A Global Crisis in the Making: The Unraveling Support for Ageing Populations
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Taking Our Innovative Spirit to the Next Level
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. This ancient Chinese proverb is particularly relevant to aging services in 2025. The winds of change have been blowing within and around our sector for quite some time. As we prepare to enter the second quarter […]
The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher
On Thursday, February 6, the LeadingAge Board of Directors arrived in Washington, DC, for its quarterly meeting. In a typical year, the board reserves this winter meeting to discuss and adopt LeadingAge’s policy platform for the next year and beyond. Admittedly, 2025 is proving to be anything but a “typical” […]
Leadership Fellowship: A New Year’s Resolution We Got Right
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CAST’s Evolution: Reflection on What’s Ahead
Change—as well as the start of a new year—often prompts reflection. The retirement late last year of Rich Schutt, the visionary who helped get CAST off the ground just over 20 years ago, coupled with more recent CAST developments, brought home the breadth of technology’s impact to our sector and, […]
Five Years Later: What Did We Learn from the Pandemic?
While unpacking my 2025 calendar in preparation for the new year, I was momentarily startled to realize that it has been five years since COVID-19 invaded our communities and care settings and put residents, team members, and families at enormous risk. Sometimes, it seems like just yesterday that we pulled […]
Celebrate Leadership at All Levels: Nominations Open for the LeadingAge Leadership Award
Leadership development is one of LeadingAge’s highest priorities. We put a premium on unique leadership talent and, through a range of programs, help LeadingAge members discover and tap into their own natural leadership gifts to “lead from within,” as we describe it. A year ago, we launched the new LeadingAge […]
4 Top Tech Themes from 2024
The aging services field faced a challenging and transformative year in 2024, where providers across the sector grappled with how to leverage innovation to navigate complex demands while maintaining high-quality care. Workforce shortages, cybersecurity incidents, and more underscored a growing need for providers to adapt to emerging technologies. This “Year […]
What Makes the LeadingAge Policy Team So Successful?
If you attended the Special Post-Election National Policy Pulse briefing with the LeadingAge Policy Team on November 18, you likely walked away with a clear picture of the unique characteristics that make our advocacy experts so successful in the work they do for you. During the one-hour call, the policy […]
After the Storms: Battered and Heartbroken, but Not Alone
On September 26 and October 9, Americans watched in horror as two major hurricanes, Helene and Milton, smashed into the southeastern United States, leaving a trail of destruction across six states. Like you, LeadingAge staff in Washington, DC, watched the story unfold on our television screens and cellphones. Over the […]