Aging Today, ASA's bimonthly newspaper, covers developments in public policy, research, practice, media and programming in the field of aging. A four-page pullout section, "In Focus," is devoted to in-depth coverage of a single topic.

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Frankie Manning, one of the original Lindy Hoppers at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s, celebrates his 84th birthday in 1998. This photograph by Ed Kashi adorns the cover of Aging in America: The Years Ahead, a new book with essays and interviews by his wife, journalist Julie Winokur. Full story.

Front Page

• Antiaging Medicine: Promise or Peril?
• Rural Age Boom

Potomac Sources

• U.S. District Court Decision Spotlights Pension Problems

Forum

• The Longevity Revolution: What's Love Got to Do With It?

Inside Aging Today

• CDC Says Immunizations Are Critical for Older Americans
• Immunization Disparities
• National Project Creates Database of Direct-Care Practices
• New Longevity Theory Released
• Poetry's Late Bloomer
• Who Should Get Shots and When?

In Focus : Achieving Quality Care Management In An Aging Society

• Elders and the Quest for Their Autonomy (PDF)
• Five Steps to In-Home Quality Care
• Healthy Aging: Managing the Hard Realities
• Resources for Care Managers
• The Workforce Crisis and Care (PDF)

Business and Aging

• Large Employers Face Hard Choices on Retiree Health Benefits

The Aging Spirit

• Lessons From Rural Congregations About the Role of Elders

Research Today

• Prospect of Care Impact Studied Through PRISM-E
• Illinois Study Brings Social Workers to Physician Offices
• Integrating Mental Health Into Primary Care for Elders
• Project Incorporates Alzheimer's Into Care

Media Currents

• Authors Explore Aging in America -- And See Their Future

ASA Update

• ASA Is Gearing Up for 2004 -- Our 50th Anniversary Year