Do Your Part to Combat Ageism
My last post, Exploring and Overcoming Your Own Biases, reflected upon implicit or unconscious biases, how they are engrained in our brains, and how we can begin to overcome those biases – intentionality, learning about yourself and your biases, and putting yourself in uncomfortable spaces with the goal of learning and growing. I encourage you […]
Communicating about COVID-19
Kristin Litzelman, University of Wisconsin – Madison Leacey Brown, South Dakota State University Christi Demitz, Michigan State University As educators, one of our top priorities is to ensure that our classrooms and educational environments are healthy, safe, and inclusive. This has become increasingly complex and difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only have outbreaks […]
Exploring and Overcoming Your Own Biases
Ahhhh bias. It’s all the rage! Everyone is doing it! The problem is, bias can bring severe negative consequences and, sometimes, we don’t even know we’re doing it. That is called implicit bias (also called unconscious bias). Implicit biases are the unconscious beliefs we hold about various social and identity groups. They are engrained in […]
Celebrating Five Years of NCRAN: Telling our Story of Collaboration and Impact
As America’s population ages, there are increasing demands for educational content related to aging and older adulthood. While the importance of Adult Development and Aging Programs is recognized, many gerontology-focused Extension specialists and field staff work in isolation as they address the challenges and opportunities unique to the older adult population. In 2016, Extension […]
Lessons Learned from Elder Family Financial Exploitation
“I thought we had a family that would put mom and dad’s needs first and found instead, some family members put their own needs first.”
Social Determinants of Health: What’s Happenin’ on the Hill?
| Dr. Erin Yelland | Kansas State University | I recently attended a Congressional Briefing on the Social Determinants of Health to learn more about what is happening at the national level regarding the social determinants (for a refresher course on the social determinants, see my last blog post here – federal policies are a big part […]
ELI5: The Social Determinants of Health
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 color would DNA be to the naked eye if we could see it? Translucent, because […]
Gerontology in Family and Consumer Sciences: Where do We Go From Here?
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 a little more about is about the grey literature search that was done to seek […]
Experts on aging outline ideas for overcoming ‘implicit bias’
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 that affects our understanding, actions and decisions,” said Yelland, an adult development and aging specialist […]
Engaging and Supporting Grandparent Caregivers in the Era of COVID-19
| 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 Labor Day each September. This year Grandparents Day is September 13 and while it may […]