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On Wisdom, Gerontology, And Personal Aging: Through A Looking Glass, Edward F. Ansello
On Wisdom, Gerontology, And Personal Aging: Through A Looking Glass, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Personal discussion on the perspective of aging and teaching more interiority and self-reflection in the field of gerontology.
Leading From The Middle, Edward F. Ansello
Leading From The Middle, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
A reminiscent farewell to colleagues and the Virginia Center on Aging (VCoA) as Edward F. Ansello, Ph.D., retires as Director of VCoA.
Actively Engaging With Virginia Center On Aging’S Retired Community, Leland "Bert" Waters
Actively Engaging With Virginia Center On Aging’S Retired Community, Leland "Bert" Waters
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
VCU is the receiver of an Age-Friendly University (AFU) Global Network designation in June 2021. The Virginia Geriatric Education Center (VGEC) maintains a diverse team, including those who make "mid/late-career" changes into the Gerontology field. Bert Waters gives examples and history on some who make up this diverse team.
Metabolic Syndrome And How To Fight It, Edward F. Ansello
Metabolic Syndrome And How To Fight It, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The health condition Metabolic Syndrome is becoming increasingly prevalent. To combat this, dietary improvements and incorporating movement into our daily routines are the basics suggested.
The Benefits Of Physical Activity On Depression, Edward F. Ansello
The Benefits Of Physical Activity On Depression, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Physical exercise can be an effective counter-measure against depression. Activity need not be strenuous and it may reduce the risk for depression, even among those with a family history or genetic disposition for depression. And depression in itself may not cause a reduction in physical activity. It could be that we will see health care providers increasingly prescribing doses of physical activity for our mental health.
Creating Covid-19 Work-Arounds For Vulnerable Older Adults, Edward F. Ansello
Creating Covid-19 Work-Arounds For Vulnerable Older Adults, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
In response to disruptions in care due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) has decided to focus energies on vulnerable populations, specifically: low income older adults in the Richmond Health and Wellness Program (RHWP), which delivers healthcare coordination at rental assistance housing complexes in Richmond, who had been receiving regular in-person help from interprofessional teams of faculty and students; residents with dementia and staffs of long-term care facilities who’d been intended to participate on-site in a non-pharmacological dementia care intervention called TimeSlips, as well as family caregivers of individuals in the community with dementia; and older …
Finding Light In The Darkness: The Role Of Humor, Edward F. Ansello
Finding Light In The Darkness: The Role Of Humor, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The human story of confrontations with darkness can be lightened with the aid of humor and laughter.
Ageism In The Age Of Covid-19, Edward F. Ansello
Ageism In The Age Of Covid-19, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Greater awareness of biases in health care and protective services are needed. Ageism is not going away but at least COVID-19 has unveiled some of its manifestations.
Loneliness In Later Life, Edward F. Ansello
Loneliness In Later Life, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) at the University of Chicago notes that persistent loneliness in later life is the exception rather than the rule. When it occurs, it’s most likely to be a transient condition and remediable.
Blue Zones And Longevity, Edward F. Ansello
Blue Zones And Longevity, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
We can embrace the generalizable characteristics of Blue Zones: a plant-based diet, friendships, spiritual or religious grounding, awareness of and immersion in our community, physical activity as a regular, normalized part of our daily routine, and, more philosophically, an opening up to our own sense of place and purpose.
Dementia-Friendly Resources, Edward F. Ansello
Dementia-Friendly Resources, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
While dementia caregiving challenges continue for individual caregivers and communities, Alzpossible.org and Dementia Friendly America (dfamerica.org) can offer immediate support and a hopeful vision.
Interprofessional Geriatrics: Improving The Health Of Older Adults, Edward F. Ansello
Interprofessional Geriatrics: Improving The Health Of Older Adults, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
We have received a five-year award (2019-2024) from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to grow our Virginia Geriatric Education Center (VGEC) project, which aims to improve health outcomes across Virginia for older adults by developing a healthcare workforce that maximizes patient and family engagement, integrating geriatrics and primary care, and demonstrating measurable impact.
The Year In The Rear-View Mirror, Edward F. Ansello
The Year In The Rear-View Mirror, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The year 2018 is the Virginia Center on Aging's 40th anniversary. Our programs and activities have evolved over time but we have remained true to the charges given us in the Code of Virginia, essentially to conduct interdisciplinary studies, including training practitioners and offering educational opportunities for older adults, conducting research on and advancing knowledge about dementia, and serving as an information resource to those committed to the well-being of older adults. Our current operations feature four program areas: abuse in later life (domestic violence and elder abuse); dementia research; geriatrics and gerontology education; and lifelong learning.
Fighting Frailty With The Mediterranean Diet, Edward F. Ansello
Fighting Frailty With The Mediterranean Diet, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
It’s appropriate for each of us to examine our eating habits, not just our nutrition intake. The various aspects of the Mediterranean Diet hold potential benefits beyond the important feature of helping to reduce frailty.
Lewy Body Dementia, Edward F. Ansello
Lewy Body Dementia, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common and widely known cause of dementia, it is not the only cause. Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), in fact, may be the second most common cause of progressive dementia but it is certainly less well known.
