Aging with dignity: Alaska’s growing senior population presents challenges
Alaska is experiencing one of the fastest-growing senior populations in the nation. This raises key challenges when it comes to the moral, social and economic obligations that younger people have to properly care for their elders.
OPINION: Alaska Commission on Aging needs new members to help address critical challenges
OPINION: Alaska Commission on Aging needs new members to help address critical
Commissioner on aging warns Alaska to prep for exploding senior population
Aging affects each and every one of us. If we live long enough, we will face this natural process in our own individual ways. I say “individual” because we are all unique and have experiences that belong to us alone. Some circumstances, however, are
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