See a screening of the documentary, “You Are Not Alone,” and a discussion, “HIV and Mental Health of LGBT People of Color” with a distinguished panel, moderated by Marsha Bronner of the HUGS Campaign, and including “America’s Psychologist” Dr. Jeff Gardere, Ariel Rojas of TransDisapora Networks, Chris Adams, LMSW, Rev. Dr. Lynn Sexton, The Griot Circle, and Aron Cobbs, Lambda Legal.
Today, average life expectancy is almost 80 years. But, while we’ve added years to life we haven’t always made those extra years healthy and vigorous. Eighty percent of seniors have at least one major chronic condition, and half have two or more. Chronic diseases of later life cost our nation more than $1 trillion per year and will increase to $6 trillion by 2050.
A new frontier in science is revealing the “problem behind the problem” of chronic disease. “Geroscience” is the study of how the underlying processes of aging itself put us at risk to develop chronic disease. And it is on its way to modifying those processes through new medical strategies that could benefit millions.
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The NAIPC promotes a network of professionals from the private, public and non-profit sectors who can help older adults plan for future housing and care needs.
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