Public health and aging sectors have historically operated in silos. Both sectors have access to unique networks and resources, but often have not worked together.
We are STILL in the greatest pandemic of our natural lives. The impact of COVID-19 has been profound because it forced us to prioritize what matters most, our health, our loved ones, and those in our communities that have the greatest need. The
Welcome to the Age-Friendly Public Health Systems (AFPHS) monthly blog series, “What’s Public Health Got to Do With It?” This series is designed to stir up conversation, generate interest, and challenge healthy aging stakeholders to engage more deeply in age-friendly public health issues.
Three-part theme; connect, create, and contribute, to demonstrate how older adults strengthen communities in many ways.