About a year ago, while social unrest continued to rock our nation, I reflected on how easy it is to feel paralyzed as we face the hard truths about systemic racism in America. After all, I wondered aloud, what can one person or one organization do to reverse the social […]
Earlier this month, the Global Ageing Network offered a much-needed “breath of fresh air” to participants in its 2021 Summit—including me. Of course, the COVID-related challenges we’ve all faced head-on since March 2020 were front-and-center during most sessions of the two-day virtual gathering. But there was also an important and […]
If our boards aren’t strong, our sector will get weaker. This corollary has always been true for nonprofit organizations in the field of long-term services and supports (LTSS). But a confluence of trends and events over the past year has made this truth even more apparent. The LTSS sector is […]
What do we value? All human beings grapple with this big question at some point—or even at multiple points—during their lifetimes. Our answer to that question can alter our perspectives, our decisions, our actions, and even the course of our lives. The need to find value and to be valued […]
In September 1940, residents of London followed a gruesome routine: after enduring nightly bombings that became known as the “Blitz,” Londoners emerged from their air-raid shelters each morning and took stock of how their neighborhoods had been transformed overnight while they had been hiding from the bombs. Many of us […]
We’ve lost a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the health crisis we’ve lived with for more than a year hasn’t just been about loss. It’s also been a time to discover and appreciate those who kept our society going when everything seemed to be falling apart. Grocery store workers […]
The right to vote is critical to the experience of being an American. LeadingAge has long supported efforts to remove barriers to voting for older adults, who are uniquely susceptible to common causes of disenfranchisement—from restrictions in the use of absentee ballots to limiting access to polling locations. Each election […]
I’ve worked in aging services since the 1980s, and as 2021 unfolds, I‘ve come to an empowering realization: there has never been a greater opportunity than now to change long-term services and supports (LTSS)—forever and for the better. I’m pleased to report that change is the air. The Administration and […]
Bring your thing to a career in aged care. Those nine words come at the end of an upbeat, one-minute video sent to me last week by a colleague in Australia. The video, created by the Aged Care Workforce Industry Council, is the centerpiece of a new campaign to encourage […]
This has been a tragic year of unprecedented challenges for every member of LeadingAge, no matter your size or location, or the number of years you have been delivering long-term services and supports (LTSS) as trusted providers in your local communities. Many of you have shared with me harrowing stories […]
