Media Coverage

Stories from the MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows

• Aging Between Two Worlds: Hispanic Elders Thrive on Faith, Optimism, Tradition (HuffPost Voces/New America Media)
• Aging Between Two Worlds -- Hispanic, Old and Poor on the Texas Border (HuffPost Voces/New America Media)
• PEARLS Helps End Depression for Seattle’s Filipino Elders (Filipino American Bulletin/New America Media)
• DOCTOR’S WORD: Can Physicians Cope with a ‘Silver Tsunami?’ (Physician's Money Digest/New America Media)
• Financial Abuse: Could You Spot It? (Today's Caregiver/New America Media)
  
• The Case for Mandatory Full-Time Nursing Home Doctors (Psychology TodayNew America Media)
• “Make Love, Not War” Boomers Now the Valentine Generation (Providence Journal/New America Media)
  
• Goal Shifts to Keeping Aging Drivers at the Wheel (Sarasota Herald-Tribune/New America Media)
• Aging Boomers with HIV Teaching Doctors to Keep Them Independent (WHYY/New America Media)
• At War With Alzheimer’s - A Latina Immigrant's Story (Mundo Hispanico/New America Media)
• Aging Arab Americans: The Invisible Elders (Arab American News/New America Media)
• Social Security, Medicare Safe From Fed Cuts—Until March (L.A. Watts Times/New America Media)
• Detroit’s Caldo de Pollo for the Soul—Feeds Latino Seniors' Needs (WDET News/New America Media)
• Baby Boomers: Start Turning Nursing Homes Upside Down (Psychology Today)
• Global Aging: Engine for Growth--or Fiscal Nightmare? (Reporting on Health/New America Media)
• Birds Do It. Bees Do It. So Why Shouldn’t Grandparents Do It? (California Health Report/New America Media)
• Social Security Advocates Fight to Keep Program from Fiscal Cliff (Irish Echo/New America Media)
• U.S.-Japan Study: Japanese Elders May Be Happier (Rafu Shimpo/New America Media)
• Despite Poverty Today, Latinos May Define Rules in Aging America (HuffPost Voces/New America Media)
• Entrepreneurship One Answer for Aging Boomers As Jobs Dwindle (El Semanario/New America Media)
• Doctor's Word: Why Bridging Practitioners to Elder Research Makes Sense (Physician's Money Digest/New America Media)
• From Trauma to Dancing—Eldercare Will Challenge Boomer Generation (The Providence Journal/New America Media)
  
• Aging: Medicine’s Poster Child (Physician's Money Digest)
  
• GSA's 65th Annual Scientific Meeting Held in San Diego (Runta, Somali language)*
  
• White House Release of Report May Help Filipino WWII Vets Get Their Due (Filipino-American Bulletin/New America Media)
  
• Older women dating revealing too much (information) online (WHYY Philadelphia/New America Media)
  
• America’s Demographic Destiny—Aging Fast, But Unprepared (Physician's Money Digest/New America Media)
  
• Study: Education Extends Longevity—Except for Black Males (Sarasota Herald-Tribune/New America Media)
  
• Help for helpers of the homebound (News & Observer)
  
• Silver-Haired Retirees in U.S., China Can Be Golden Asset (Global Times/New America Media)*
  
• Seniors mull pros, cons of Social Security reform (News & Observer)
• Why does education play such a big role in longevity? (Sarasota Herald Tribune)
• Many family caregivers lack the training they need (News & Observer/New America Media)
  
• Is It All In Our Minds? Memory and Aging (Psychology Today/New America Media)
  
• Adult caregivers, don’t quit your day job (Sarasota Herald Tribune)
  
• It’s not old vs. young, but rich vs. poor (Sarasota Herald Tribune)
  
• Gerontologists urge caution in Social Security changes (Sarasota Herald Tribune)
  
• Keynote Speech at the 65th Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (Physician's Money Digest)
  
• The graying of America’s rainbow could rock the vote (Sarasota Herald Tribune)
• Report: Deaths rose after nursing home evacuations (USA Today)*
• Survey shows Americans support maintain social security system (Sing Tao Daily, Chinese language)*
• GSA Convention raised curtain; Mental health of Asian Seniors is one focus (Sing Tao Daily, Chinese language)*
• Research of happiness of Chinese seniors hampered by lack of data (Sing Tao Daily, Chinese language)*
• Chinese Scientists Aim to Prove Tai Chi’s Positive Effect on Elders (Sing Tao Daily/New America Media)*
  

*Story from a returning fellow

Stories from Other Journalists

• As Population Diversifies, Rethinking How We Care For Elderly (Kaiser Health News)
  
• We Can't Forget the Unpaid Caregivers (Business Week)
  
• NH's senior citizens enjoy top quality of life: Study (Union Leader)
  
• What Will We Do With Poor Grandma? America’s aging problem is scarier than the fiscal cliff (The Philly Post)
• Kessler Foundation scientists report negative impact of long-term caregiving on cognition (NewsRx)
  
• Los Angeles - Nursing Researchers Spotlight Nursing in Social Justice (Advance for Nurses)
  
• The Future of Medicare & Social Security (Third Age)
  
• Gerontology Expert: Revive CLASS Act To Help Pay Long-Term Care Bills (Kaiser Health News)
  
• Living in Smoggy Areas May Reduce Seniors' Brainpower (U.S. News & World Report)
• Dalhousie mice used to study human frailty (CBC)
• Resveratrol Improves Memory, Study Finds (Natural Products Insider)