Aging – Page 6 – Psychology Benefits Society

August 25, 2014December 12, 2014Administrator

Aging with HIV: New Research Sheds Light on a Growing Population

By David Martin, PhD, ABPP (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) The Office on AIDS is pleased to have played a small supporting role in the publication of the just-released special issue of Behavioral Medicine, in which six articles on HIV and aging were published this month. These articles represent an important extension of existing knowledge […]

June 13, 2014June 12, 2014Administrator

What You Should Know About Elder Abuse: Protecting Our Future Selves

By Karen A. Roberto, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Aging) Mrs. A was in her early 70s and lived independently until she was severely injured in a car accident. Unable to live alone upon her release from the hospital she stayed with her daughter who settled her in an extra room in her cold basement. […]

May 23, 2014June 16, 2014Administrator

If You’re Ageist and You Know It, Raise Your Hand

By Kimberly Hiroto, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Aging) We’re bombarded these days with information about how to prevent aging. Since when did aging become our enemy? Like any part of one’s demographics, age has its upsides and downsides, but somehow it’s permissible to explicitly state our dislike of getting older while similar statements about […]

October 4, 2013December 12, 2014Administrator

Aging and HIV: How Can Psychology Better Serve the AIDS Generation?

By Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH Living out your golden years with HIV – once unimaginable – is becoming a reality for hundreds of thousands of Americans. The AIDS epidemic in the United States is vastly different from when we first encountered this disease in 1981. After hundreds of thousands of deaths, especially for […]

June 10, 2013June 7, 2013Administrator

THEory into ACTion: Can Community Engagement Promote Healthy Aging?

Our “THEory into ACTion” series continues with this cross post from APA Division 27’s Community Psychology Practice Council blog. The “THEory into ACTion” series sheds light on community psychologists making positive change in the field. By Agnieszka Hanni, MA and Suzette Fromm Reed, PhD As the lifespan of an average person increases in the nation, the retirement […]

May 3, 2013Administrator

10 Tips for Positive Aging: It’s Not Your Same Old Business

By Manfred Diehl, PhD (Co-Chair, APA Committee on Aging) All of us are aging by the day, whether we are willing to admit it or not. We usually dread talking about getting older, but there is actually good news that should give us reason to embrace our own aging. The good news is: We can […]