(This article is part of a weekly Next Avenue series, The Future of Aging: Realizing the Potential of Longevity, published by the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging.) As America ages, we ...

The Committee on Policies and Programs to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty will host a virtual briefing to highlight the findings from the National Academies report on reducing intergenerational ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jaime Moran brings her mother, Joan Johnson, to work each day at Kindness Creators, the child care program she co-directs with Pam ...

Ageism is a problem in health care, and the World Health Organization Global Report on Ageism points to factors such as increased human life expectancy, declines in birthrates, and the lack of ...

In a national report released today, two out of three adults surveyed said they want to spend time with people who aren’t their age, while three in four wish there were more opportunities to get to ...

When Gabrielle Clutter was a senior at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, she would return home from classes, knock on her neighbor's door, sit on the couch, and talk about her day. She and her ...

Intergenerational programmes bring together individuals from non-adjacent age cohorts—typically young people and older adults—in structured activities designed to foster social connection, mutual ...

The Council of Independent Colleges has awarded a $13,000 grant to Centenary University to fund intergenerational programs that link college students with older adults in the community.The Council of ...

Filmmaker Evan Briggs hopes to spark a discussion around aging in America Filmmaker Evan Briggs had spent a long time thinking about aging in America, our relationship to the elderly and how ...

An ad hoc committee will analyze the evidence on key determinants of entrenched poverty and the effectiveness of programs designed to address those determinants to identify policies and programs with ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...