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10 Tips for Positive Aging: It’s Not Your Same Old Business
By Manfred Diehl, PhD (Co-Chair, APA Committee on Aging) All of us are aging by the day, whether we are willing to admit it or not. We usually dread talking about getting older, but there is actually...
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THEory into ACTion: Can Community Engagement Promote Healthy Aging?
Our “THEory into ACTion” series continues with this cross post from APA Division 27’s Community Psychology Practice Council blog. The “THEory into ACTion” series sheds light on community psychologists...
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If You’re Ageist and You Know It, Raise Your Hand
By Kimberly Hiroto, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Aging) We’re bombarded these days with information about how to prevent aging. Since when did aging become our enemy? Like any part of one’s...
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Memory and Aging: Fears, Fallacies and Facts
By Deborah DiGilio, MPH (Director, APA Office on Aging) Everyone has had the experience of losing their keys, misplacing their wallets, or forgetting someone’s name. For people nearing or over age...
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9 Things You Should Know About HIV and Aging
By Maggie Chartier, PsyD and Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD (Members, APA Committee on Psychology and AIDS) By 2015, an estimated one out of every two people living with HIV in the United States will be...
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Invisibility Squared: The Challenges of Living as a Transgender Older Adult
By Tarynn Witten, PhD, LCSW (Member, APA Division 44*) & Brian Carpenter, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Aging) The award-winning Amazon Studios series, Transparent, highlights one of the most...
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How Integrated Health Care Benefits You as You Get Older
By Deborah DiGilio, MPH (Director, APA Office on Aging) and Toni Vincent (Graduate Health Communication Intern, APA Center for Psychology and Health) With recent changes in healthcare you may be...
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Get Into the Act: The Benefits of Volunteering As We Age
By Patricia A. Parmelee, PhD, and Rebecca S. Allen, PhD (Alabama Research Institute on Aging, The University of Alabama) The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. –...
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The Charleston Shooting and the Psychology of Hate, Looking Forward to...
In this week’s In Case You Missed It (our roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice issues from multiple news and commentary websites), we cover the...
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What Do We Need to Know About the Health of Older LGBT Adults? NIH...
By Mark Brennan-Ing, PhD (Director for Research and Evaluation at ACRIA, Center on HIV and Aging ) When we talk about fully including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals in...
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Can a Healthy Diet Prevent Dementia? What the Science Says
By Catherine Escher and Rowena Gomez, PhD (Palo Alto University) We all know that eating healthy is good for our bodies as we age, but did you know that eating certain foods may reduce your risk of...
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We Get Happier as We Get Older (As Long as We Stay Fit)
You can build a better old age with exercise By Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, PhD Ponce de Leon was wrong: We’re not looking for the Fountain of Youth. Life gets better as we get older. Gallup research...
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Starting a Conversation: How We Can Reduce Health Disparities Among Older Adults
By Heather Plakosh, MA (Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Psychology, Chatham University) & Jennifer Q. Morse, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology, Chatham University) Achieving Optimal Health...
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It’s Never Too Late to Find Your Inner Athlete
Sports participation offers physical and psychological benefits at any age By Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, PhD In August, when the 2016 Summer Olympics open in Rio de Janeiro, we’ll all be amazed by the...
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Why We Should Celebrate Senior Citizens Everyday
By Sheri R. Levy, PhD1, Jamie L. MacDonald1, and Ashley Lytle, PhD2 (1Stony Brook University and 2Stevens Institute of Technology) Have you heard of National Senior Citizens Day? If not, you aren’t...
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What Macaque Monkeys Might Tell Us About Our Friendships as We Age
By Geoffrey W. Lane, PhD, ABPP (Geropsychologist) I’d like to spend this blog post talking about a rather decent-sized bombshell that has rocked the world of lifespan developmental theory and...
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The Inside Scoop: Straight from the Older Adults in Your Life
By Sheri R. Levy, PhD, Rachel Smith, and MaryBeth Apriceno (Stony Brook University) Who doesn’t enjoy a good story? This holiday season take a few minutes to listen to a story from an older person in...
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5 Ways to Become Better Involved In Medical Decisions as You Age
By Rebecca Delaney, MS (Doctoral Student in Development Psychology, West Virginia University) Throughout our lives we face a range of medical decisions that can affect ourselves and others. Should I...
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Kickstart a Lifelong Healthy Habit this Summer! 4 Reasons Gardening Benefits...
By Layla Dang, Brianna Wenande, Bethany Westphal, and Jessica R. Petok (Department of Psychology, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN) Gardening is a popular summer activity for a reason! Research...
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What’s the Secret to Combating Ageist Stereotypes? It’s Complicated
By Jeff McCarthy, MA (University of Windsor) & Anne Baird, PhD (University of Windsor) In Western societies, negative stereotypes about being an older person predominate. However, these patterns...
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