in community (Sampan)
- Aging in Prison: The Forgotten Plight of Women Behind Bars (The Crime Report)
- Aging Southern Musical Artists Celebrate 25 Years Of Music Maker (WUNC North Carolina Public Radio)
- Mental Health in Older Jewish Americans (Jewish Life TV)
- POLITICO Pro Q&A: Geriatrician and author Louise Aronson (Politico)
- Dances With Manangs (Positively Filipino)
- Artist Wen-ti Tsen reflects on immigration and aging (Sampan)
- Community mom: Ruth Moy reflects on raising four children while leading Golden Age Center (Sampan)
- Experts: Start talking about aging and suicide (Times Free Press)
- Honey: A Story of Defeating PTSD (World Journal/Diverse Elders Coalition)
- As Death Approaches, Older Indian Americans Unprepared for the End (India-West)
- Latina longevity is real, but it can bring health, financial challenges (NBC Latino)
- Home Health Care Providers Struggle With State Laws And Medicare Rules As Demand Rises (Health Affairs)
- As Boomers Age, Senior Centers Face Lower Attendance Amid Social Isolation (WFPL News Louisville)
- Detroit’s Water Austerity: Lack of Household Water, Contamination, Potential Public Health Crisis (Global Research)
- Vietnamese immigrants care for parents with dementia, amidst stigma (KALW Public Radio)
- Aging In Rural America: The Link Between Chronic Disease And Mental Health (WFPL News Louisville)
- Eula Grooms - Life On The Other Side (Telegram Newspaper)
- Side Effect Of Opioid Epidemic? Grandparents Raising Grandkids (WFPL News Louisville)
- Gerontological Society of America Welcomes JLTV’s Brad Pomerance to its 2018 “Journalists in Aging Fellows Program” (Jewish Life News)
- What Second Chance? The Uncertain Future of Post-Prison Health Care (The Crime Report)
- Groups aim to boost low Latino participation in organ and marrow donations, clinical trials (NBC Latino)
- Dementia: How to Find the Right Fit for Long-Term Care (Kiplinger's Retirement Report)
- Blue Zones, Part 3: How the Oldest People in America’s Blue Zone Make Their Money Last (Next Avenue)
- Blue Zones, Part 2: How the World’s Oldest People in Asia and Europe Make Their Money Last (Next Avenue)
- Blue Zones, Part 1: How the World’s Oldest People Make Their Money Last (Next Avenue)
- A Little Too Late, Some Chinese American Vets Could Never Receive Congressional Gold Medal (World Journal, Chinese language)
- Elder Refugees In Kentucky At Risk for Hunger (WKU Public Radio)
- Wisconsin has highest rate of deadly falls among older adults (Wisconsin State Journal)
- Clinic addresses falls as medical condition, not accidents (Wisconsin State Journal)
- Falls in facilities for elderly part of Wisconsin's high rate of deadly spills (Wisconsin State Journal)
- Not moving increases risk for falls, UW nursing professor says (Wisconsin State Journal)
- Targeted programs can reduce deadly falls by elderly, address Wisconsin's high rate (Wisconsin State Journal)
- Medics refer 911 callers for falls to prevention services (Wisconsin State Journal)
- What’s Killing Nashville’s Black Neighborhoods? (The Tennessee Tribune)
- Elderly Homeowners are the New Expendables as New Development Invades N. Nashville (The Tennessee Tribune)
- Nashville Next: Where’s the Beef? (The Tennessee Tribune)
- Building Safety-Net Housing in Shark-Infested Waters (The Tennessee Tribune)
- Quality of Life Enhanced for Seniors with Companion Animals (Washington Informer)
- Changing how we age (The Irish Echo)
- Aging African-Americans are hit with a double-whammy: health and financial troubles (USA Today)
- For Low-Income Older Adults, Some Food Access Solutions Go Further Than Others (WFPL News Louisville)
- African Americans face greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease than whites (USA Today)
- For Some Older Adults In Louisville, Daily Nutrition Is A Struggle (WFPL News Louisville)
