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Thought Leadership
We’re All in This Together
Every provider of aging services finds itself facing financial, workforce, and strategic challenges in our post-COVID world. These challenges may differ in scale from one organization to another, but no organization is immune. We are all in this together. And that gives us a lot to talk about and a […]
LTSS Center’s Ruffin Shares Reflections on LeadingAge’s New DEI Initiatives
Adrienne Powell Ruffin, vice president, LTSS Center strategic initiatives for the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, wrote movingly last year about the experience of joining LeadingAge in 2001 and finding herself in a community of members that was almost exclusively white. In her article, Building a Village at LeadingAge: Reflections […]
The Debt Ceiling Deal Saved a Lot, But Stop Asking Me if I’m Relieved
Older adults who rely on federal affordable housing programs to avoid homelessness will suffer because of the deal’s spending caps. Stop asking me if I’m relieved that the debt ceiling deal saved Medicare, saved Medicaid, saved Social Security, saved the world economy. Sure, I’m relieved. But it isn’t a hands-down […]
LTSS Center’s Stone Shares Updates on Diversity Initiatives at Vision Centre Leadership Symposium
Robyn I. Stone, senior vice president of research and co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, participated in a panel discussion, “Let’s Look at Where We are at with Leadership Diversity from an Association Perspective,” at the 2023 Vision Centre: Leadership Development for Aging Services Symposium in Chicago on […]
We Need a Coordinated Aging Policy Strategy, Led by The White House
President John F. Kennedy established Older Americans Month 60 years ago when a third of older Americans lived in poverty, and nearly half had no health insurance. As President Joe Biden reminded us in his 2023 Older Americans Month proclamation, we’ve lifted many older Americans out of poverty over the […]
Expand Care in the Home and Community Inclusively
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The Transformative Power of Technology
Technology has transformed the field of aging services over the past few decades. And that transformation is far from over. Many of us welcome this transformation. We’re excited to imagine the unlimited ways technology could bolster our ability to deliver high-quality services and supports to a growing older population. At […]
Enough is Enough
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How a PACE Can Help Revitalize an Urban Neighborhood
The launch of a new Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) “in a distressed community at the southeast corner of the District of Columbia” is an inspiration for Robyn Stone. Stone, senior vice president of research at LeadingAge and co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, wrote […]