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Unwinding the Safety Net (Next Avenue)

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Next Avenue quoted Donna Benton in an article on why aging experts fear that Trump administration decisions will harm older adults in the U.S. Benton noted that the draft budget for 2026 stops funding for elder justice and elder rights support service programs: “The safety net for the elder justice system is being loosened and there are not as many resources for people who are being scammed.”

Helpful Village, la plataforma para envejecer en casa que triunfa en Estados Unidos (65 Y MÁS)

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65 Y MÁS (Spain) featured Helpful Village, a platform designed by Adjunct Lecturer Manuel Acevedo to streamline village management processes and help older adults safely age in place. The article also mentioned that in the wake of the pandemic, several experts at the USC Leonard Davis School emphasized that aging in place requires not only adapting the physical space but also having a strong social network.

Dementia is costing the US $781 billion, and 30 percent of that cost is medical and long-term care (McKnight’s Senior Living)

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McKnight’s Senior Living featured a USC study estimating that dementia will cost the U.S. $781 trillion in 2025. The United States Cost of Dementia research team includes prominent experts across disciplines at USC, including Eileen Crimmins and Mireille Jacobson from the USC Leonard Davis School. The study was also covered in NeuroEdge, Medical Economics, Medical Xpress, and Earth.com.

The Dramatic Effect That Buying a House in These ‘Hot’ States Will Have on Your DNA (Realtor.com)

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Realtor.com featured a study by Eunyoung Choi and Jennifer Ailshire that showed older adults in regions with more days of excessive heat showed increase biological aging. “It’s really about the combination of heat and humidity, particularly for older adults, because older adults don’t sweat the same way,” Ailshire explained. “If you’re in a high-humidity place, you don’t get as much of that cooling effect. You have to look at your area’s temperature and your humidity to really understand what your risk might be.” The article was republished in SF Gate and Yahoo Life.

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