- The Changing Face of Family Caregiving (Stria)
- A Mouthful of Pain for Older People: Sen. Cardin Introduces Medicare Dental Benefit (India West)
- Louisville Program for Elder Refugees Is A Buffer Against Isolation (WKU Public Radio)
- Vietnamese death anniversaries unite young and old (KALW Public Radio)
- SF offers LGBT seniors end-of-life services (Bay Area Reporter)
- Age-friendly universities: Colleges are making dramatic changes to attract older students (Considerable)
- Differences in NYC’s Chinese Elders End-of-Life Care Preferences (Sing Tao Daily/Diverse Elders Coalition)
- Part of an age-friendly city: advocacy training for elders (Bay State Banner)
- New Group Aims To Address Isolation Among LGBTQ Older Adults (WFPL News Louisville)
- Elder Refugees in the Bluegrass State Face Challenge of Language Barriers (WKU Public Radio)
- Christmas at the Covingtons (The Tennessee Tribune)
2018
- Secrets of Happiness from the Oldest of the Old (Kiplinger's Retirement Report)
- Chinese Seniors Need More End-of-Life Communication and Treatment (World Journal, Chinese language)
- Deportados en Tijuana con pocas opciones (La Opinion, Spanish language)
- Los abuelos: baluarte en las familias hispanas/Latino grandparents: bulwark in Hispanic families (Mundo Hispanico, Spanish language)
- Impacto de las políticas migratorias trasciende generaciones/An impact that transcends generations (Mundo Hispanico, Spanish language)
- Aging-Related Sleep Problems and Memory Loss (U.S. News & World Report)
- 'Bingocize' Created by WKU Professor Approved to Help Address Major Problem of Aging (WKU Public Radio)
- Wisconsin training health providers to care for aging population (Wisconsin State Journal)
- LGBT seniors grapple with end-of-life issues (Bay Area Reporter)
- The Medicaid Experiment Treating Mind And Body (Next Avenue/Forbes)
- Season of Sharing: Music every morning, until a new day dawns (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
- NEW WRINKLES: Upsides and downsides in the circle of life (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
- Aging with animals: Pets can help older adults, but they come with challenges (Times Free Press)
- The Burgeoning Trend of Age-Friendly States (Next Avenue)
- Yelp Beats CMS (Politico)
- NEW WRINKLES: The spirit of the Gray Panthers stirs to life (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
- Caregivers find solace, relief in creative escapes (Star Tribune)
- Black seniors struggle with diabetes and weight management (The Louisiana Weekly)
- Seniors, Blacks and Hispanics are especially susceptible to dehydration (The Louisiana Weekly)
- Eczema: Symptoms are found to be worse for African Americans (The Louisiana Weekly)
- African-American Seniors Struggle to Find Therapists Who Understand (KQED Public Radio)
- At 100, my mom had dementia and needed hospice care. Getting it was nearly impossible. (The Washington Post)
- Alzheimer’s: The Disease that Steals Memories (Washington Informer)
- Heart Disease Still Deadly for African-American Women (Washington Informer)
- Palliative Care: The Search For Comfort And Healing In The Face Of Death (KALW Public Radio)
- Medicare Advantage Plans Cleared To Go Beyond Medical Coverage — Even Groceries (California Healthline)
- Chinese Seniors in New York: Where to Live (Sing Tao Daily/Diverse Elders Coalition)
- When Mom Doesn’t Recognize Me — I ‘Tie a Knot and Hang On’ (Washington Informer)
- Hmong Elders and Depression (txhaub.com, California Hmong Media/Diverse Elders Coalition)
- A Gift From My Grandmother: An Embrace of Life — and Aging (KQED Public Radio)
- Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill (Kaiser Health News)
- If you're expecting a long life, take time to adjust your financial plan (CNBC)