Research informs efforts to combat depression, loneliness in older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 20, 2022
As more evidence pours in confirming that rates of depression and loneliness increased among older adults during the pandemic, researchers are calling for more coordinated and effective interventions.
Bill would permanently block rule allowing providers to deny care based on religious beliefs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 13, 2019
Three members of Congress planned to introduce a bill Tuesday that would permanently block a federal rule that allows healthcare workers and organizations to decline to provide care that conflicts with...
23 states, cities, municipalities sue federal government over ‘conscience rule’
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 23, 2019
A coalition of 23 states, cities and municipalities filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal government for a final rule that allows individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations...
Support, knowledge of HIV important when caring for LGBT individuals with dementia: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2018
Find or create support groups, and prepare for an increase in the number of residents with both cognitive impairment and HIV/AIDS. Those are two pieces of advice contained in a new issue brief for aging...
Updated guidance on workplace harassment covers misgendering pronouns, bias over bathroom use, more
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 02, 2024
Final guidance published last week by the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission aims to clarify for employers, employees and others their obligations related to harassment in the workplace.
Healthcare, civil rights groups join states in suing federal government over ‘conscience rule’
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 30, 2019
Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the “conscience rule” issued earlier this month by the...
Congress should create national database about older adults in guardianships, group says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 01, 2024
Congress should create and fund a national database that contains demographic data about older adults who have guardians, recommends a new white paper from Justice in Aging.
FDA could ease blood donation rules for gay men
Jan 27, 2023
The draft recommendations around the new policy center on “individual risk-based questions to reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted HIV.”
State, feds take steps to ensure rights for LBGTQ+ seniors, workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
New York state and the federal government took steps last week to protect rights for members of the LBGTQ+ community — both those living in long-term care and employed in the workplace at large.
Continuing care at home program earns LGBT cultural competency credential
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Jun 14, 2021
Springpoint Choice, of Plainsboro Township, NJ, a continuing care at home program, honors Pride Month year-round, not just in June.