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


Financial scams and fraud often increase during the holiday season and older adults are a prime target. Find out how older adults can protect themselves with the 2024 Home for the Holidays campaign!