America Needs a Plan to Help Its Older Citizens – And Soon
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America Needs a Plan to Help Its Older Citizens – And Soon

AARP's Vision for a National Plan on Aging

Most Americans understand the importance of planning to secure their economic futures and?advance directives ?to prepare for their health care as they age. But for too long, there has been no federal action plan to protect our nation’s growing older population.

By 2030, 1 in 5 Americans will be 65 or older. Yet many government policies and programs have not addressed the unique needs of the aging population.

AARP has a plan to help change that.

The good news is that a growing number of states are developing and adopting comprehensive plans to support their aging population. AARP has been deeply involved in supporting those efforts. About half the states have implemented, developed or initiated multiyear strategies, commonly known as multisector plans for aging (MPAs). Although state MPAs vary in scope — and in their goals and target populations — they all encourage collaboration among governments, private entities and people.

Yet there is no comparable national plan. The federal government has recently taken steps toward developing such a strategy. The?Older Americans Act ?reauthorization of 2020 set up an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly Communities (ICC). The committee issued a Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging in May.

Among other things, the report focused on age-friendly communities, housing, increased access to long-term support and better health care services, especially for people with low incomes. To get input from older Americans, the ICC holds listening sessions across the country.

AARP wants to play a more critical role in this process. We recently released our own vision for a national plan on aging — part of our?Aging Well in America Initiative .

AARP’s report emphasizes four goals that can help guide efforts to establish a national plan, along with the policies for implementing those goals.

  • Promote healthy living and access to affordable, high-quality health care.
  • Support?family caregivers ?and affordable, high-quality long-term care with dignity, independence and security.
  • Provide ample opportunities to achieve financial security.
  • Create age-friendly,?livable communities ?that enable people to age in place.

AARP will continue to work with states and expand our own initiatives that have helped make our communities more livable for older residents and have fostered better aging policies at the local and state levels. We’re committed to the development of a national plan on aging that will enable all people to maintain good health, build financial resilience and remain in their homes and communities as they age.

With the population aging at a rate never seen in history, it’s time for policymakers, government officials and organizations involved in aging to seize the opportunity to address the needs of older Americans now and into the future.

READ THE REPORT:

Aging Well in America: AARP’s Vision for a National Plan on Aging


Michael Troper

Walking 60 half-marathons at 60.

1 个月

Please work to eliminate the GPO and WEP to help many Americans get a more secure retirement that that have already paid for.

tim jonasson

technician at Argonne National Laboratory

1 个月

Ya know, there's always focus on a particular group and say help them. If you don't get selfish and say "Help the USA", EVERYONE comes out ahead. AARP has slurped the Kool-aid of Socialism/liberalism which has made a few temporarily better off but the country has gone downhill. And, it's going to get worse when the Obamadebt comes due. Biden-Harris are useless and only know buy votes with borrowed cash. Harris is running on a platform of "Hate Trump" and pro abortion. Her stance on economics is pathetic. AARP is just about profit.

Isabel Melgarejo

Founder | TumCoeur | Empowering Family Caregivers | Difficult Conversations | Plan the Future | Sustainability | Podcast Host | Bilingual | Project Manager | Selfcare

1 个月

I feel this is a very complex situation. Societies have been shaped to care for children, but because we didn't get to live so long we didn't have a plan for older adults. I would love to participate in shaping this plan if possible.

Jeff Dru

Industrial Mechanical & Piping Designer

1 个月

We HAD a plan. Then the Dim'Rat politicians - supported by AARP - looted the social security piggy bank. We set up our own 401(k) fall back positions. And the Dim'Rat politicians inflated the currency to uselessness by handing out $13,000 per month subsidies to illegals while neglecting REAL Americans whose lives had been turned upside down in natural disasters.

Robert S.

Human Advocate: Eldercare, Special Needs Communique, Independent Living Skills & Styles, *Veterans Treatment*. Also: *Concept-Writer, *Legal Consumer Research, **Practical Human Relations Consultant

1 个月

Great advice...??????????

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