Our Anniversary, Edward F. Ansello
Our Anniversary, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The Virginia Center on Aging celebrates 40 years.
Meeting Aging-Related Needs In 2016, Edward F. Ansello
Meeting Aging-Related Needs In 2016, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Our Virginia Center on Aging has four program focuses. These programs are: dementia, elder abuse and domestic violence in later life, geriatrics education, and lifelong learning. Each achieved substantially in calendar 2016.
Abuse And Neglect Of Animals And People, An Update, Edward F. Ansello
Abuse And Neglect Of Animals And People, An Update, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Veterinarians have noticed for quite some time that individuals who mistreat their animals may not stop there, carrying over their behavior to spouses, parents and others. Research articles and “overview” publications have increased in number, as have advocacy groups and just the beginnings of connections between domestic violence and animal rights groups.
Oral Health And Aging, Edward F. Ansello
Oral Health And Aging, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The sooner we recognize the importance of oral health to our well-being as older adults, the better we age. We need to consider our dentist as part of our health care team. For those of us in health professions, we should work together more to incorporate oral health into primary care.
Laughter And Well Being As We Age, Edward F. Ansello
Laughter And Well Being As We Age, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Laughing at mistakes is demonstrably healthy. As we get older, we have accumulated a lifetime of mistakes. Humor and laughter, laughing at ourselves or our circumstances, can be therapeutic.
What Are The Needs Of Older Adults?, Edward F. Ansello
What Are The Needs Of Older Adults?, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Mobility, social connections, health declines, lifelong learning, safety, caretakers or caregivers speak to interdependence or assisted autonomy, rather than to independence. Realizing the best of ourselves means that we are engaged or interdependent with others.
Animal Cruelty And Elder Abuse, Edward F. Ansello
Animal Cruelty And Elder Abuse, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Continuing and expanding the American Psychological Association's guidance that those in counseling roles be alert to and ask questions about care of animals could provide some early warnings, perhaps in time to avoid harm to both animals and people. Encouraging our children to interact with kindness towards animals can’t help but pay dividends over the life course. We need to pay attention to the link of indifference or neglect of pets leading to the same with humans, with those in later life.
Fix And Fit To Age In Place, Edward F. Ansello
Fix And Fit To Age In Place, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
If aging in place is the goal, simple targeted improvements to one’s home and ability to function in it may be central.
Neighborhood Walkability And Health, Edward F. Ansello
Neighborhood Walkability And Health, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The apparent benefit of neighborhood walkability suggests that it may be an important health-related consideration in the lives of everyday people. Most of the elements in the walkability index reflect components in the environment, so these may be relevant across the continuum of impairments, meaning that walkable neighborhoods themselves may have positive impact on the daily lives of people with physical or intellectual disabilities.
We Happy Few: Accomplishments In Calendar 2014, Edward F. Ansello
We Happy Few: Accomplishments In Calendar 2014, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The Virginia Center on Aging recognizes strides its staff has made in confronting elder abuse and domestic violence in later life; building and improving lifelong learning opportunities across the Commonwealth for mid-life and older adults; delivering interprofessional geriatrics training for health care providers and measuring the impacts of this training upon the patients they care for; training clinical students to partner across professions to improve geriatrics care; developing and delivering education and training programs to audiences in state, regional, and national conferences and webinars on topics ranging from gerontological education to aging with lifelong disabilities, community health to interdisciplinary teamwork; …
Disappearing Before My Eyes, Edward F. Ansello
Disappearing Before My Eyes, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Dr. Edward Ansello details the last memories he made and recalled with his mother, who struggled with memory loss in later life.
Preventing Financial Exploitation, Edward F. Ansello
Preventing Financial Exploitation, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Financial exploitation of older adults isn’t going away. We each need to be aware and proactive.
Remembering Our Friends, Edward F. Ansello
Remembering Our Friends, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
We remember three men whose caring for others was, indeed, exceptional: Bill Egelhoff, Benny Lambert, and Frank Hall.
Virtual Villages For Aging In Place, Edward F. Ansello
Virtual Villages For Aging In Place, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The Village concept, first implemented by Beacon Hill Village in Boston, has gained much attention as a model for aging in place. Villages are community-based, self-governing, not for profit organizations whose members pay an annual fee, from several hundred dollars to a thousand or more, to obtain access to an array of services that may assist them to maintain their physical health, keep up their property, manage their resources, continue to grow intellectually and engage socially while remaining part of the community in their homes. At a dozen years in, the Village concept has demonstrated its worth. It seems to …
Older Prisoners, Edward F. Ansello
Older Prisoners, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The impact of an aging prison population is causing concern among different stakeholders, including prison officials, legislative bodies, clergy, and some gerontologists. Prison officials are scrambling to accommodate the numbers and needs of older inmates, but they are confounded by constrained budgets, inappropriate prison architecture, lack of gerontologically and geriatrically trained staff members, indifferent legislative bodies, and a general lack of awareness among the public of these problems. Our states need not only retrofitted and newly designed physical facilities but also staffs and providers with gerontological and geriatric training, from corrections personnel to health care providers to clergy and mental …