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At the bottom of this page, you will find three buttons and a running display of news and posts from the JCA newsfeed and blogs. Visit the JCA blog “Information for the Sandwich Generation” for news you can use about aging, resources, and staying active and connected. The Kensington Clubs blog shares news about Kensington Club activities, dementia care, caregiver support, and community events. As always, you can filter and search for topics of interest in our complete newsfeed, News & Events.

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Experts on Aging, Now Seniors Themselves, See Things Differently

May 9, 2025

Their advice and thinking about resilience, adaptability and outlook have shifted. by Amanda Ericksoln for the Washington Post Physicians, social workers, professors, and researchers who study aging in America have spent decades working with seniors, but they found that getting older themselves shifted their thinking and what they tell their clients. Some are surprised by …

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Flipping the Script: Does internalized ageism get in the way?

May 9, 2025

by Janine Vanderburg, Keynote Speaker, Writer, Trainer, and Consultant committed to Slaying the #Ageism Dragon. ™️ Yesterday, I was in the middle of a conversation with Ande Lyons on her Don’t Get Caged By Your Age Podcast. I was describing Flip The Script, our grassroots month-long social and earned media campaign to change the narrative …

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Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak

May 7, 2025

by Paula Span for the New York Times A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults. People understand almost intuitively what “elderspeak” means. “It’s communication to older adults that sounds like baby talk,” said Clarissa Shaw, a dementia care researcher at the University of Iowa College of …

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