Engagement
How Will Health Policy Changes Impact Older Adults?
Older adults in Central Indiana can face a range of challenging experiences, such as job loss, serious health diagnoses, and reduction in insurance benefits. These disruptions not only affect their financial security but also can place additional strain on caregivers,...
Chronic Kidney Disease — A Silent Epidemic
Most adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) do not know they have it -- with many missing the opportunity to avoid irreversible loss of kidney function and ultimately kidney failure. On March 13, we hosted a webinar on this serious issue. Keesha Dixon, advisory...
Food Security and Older Adults
Food Security & Older Adults On Thursday, November 14, we presented findings from our new research brief which aims to uncover how different aging adult groups, and their caregivers, navigate the Central Indiana food system. By shifting the focus from a...
Women & Aging: Equity in the Wellbeing of Older Adults in Central Indiana
Women often enter retirement with lower incomes and fewer assets compared to men. Contributing factors include lower lifetime earnings and a higher likelihood of living alone. In Central Indiana, older women (age 65 and over) on average have approximately 60 percent...
Help Wanted: Who Do We Need to Age at Home
Most older adults wish to stay in their homes for as long as possible as they age. To accomplish the goal of “aging in place,” some older adults need assistance. For many, managing a chronic disease or coping with a disability will be focal to their aging...
Help Wanted: Who do we need to help us age at home?
Most older adults wish to stay in their homes for as long as possible as they age. To accomplish the goal of “aging in place”, some older adults need assistance. For many, managing a chronic disease or coping with a disability will be focal to their aging experience....
Are We Ready to Help Older Adults Age in Place
Join us May 11, 9-11 a.m., for this virtual presentation about Indiana’s readiness to help older adults in Central Indiana age in place. This will be the first of two discussions. In this first one, we will focus on the available caregiver and healthcare workforce.
IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at IUPUI studying design and development of technologies that support aging well.
Aqueasha Martin-Hammond, Assistant Professor, Human-Computer Interaction, at Luddy IUPUI explores the use of computers as tools that can change and motivate human behavior, and how technology can assist older adults and support aging in place. Her research focuses on...
Getting Dot Older
On May 21 on local PBS channel WFYI, season two of this series of compelling vignettes of our aging nation begins. The program focuses on personal revelation about aging as shared by diverse members of the Baby Boomer generation. Check it out! https://bit.ly/3NT1XxH
May is Older Americans Month
Every May, the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Administration for Community Living leads Older Americans Month. “Historically, Older Americans Month has been a time to acknowledge the contributions of past and current older persons to our country, those who...