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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There’s a tower of books at Aging Today. These selected volumes--not the sum of such books sent to the paper in the last year or so--rise a foot and a half up from the editor’s desk. Each of them is on an aspect of caregiving, with approaches ranging from advice to families to policy and sociological analyses. Full Story

NEW ASA COO Lanny Hardy

Front Page

• WHCOA Vets Raise Concern, Hopes About 2005 Conclave (PDF)
• How Nursing Homes Coped Amid the Hurricane Chaos

Potomac Sources

• Puzzling Out Medicare Part D

Forum

• Can the Social Security Program Really Go Bankrupt?

Inside Aging Today

• CDC Gets to Root Causes of Oral Disease in Elders (PDF)
• GUIDES TO THE DEMENTIA JOURNEY (PDF)
• NEW ASA COO (PDF)
• SELECTED BOOKS FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS (PDF)
• Study: U.S. Needs Older Workers (PDF)
• Understanding Oral Conditions (PDF)
• Evidence-Based Practice: What Does It Mean for Aging?
• Elders Racing Against the Clock

In Focus

• Books That Care: Recent Titles on the Culture of Caregiving (PDF)
• The Cultures of Care
• It Shouldn't Be This Way: One Mother Faces Long-Term Care
• On Being an Elder
• Lessons From Joan -- In Kindness, Courage and Humor
• Managing and Caring
• Caregivers on the Job (PDF)

Business and Aging

• Fitness Convention's Hot 50-Plus Trends

Creative Currents

• Optimal Aging Manual, A Tome for Wellness and Security (PDF)
• Sharing Care (PDF)

ASA Update

• HAN AND LEARN GROUPS HELP ADVANCE ASA’S STRATEGIC PLAN (PDF)