Diabetes (& Prediabetes) in Aging: What to Know & Do

Diabetes (& Prediabetes) in Aging: What to Know & Do

Have you ever wondered how diabetes (or prediabetes) affects older adults? Or whether your blood sugar numbers are cause for worry? These are reasonable concerns, given that diabetes is pretty common in later life. So in this post, I’d like to help you better understand diabetes in later life. Specifically, …

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Access to Home-and Community-Based Services for People with Disabilities Leaving Incarceration: Barriers and Policy Priorities – Justice in Aging

Access to Home-and Community-Based Services for People with Disabilities Leaving Incarceration: Barriers and Policy Priorities – Justice in Aging

Acknowledgments By Natalie Kean, Justice in Aging; Greg Robinson, Autistic Self Advocacy Network; and Ruby Stiegel, Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University. The authors would like to thank Robert Cunningham, Rodney Dawkins, Otha Gaston, Jeffery Maria, and Chris O’Hara for being part of our study workgroup and sharing …

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In-Home Supportive Services: California’s Personal Caregiving Program for Older Adults and People with Disabilities – Justice in Aging

In-Home Supportive Services: California’s Personal Caregiving Program for Older Adults and People with Disabilities – Justice in Aging

What is IHSS? The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program is California’s largest Medi-Cal HCBS program, providing personal care services to nearly 900,000 seniors, adults with disabilities, and children so they can live safely in their own homes rather than costly institutional settings, like nursing facilities. The program is critical to …

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Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS): California’s Adult Day Health Program for Older Adults and People with Disabilities – Justice in Aging

Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS): California’s Adult Day Health Program for Older Adults and People with Disabilities – Justice in Aging

What is CBAS? CBAS, or Community-Based Adult Services is an essential Medi-Cal funded program that provides daytime support to older adults and people with disabilities so they can remain safely in their homes. CBAS enables family caregivers to work while still supporting their loved ones. For tens of thousands of …

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Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 20th 2026

Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 20th 2026

Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine. This weekly newsletter is sent to thousands of interested subscribers. To subscribe to the newsletter, please visit: https://www.fightaging.org/newsletter/. To …

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Equity in Aging: Public Benefits and the Realities of Black Older Adults – Justice in Aging

Equity in Aging: Public Benefits and the Realities of Black Older Adults – Justice in Aging

Introduction Despite resiliency through decades, Black older adults face a lifetime of structural racism and discriminatory policies that limit their access to housing, health care, employment, and economic security. Many came of age during legally sanctioned segregation and lived through the Civil Rights Movement, mass incarceration, and the weakening of …

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