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Re-Imagining The Experience And Study Of Aging, Edward F. Ansello
Re-Imagining The Experience And Study Of Aging, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
A small group of Japanese and American gerontologists have been working together toward developing a gerontology curriculum that would help people to understand the experience of aging. The group suggested adding business, information technology/communication, and education to the curriculum. The group also acknowledged that a curriculum on aging should include a way to help those of us who are not old to understand the importance for many who are old of the search for the infinite, the true self, the oneness, the spirit, or the divine, at the core of life.
Health Care Reform And Family Caregivers, Edward F. Ansello
Health Care Reform And Family Caregivers, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Health care reform is in the air. Family caregivers need recognition, reinforcement, and a reliable resource of assistance. They need for the Commonwealth to recognize that they are the bedrock of long-term care. Minimizing investment in family caregivers would short circuit any serious effort to improve the health status and care of older Virginians.
Fiscal Year Retrospective, Edward F. Ansello
Fiscal Year Retrospective, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
The Virginia Center on Aging relies on the dedication and selflessness of so many collaborating groups, agencies, and individuals to make our work for older Virginians possible. Drawing from official and informal reports from the 2006-2007 fiscal year, we thank them deeply and look forward to continuing these partnerships.