You probably remember the moment in the 1939 classic film, The Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy Gale emerges from her old house, looks around her […]
Category: Conversations with Katie
Meet 3 Courageous Women
I met 3 dedicated and courageous women last week. Not in person, but in the pages of The New York Times. Paula, a home health […]
Join Us to Act for Older Adults
COL (Ret.) Paul W. Bricker and Stephen P. Fleming don’t have much good to say about the months they’ve spent on the front lines of […]
Promoting Racial Justice in Aging Services
Almost one-third of COVID-19 infections nationwide have affected black Americans. News articles use words like “extraordinary,” “disproportionate,” and “cataclysmic” to describe the supporting data. But […]
Let’s Focus on a Different Future
Over the past few months, all of us have found ourselves wishing for a time, in the not-so-distant-future, when “this will all be over” and […]
Celebrating Moms with Tangible Action
Anna Jarvis—the founder of Mother’s Day—came to my mind several times last weekend as Americans celebrated our mothers while also trying to protect them from […]
Making Sense of Our World
Monday marked the beginning of the sixth week that LeadingAge staff members have been working remotely in an effort to protect each other, and our […]
Called to Think Differently about Community
Last week’s religious observances of Passover and Holy Week presented us with dramatic symbols of how our lives have been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
You are Our Future: We Need Your Advice
“Where New York is today, you will be in 3-4 weeks. We are your future, and what we do here will chart the course for […]
Let’s Do Even More
Can you do something? An old friend sent me this plaintive request after spending time with her sister, who is living with dementia. She was […]