Director’s Editorials

Readers of Age in Action have asked VCoA's Director, Ed Ansello, to post his editorials separately to aid in broader communication and discussion of issues. 

Ageism in the Age of COVID - Summer 2020
Finding Light in the Darkness: The Role of Humor - Spring 2020
Benefits of Physical Activity on Depression - Winter 2020
Dementia-Friendly Resources - Fall 2019
Interprofessional Geriatrics: Improving the Health of Older Adults - Summer 2019
Blue Zones and Longevity - Spring 2019 
Loneliness in Later Life - Winter 2019
Fighting Frailty with the Mediterranean Diet - Fall 2018
Our Anniversary - Summer 2018
Lewy Body Dementia - Spring 2018 
The Year in the Rear-View Mirror - Winter 2018
Abuse and Neglect of Animals and of People, An Update - Fall 2017‌
Laughter and Well Being As We Age - Summer 2017‌‌‌
Oral Health and Aging - Spring 2017‌‌
Meeting Aging-Related Needs in 2016 - Winter 2017‌
Fix and Fit to Age in Place - Fall 2016
Neighborhood Walkability and Health - Summer 2016
What Are the Needs of Older Adults? - Spring 2016
Animal Cruelty and Elder Abuse - Winter 2016
Disappearing before My Eyes: My Mother and Dementia - Fall 2015
Remembering Our Friends - Summer 2015
Preventing Financial Exploitation - Spring 2015
We Happy Few: Accomplishments in Calendar 2014 - Winter 2015‌
Calorie Labeling - Fall 2014
Older Prisoners - Summer 2014
Virtual Villages for Aging in Place - Spring 2014
The Healthy Brain Initiative - Winter 2014
Being in the Moment - Fall 2013
Partnering - Summer 2013
Dreams and Wonder - Spring 2013
Lessons from a Sequoia Grove - Winter 2013
All the World's A Stage - Fall 2012
Walkability - Summer 2012
Geriatric Home Makeover - Spring 2012
Is Aging a Disability? - Winter 2012
Baby Boomers and Stereotypes - Fall 2011
Forever Young - Summer 2011
Falls - Spring 2011
The Most Terrible Poverty - Winter 2011
Filling the Gap - Fall 2010
On Becoming Invisible - Summer 2010
The Blank Tablet of Aging - Spring 2010
Aging as an Option - Winter 2010
Awaken the Sleeping Giant - Fall 2009
Blanche DuBois Geriatrics - Summer 2009
My Passage to India - Spring 2009
Sold a Bill of Goods - Winter 2009
Priorities in a Time of Crisis - Fall 2008
It's About the People - Summer 2008
Geriatric Training and Education (GTE) Projects - Spring 2008
Tackling Elder Abuse - Winter 2008
Health Care Reform and Family Caregivers - Fall 2007
Fiscal Year Retrospective - Summer 2007
Re-imagining the experience and study of aging - Spring 2007