Dr. Erin Yelland | Kansas State University To answer your first question, ELI5 is text lingo for ‘explain like I’m five’ and, admittedly, ELI5 posts from various online sources are the only reason I know random things. Example 1: What…
If you weren’t able to listen to our webinar today on Gerontology in Family and Consumer Sciences: Where do We Go From Here?, no worries, you can still catch it on our recorded webinars page. What I want to share…
Quite often in life, without knowing or realizing it, many of us show our own bias; perhaps toward people, situations or even political contests. Erin Yelland says those are implicit biases. “An implicit bias is an attitude or a stereotype…
| Jim Bates, Ph.D. |Associate Professor, Field Specialist - Family Wellness | The Ohio State University, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences | The forget-me-not is the official flower of Grandparents Day, which is observed on the first Sunday after…
|Roseanne Scammahorn, PhD, NCC - Ohio State University Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Darke County| |Lorrissa L. Dunfee, MS - Ohio State University Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Belmont County| Over eight million U.S. adults 65 or older…
|Chelsi Myer and Dr. Erin Yelland, Kansas State University| 2020…what will we hold onto from the year 2020? There have been life-altering changes, high stress, a global pandemic, and discussions of racial, ethnic, and political divides. Among all the chaos,…
|Dr. Cheryl Eschbach, Michigan State University| Michigan State University (MSU) Extension is part of a national network of land-grant institutions that implement a variety of evidence-based health programs for state residents. A common challenge for Cooperative Extension is community awareness…
Suzanne Bartholomae, Ph.D. Assistant Professor & Extension State Specialist and Naomi Meinertz, M.S., Doctoral Student As more Americans step into the role of family caregiver, many find themselves underprepared, and even in denial of future caregiving responsibilities. Families will often…
|Dr. Kristin Litzelman, University of Wisconsin-Madison| Family caregivers play a key role in supporting their family members or friends with illnesses or disabilities. When they receive support services and resources such as respite care or training programs, caregivers have lower…
Join GSA as they challenge the “conventional wisdom” on aging with the Reframing Aging Initiative — a long-term social change endeavor designed to improve the public’s understanding of what aging means and the many ways that older people contribute to…