Media Coverage

Stories resulting from the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program

2022

• How racism skewed estimates of heart disease in women (By Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Science, November 11, 2022)
• What experts say about growing old in America (By Lois Collins, Deseret News, November 10, 2022)
• Orlando developing plan for age-friendly living (By Carolyn Guniss, Orlando Sentinel, October 6, 2022)
• Need for home care rising, but caregivers are hard to find in rural WA (By Paige Cornwell, The Seattle Times, August 21, 2022)
• Senior living: How to reduce the risks of falls in older adults (By Elissa Lee, Southern California News Group, August 15, 2022)
• Community organizations actively launch mental health projects to help Asian elderly get out of the haze (By Melody Cao, SinoVision, August 12, 2022)
• For older LGBT caretakers, together can still feel alone against aging and illness (By Elissa Lee, Southern California News Group, July 11, 2022)
• Older Adults Facing Economic Hardships in Puerto Rico and Abroad (By Mayra Acevedo, WIPR-TV, June 2022)
• Many younger baby boomers may outlive their 401(k) savings, new research finds. Here’s why (By Annie Nova, CNBC, June 19, 2022)
• What will doubling the percentage of elderly people by 2050 do to the U.S. workforce? (By Tony Hicks, Bay City News, June 1, 2022)
• Asian Prisoner Support Committee Celebrates Victories Against ICE (By Annakai Hayakawa Geshlider, The Rafu Shimpo, June 1, 2022)
• Lives Cut Short: COVID-19's Heavy Burden on Older Latinos (By Ruben Castaneda, U.S News & World Report, June 1, 2022)
• Aging in Prison: How Older Generations Fight for Dignity and Release (By Annakai Hayakawa Geshlider, The Rafu Shimpo, May 28, 2022)
• Retirement communities in Florida range from fun-in-the-sun to aging in place (By Ronnie Lovler, The Gainesville Sun, May 22, 2022)
• D.C.’s struggle to end homelessness is getting more complicated (By Chelsea Cirruzzo, Axios, May 19, 2022)
• ‘I felt so caught in between’: Older, LGBT+ caretakers face special challenges (By Elissa Lee, Southern California News Group, May 18, 2022)
• “La Puerta de Oro” Needs to be Remembered (By Ian Torres, Telemundo Noticiero Oklahoma, May 16, 2022)
• Latino couple share their story during the pandemic (By Ian Torres, Telemundo Noticiero Oklahoma, May 16, 2022)
• ‘Whole new crisis’ for WA long-term care facilities, 2 years into COVID (By Paige Cornwell, The Seattle Times, May 16, 2022)
• Home-Based Palliative Care Can Improve Quality of Life (By Lola Butcher, Next Avenue, May 9, 2022)
• Caregivers are burned out and underpaid. A new housing model aims to make their work more visible. (By Carly Stern, Big If True, May 2, 2022)
• Flying Solo: Reinventing Widowhood (by Lavina Melwani, Khabar Magazine, May 2022)
• A New Age for the Arts (by Julie Fanselow, 3rd Act Magazine, May 2022)
• South Florida seeing an uptick in rates of HIV diagnoses among people 50 and older (By Verónica Zaragovia, WLRN Public Radio, April 6, 2022)
• House of the "Abuelos" is soon to open in Tulsa (By Ian Torres, Telemundo Noticiero Oklahoma, March 28, 2022)
• 6 Strategies for Aging Successfully (By Ruben Castaneda, U.S. News & World Report, March 28, 2022)
• How older workers can push back against the reality of ageism (By Annie Nova, CNBC, March 20, 2022)
• Nature Gurlz walk for sisterhood and better health and wellness amid the COVID-19 pandemic (By LaShawn Hudson, WABE, March 18, 2022)
• D.C.’s HIV+ population is aging. Doctors say that’s a good sign. (By Chelsea Cirruzzo, Axios, February 28, 2022)
• ‘Please take me home’: The heartbreaking rubric of dementia and COVID (By Elissa Lee, Southern California News Group, February 21, 2022)
• Omicron leads to changes at agencies serving LGBTQ elders (By John Ferrannini, Bay Area Reporter, February 16, 2022)
• Power to the pensioners: growing elderly population means more political leverage by 2050 (By Tony Hicks, Local News Matters, February 11, 2022)
• Holding on to Their Faith: Strengthening Black Families Living with Dementia (By B. Denise Hawkins, Trice Edney News Wire February 1, 2022)
• Aging is Still One of Biology's Greatest Mysteries (By Jeanne Erdmann, Discover, January 25, 2022)
• Too young to retire but at risk for Covid, older Americans struggle to find work (By Michael Sainato, The Guardian, January 25, 2022)
• A Song of Hope for People with Memory Loss (By Julie Fanselow, 3rd Act Magazine, January 12, 2022)

