Older adults in the United States are functioning better on their own and a shrinking share are living in nursing homes and assisted living settings than a decade ago, new data show. The COVID-19 pandemic’s profound impact on the lives of many older Americans is reflected in 2020 NHATS data, which show a steep drop in activities such as visiting with friends, volunteering, participating in clubs, and attending religious services. Read it here.

By Marc Freedman and Phyllis Segal (Stanford Social Innovation Review)

National service programs can bring together older and younger people to serve side by side, producing a windfall of human and social capital, plus much-needed generational and cultural connections. Read it here.

by Steven Windmueller, Ph.D. (eJewishPhilanthropy)

During this pandemic, there has been an explosion of new resources available to organizational leaders concerning institutional governance and management. The underlying thesis of these many prescriptions argues that there is a fundamental shift underway in organizational practice resulting from the COVID experience. Read it here.

By Arthur C. Brooks (The Atlantic)

Your well-being is like a retirement account: The sooner you invest, the greater your returns will be. Read it here.

By Richard Eisenberg (Next Avenue). A chat with a researcher who found the younger people are, the more likely they hold ageist views of workers. Read it here.

Read the full article by Judith Graham (Kaiser Health News)