Develops research, programs, and initiatives designed to envision and activate sustainable solutions leading to better health for individuals and communities worldwide.
Americans are obsessed with health care. We can’t get enough of it. We believe more is better; the l
atest technology, drug, or procedure is the best., Medical care isn't a substitute for adequate public health infrastructure, especially when a pandemic hits., Our response to COVID-19 reflects our belief that health care is the answer to all health problems, and that has greatly hurt us.
The writer Martha Beck once said this of growing old: “Everybody has to do it, but I always believed
an exception would be made in my case.”, We have to start seeing and valuing older people as the very embodiment of the strength, wisdom, and spirit of society.
, The simple fact is that aging is a cultural and social phenomenon as much as it is a biological one. But unlike those societies that actually revere the elderly for their experience and wisdom, our American culture too often regards them with pity.