Housing & Health Equity for Older Adults: A Virtual Report
HOUSING & HEALTH EQUITY FOR OLDER ADULTS:
FINDINGS FROM THE COVID-19 RECAP REPORT
Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
Co-Sponsored by The Hastings Center
Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022 Time: 11am ET
Location: Online only
Speaker(s): Robin Lipson, Jennifer Molinsky, Tam Perry, Nancy Berlinger, Lauren Taylor
In addition to its devastating effects on health and mortality, the COVID-19 pandemic produced a complex and interconnected set of social challenges across the US. Older adults living in the community faced social isolation and disruptions in access to food, medical care, and other goods and services during stay-at-home orders. In response, organizations that support older people—housing and service providers, community organizations, government agencies, and others—improvised solutions to address these challenges.
Our new report, a collaborative project with The Hastings Center, reflects on these responses, most of which were intended to be temporary, and sheds light on how we might improve housing and supports for older adults, and address longstanding inequities in the process.
Speakers will include:
Robin Lipson, Deputy Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs
Jennifer Molinsky, Project Director, Housing an Aging Society Program
Tam Perry, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Wayne State University
Lauren Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, NYU Wagner
Nancy Berlinger, Research Scholar, The Hastings Center, moderator
This event will be online only; please register here in advance to attend.
Co-Sponsor(s): The Hastings Center