2024 News Archive
2024 Press Releases and Statements
USAging CEO Speaks Out On Behalf of Millions of Older Adults and Their Family Caregivers: Congress Needs to Act Now to Protect the Daily Lifeline That the Older Americans Act Provides | December 20, 2024
USAging Awarded Grant Aimed at Preventing and Reducing Homelessness Among Older Adults | December 5, 2024
USAging Awarded Grant to Evaluate Equitable Vaccination Access With UC Berkeley | December 2, 2024
2024 Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant Program Will Fund 12 Rural Communities to Develop Transportation Plans | November 5, 2024
New National Campaign to Focus on Protecting Older Adults From Financial Fraud | November 1, 2024
USAging Awarded Grant to Enhance Caregiver Navigator Services in Aging Network | October 8, 2024
USAging to Explore Better Serving Rural and Tribal Communities Through Community Care Hubs | August 28, 2024
USAging Recognized for Excellence in Making Vaccinations Available to Older Adults and People With Disabilities | August 12, 2024
USAging's Aging and Disability Business Institute Honors Southern Alabama Regional Council on Aging With The John A. Hartford Foundation 2024 Business Innovation Award | July 10, 2024
USAging Honors Innovative Programs That Serve Older Adults at Home and in the Community | July 9, 2024
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions Case Manager Richard Gaidoo Receives Community Champion Award | July 9, 2024
USAging Response to Grants Pass Decision of U.S. Supreme Court Regarding Homelessness | July 2, 2024
Twenty Community Care Hubs Chosen for Infrastructure and Innovation Grants | May 29, 2024
Local Leaders in Aging Well at Home Testify at Senate Hearing on Importance of Modernizing the Older Americans Act | May 23, 2024
USAging Announces Collaboration with Ring to Help Older Americans Age Well at Home and in the Community | May 1, 2024
Nominations Open for 2024 Community Champion Award | March 19, 2024
Statement from USAging CEO Sandy Markwood on the New Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging | January 26, 2024
2024 News Stories
AAA SWFL joins national campaign to protect older adults from financial scams
December 21, 2024 | Lake Okeechobee News
Wireless Wednesday: Protecting our seniors from scams
December 18, 2024 | Wireless Wednesday Live
Increase in Holiday Season Scams Targeting Seniors
December 16, 2024 | Internewscast
How Older Adults Can Avoid Holiday Scams
December 13, 2024 | New Pittsburgh Courier
How Older Adults Can Avoid Holiday Scams
December 12, 2024 | The Messenger
Loneliness, social isolation ‘substantial’ among older adults: study
December 10, 2024 | McKnight's Senior Living
Area Agency on Aging joins national campaign to prevent seniors from scams
December 3, 2024 | WTVB
USAging Fraud for Wireless Wednesday
December 2, 2024 | Wireless Wednesday
SAFETY DESK: Protecting older adults from scams during the holidays
November 21, 2024 | First Alert 6
New National Campaign to Focus on Protecting Older Adults From Financial Fraud
November 21, 2024 | The Associated Press
Sandy Markwood - Financial Scams
November 21, 2024 | The Doug Wagner Show
Make A Difference Minute: USAging Protecting Against Scams & Fraud
November 21, 2024 | The Mark White Show
Scammers Often Target Older People Who Are Lonely
November 21, 2024 | Head Topics
Scammers Often Target Older People Who Are Lonely
November 20, 2024 | NECN
Scammers Often Target Older People Who Are Lonely
November 20, 2024 | News 10 Boston
Bay Aging Announces Kickoff of Ring Initiative
November 20, 2024 | News on the Neck
More Scammers Targeting Older People During the Holidays
November 20, 2024 | KOAT 7 Action News
Living Longer Better Smarter: Friends, Family, Food and a Helping Hand
November 12, 2024 | Mary Furlong & Associates
National Aging and Disability Transportation Center awards $412,448 in competitive grant funding to develop plans to address transportation accessibility
November 6, 2024 | Mass Transit
National Family Caregivers Month: Getting Help & Getting Paid
November 4, 2024 | Caregiving Club
Congressman Langworthy Leads Twin Package of Bipartisan Bills to Improve Health Care Standards and Access for America’s Seniors
October 31, 2024 | Office of Congressman Langworthy
What Caregivers Should Know About Senior Transportation Services
October 10, 2024 | AARP
Connections AAA expands programs to home security
September 24, 2024 | Creston News Advertiser
DHCD Gets Immunization Neighborhood Champion Award
September 18, 2024 | Uken Report
What Is Independent Living? Here's What You Need to Know
September 16, 2024 | U.S News & World Report
CICOA provides Indy seniors with Ring doorbell cameras
September 4, 2024 | Indianapolis Recorder
Indy Area Seniors Can Sign Up to Receive Ring Doorbells Through CICOA
August 30, 2024 | Indiana Chamber
Local organizations giving free Ring doorbells to 500 seniors, people with disabilities in central Indiana
August 29, 2024 | WRTV
Asking Eric: Once Distant Father Now Demands Child’s Help
August 27, 2024 | The Washington Post
Sandy Markwood Featured on "The Senior Zone"
August 19, 2024 | The Senior Zone Podcast
Older Adults and Homelessness: How Continuums of Care and Area Agencies on Aging Can Collaborate
August 13, 2024 | U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)
USAging Featured on "Los Anos Dorados" (The Golden Years)
June 25, 2024 | CCBM WBC Broadcast Productions
Advocate calls for more senior citizen resources as Arizona ages
May 22, 2024 | Axios
Getting Involved During Older Americans Month
May 15, 2024 | Gerontology News
Homelessness After Age 50 Is Rising
April 19, 2024 | Next Avenue
Group Homes: Pros and Cons for Senior Care
April 7, 2024 | WTOP
Inside The Senior Alliance: Trends in Aging – Part 1 (Ep 1.43)
April 3, 2024 | Inside The Senior Alliance Podcast
States are Preparing for an Aging Population. Federal Lawmakers are Looking to Give Them a Boost
March 6, 2024 | Erie News Now
Here’s What It’s Like to Retire on Almost Nothing but Social Security
February 9, 2024 | Broadcast Retirement Network
From Crisis to Collaboration: Uniting for Healthy Communities
January 9, 2024 | Catholic Health Association of the United States
Here’s What It’s Like to Retire on Almost Nothing but Social Security (PDF)
January 6, 2024 | The Wall Street Journal