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Past Training – May 2025 AFPHS Training
May 15, 2025 @ 3:00 pm ET
The Spring 2025 edition of the Generations Journal, the quarterly journal of the American Society on Aging, focuses…
Generations Journal Spring 2025 Issue
This special issue focuses on the age friendly ecosystem. The Promise of an Age-Friendly Ecosystem was guest edited by TFAH staff members Megan Wolfe and Karon Phillips, who lead the AFPHS movement.
Partnering with the YMCA to Advance Age-Friendly Work
Explore the well-known and subtle ways YMCAs across the country support healthy aging.
What's Public Health Got to do With... Caregiver Support?
Home health and personal care aids were the largest occupation in the United States in 2023, with about 3.7 million people working in a paid caregiving role. However, in addition to paid professionals, the caregiver workforce consists of 53 million unpaid caregivers who provide support to loved ones.
Aligning the 10 Essential Public Health Services & the AFPHs 6Cs
The brief illustrates the alignment between Age-Friendly Public Health Systems’ 6Cs Framework for Supporting Healthy Aging and the 10 Essential Public Health Services. Taken together, both frameworks give public health practitioners tools to support healthy aging.
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Past Training – April 2025 AFPHS Training
April 17, 2025 @ 3:00 pm ET
During emergencies and disasters, the public health system plays a crucial role in the protection of people and…
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Recognition Program
Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Recognition Program
TFAH is supporting state and local health departments as they work to adopt healthy aging as a core public health function through the AFPHS Recognition Program. This program provides states and local health departments with the opportunity to receive recognition for their work to support the health of older adults.