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  • The Hospitals Investing in the Arts to Improve Patients’ Health and Well-Being

    Reasons to Be Cheerful Apr 1, 2026

    When Jamie Schuler teaches her Friday dance classes, some of her students stay seated. They follow her movements, some using just their upper or lower limbs, others syncing their hands…

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  • Senior Homelessness: A Growing Crisis Expected to Triple by 2030

    Invisible People Jan 15, 2026

    In June, Invisible People interviewed Kim, a homeless senior woman in Grants Pass. She and her cat Sylvester had to pack up their tent every Saturday due to local enforcement…

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    The Nonprofit Combating the Loneliness Crisis Facing Elderly People Through Bike Rides

    Reasons to Be Cheerful Jan 13, 2026

    As soon as John Seigel-Boettner invites passengers onto his black trishaw, a three-wheeled electric bicycle with two extra seats upfront, downtown Santa Barbara seems to smile. Pedestrians wave and call…

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  • New Mexico Expands Universal Child Care Program to Support Grandparents

    The 19th Jan 2, 2026

    Tucked in New Mexico’s new universal child care program is a less-talked-about provision that could expand access to free child care for some of the state’s most vulnerable caregivers: grandparents.…

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    USPS Network Changes Put Prescription Drug Access for Vulnerable Populations at Risk

    Brookings Dec 24, 2025

    Mail-order pharmacies are a cornerstone of the nation’s prescription delivery network, particularly for chronic conditions that require consistent access to medication. By eliminating travel barriers and providing longer-fill prescriptions—usually 60-…

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    The Overlooked Food Insecurity Crisis Facing Older Adults

    Food Tank Nov 7, 2025

    Recent research from Citymeals on Wheels reveals that nearly half of New York adults over age 60 who use older adult centers and home-delivered meal programs experience food insecurity, exposing…

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    Older Women Most Likely to Be Impacted by Rapidly Rising Electricity Costs

    The 19th Nov 4, 2025

    Molly Mandel is on a budget. Like many others her age, the 77-year-old retiree depends on her Social Security check and a small monthly pension to cover her expenses. She…

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    New Social Enterprise App Pays Youth to Spend Time with Elderly People

    Alliance Magazine Oct 23, 2025

    An app which pays 18-30 year olds £15 an hour to spend time with elderly people in the UK, has won a £20,000 grant in the Ford Family Foundation’s social enterprise competition, Ignite 2025.Kings ……

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    A Bipartisan Policy Framework to Prevent Social Security Cuts

    Brookings Sep 15, 2025

    Gavin Schilling, Chloe Zilkha, and Wendell Primus present alternative, bipartisan options to offsetting the growing Social Security deficit.

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    Food Assistance and Medicaid Face Historic Cuts

    Food Tank May 29, 2025

    The House Budget Bill represents the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in history.

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    Medicaid Work Rules Could Disproportionately Impact Women Over 40, Data Shows

    The 19th May 15, 2025

    Congressional Republicans want to impose work requirements aimed at “able-bodied” adults. But data shows it would actually target poor middle-aged women who have left the workforce.

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    Protecting the Elderly from Social Isolation by Building Intergenerational Connectedness

    Philanthropy Daily Apr 10, 2025

    America’s elderly are unprecedentedly lonely. In a bipartisan, multigenerational push, people are fighting to bring them back to the center of society.

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