2021

• Pandemic Reveals Issues Already Prevalent for Older Adults Such as Loneliness, Holistic Health Care (By Nargis Rahman, WDET-FM Detroit, December 31, 2021)
• DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Older women face 'gendered ageism' — and the pandemic underlined it (By Joanne Laucius, Ottawa Citizen, December 27, 2021)
• Class at Alachua County Senior Center offers vintage dancing for vintage people (By Ronnie Lovler, Gainesville Sun, December 26, 2021)
• 'Happy Holidays?' It is OK to not be OK this time of year, and what you can do about it (By Maria Sestito, Palm Springs Desert Sun, December 22, 2021)
• ‘At 75, I still have to work’: millions of Americans can’t afford to retire (By Michael Sainato, The Guardian, December 13, 2021)
• What Black and Latina women need to know about dementia (By Carly Stern, The Washington Post, December 9, 2021)
• A non-medical way to improve elder care — art, imagination and creativity (By Jaya Padmanabhan, San Francisco Examiner, December 8, 2021)
• The hidden meaning behind the stories elders tell you over and over (By Joanne Laucius, Ottawa Citizen, December 3, 2021)
• Indiana elder care providers tap lawmakers for hiring help (By Casey Smith, Associated Press, December 2, 2021)
• Aging Farmworkers Never Retire (By Eduardo Stanley, Community Alliance, December 1, 2021)
• It’s Medicare Open Season: Be Aware! Very Aware! (The Georgetowner)
• 'Living and not living': COVID's toll on Alzheimer's patients and the spouses home with them (Palm Springs Desert Sun)
• Silver City: Seniors, the Happiest Demographic (The Georgetowner)
• The Faika Broadcast | S5 Ep. 40 w/ Melissa Aliu (The Faika Broadcast)
• The Faika Broadcast | S5 Ep. 32 w/ Nani Wilson (The Faika Broadcast)
• Farmworkers Work Hard: How Do They Age? (Community Alliance)
• How one Bangladeshi family’s lifeline of support was disrupted by the pandemic (Tostada Magazine)
• Tag team approach to healthcare reaches older adults in Bangladeshi community during COVID-19 pandemic (Tostada Magazine)
• Protecting Elders in a Pandemic World (The Atlanta Voice)
• Mental Health of Asian Elderly in the Pandemic: Facing the Mental Health Crisis (SinoVision)
• Mental Health of Asian Elderly in the Pandemic: Making Connection to the World (SinoVision)
• Mental Health of Asian Elderly in the Pandemic: Adding Safety Nets (SinoVision)
• Mental Health of Asian Elderly in the Pandemic: Fighting against Anti-Asian (SinoVision)
• This Father’s Day, Don’t Forget Dad’s Dad, Grandpa (The Georgetowner)
• Tackling Latino health, caregiving and housing is key as older population grows (NBC News)
• Aging While Black: The Crisis Among Black Americans as They Grow Old (The Crisis)
• Diary Of A Pandemic: The Caregivers (Palabra)
• In Georgetown’s Hot Housing Market, Demand for Elevators ‘Going Up!’ (The Georgetowner)
• Hey Naani-Ma, Put On Your Dancing Shoes. It’s Good For Your Brain! (India Currents)
• Booming: Am I old or just older? Contemplating the word 'senior' (Palm Springs Desert Sun)
• During COVID, Georgetown Boosted Its ‘Silver City’ Appeal (The Georgetowner)
• Elder Abuse: Another COVID-19 Evil (The Crisis)
• SF housing advocates work to address disparities for BIPOC, LGBTQ seniors (Bay Area Reporter)
• Housing crisis takes toll on Bay Area LGBTQ seniors (Bay Area Reporter)
• Will the Nursing Home of the Future be an Actual Home? (Politico)
• Caregivers in Times of Emergency (WIPR-TV "Notiseis 360")
• Seniors experience Mental Stress due to the closure of Chinese American Senior Centers (SinoVision)
• Older adults most resilient age group against COVID’s mental health impact (Wicked Local)
• Changes to nursing home care slow COVID infection rates (Wicked Local)
• 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)
• Creative tools help LGBTQ seniors fight isolation (Bay Area Reporter)
• 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)

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