National Council on Aging
@ncoaging.bsky.social
We deliver the resources, tools, best practices and advocacy our nation needs to ensure that every person can age with health and financial security. #WeAgeWell
Visit us at: ncoa.org
Visit us at: ncoa.org
Last week, Ramsey Alwin, NCOA President and CEO, joined Philanthropy Southeast’s 56th Annual Meeting in New Orleans to talk about the challenges of aging in America & the importance of investing in care systems that support older adults & their caregivers. 💙
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Last week, Ramsey Alwin, NCOA President and CEO, joined Philanthropy Southeast’s 56th Annual Meeting in New Orleans to talk about the challenges of aging in America & the importance of investing in care systems that support older adults & their caregivers. 💙
We’re all aging—and that’s why NCOA’s mission is personal. Help make sure every American can age well.
🎁 Through Dec. 31, gifts of $75+ are matched by the NCOA Board!
➡️ Give today and double your impact: https://bit.ly/4nSodGk
🎁 Through Dec. 31, gifts of $75+ are matched by the NCOA Board!
➡️ Give today and double your impact: https://bit.ly/4nSodGk
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We’re all aging—and that’s why NCOA’s mission is personal. Help make sure every American can age well.
🎁 Through Dec. 31, gifts of $75+ are matched by the NCOA Board!
➡️ Give today and double your impact: https://bit.ly/4nSodGk
🎁 Through Dec. 31, gifts of $75+ are matched by the NCOA Board!
➡️ Give today and double your impact: https://bit.ly/4nSodGk
It’s Home Care Aide Week! 💙
This week, we celebrate the compassionate, dedicated caregivers who make it possible for so many older adults and people with disabilities to live safely and comfortably at home. Thanks for all you do!
#HomeCareAideWeek #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth
This week, we celebrate the compassionate, dedicated caregivers who make it possible for so many older adults and people with disabilities to live safely and comfortably at home. Thanks for all you do!
#HomeCareAideWeek #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It’s Home Care Aide Week! 💙
This week, we celebrate the compassionate, dedicated caregivers who make it possible for so many older adults and people with disabilities to live safely and comfortably at home. Thanks for all you do!
#HomeCareAideWeek #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth
This week, we celebrate the compassionate, dedicated caregivers who make it possible for so many older adults and people with disabilities to live safely and comfortably at home. Thanks for all you do!
#HomeCareAideWeek #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth
Thank you to all the Veterans who’ve served. Today and every day we see you, we appreciate you, and we thank you for your service. 💙
#VeteransDay
#VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thank you to all the Veterans who’ve served. Today and every day we see you, we appreciate you, and we thank you for your service. 💙
#VeteransDay
#VeteransDay
We visited the Kansas Department of Health & Environment in Topeka to see how CDSME & Falls Prevention programs are improving health for older adults, especially in rural & frontier communities. Thank you for advancing health & well-being across Kansas! 💙✨
#FallsPrevention #Partnership #Community
#FallsPrevention #Partnership #Community
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We visited the Kansas Department of Health & Environment in Topeka to see how CDSME & Falls Prevention programs are improving health for older adults, especially in rural & frontier communities. Thank you for advancing health & well-being across Kansas! 💙✨
#FallsPrevention #Partnership #Community
#FallsPrevention #Partnership #Community
Our 2022 Photography Contest focused on the realities of caregiving. During #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth, take a look back on some of the photos that capture the complexities and importance of caregiving. 💙
View the gallery here: https://bit.ly/4qWGdSW
View the gallery here: https://bit.ly/4qWGdSW
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Our 2022 Photography Contest focused on the realities of caregiving. During #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth, take a look back on some of the photos that capture the complexities and importance of caregiving. 💙
View the gallery here: https://bit.ly/4qWGdSW
View the gallery here: https://bit.ly/4qWGdSW
SNAP is more than food assistance—it’s a lifeline. Without it, families like Mr. Lewis’s face hunger with no safety net. When this lifeline is no longer available, people don’t just skip meals. They skip medicine. They skip rent. They skip hope. #Together4SNAP
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
SNAP is more than food assistance—it’s a lifeline. Without it, families like Mr. Lewis’s face hunger with no safety net. When this lifeline is no longer available, people don’t just skip meals. They skip medicine. They skip rent. They skip hope. #Together4SNAP
Your voice belongs at Age+Action 2026! ✨
Our call for presentations is open until Friday, Dec. 5. Share your ideas that advance age-positive concepts and best practices.
➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WES5uY
Our call for presentations is open until Friday, Dec. 5. Share your ideas that advance age-positive concepts and best practices.
➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WES5uY
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Your voice belongs at Age+Action 2026! ✨
Our call for presentations is open until Friday, Dec. 5. Share your ideas that advance age-positive concepts and best practices.
➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WES5uY
Our call for presentations is open until Friday, Dec. 5. Share your ideas that advance age-positive concepts and best practices.
➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WES5uY
November is National Family Caregivers Month. 💙
Join us in recognizing the incredible dedication of family caregivers who work around-the-clock. Thank you for all you do!
Join us in recognizing the incredible dedication of family caregivers who work around-the-clock. Thank you for all you do!
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
November is National Family Caregivers Month. 💙
Join us in recognizing the incredible dedication of family caregivers who work around-the-clock. Thank you for all you do!
Join us in recognizing the incredible dedication of family caregivers who work around-the-clock. Thank you for all you do!
Thank you to the National Governors Association for featuring NCOA’s Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center at this year’s HHS Policy Institute!
We joined a great panel spotlighting how Nevada & New Mexico are strengthening their direct care workforce—and addressing the growing caregiver crisis.
We joined a great panel spotlighting how Nevada & New Mexico are strengthening their direct care workforce—and addressing the growing caregiver crisis.
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thank you to the National Governors Association for featuring NCOA’s Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center at this year’s HHS Policy Institute!
We joined a great panel spotlighting how Nevada & New Mexico are strengthening their direct care workforce—and addressing the growing caregiver crisis.
We joined a great panel spotlighting how Nevada & New Mexico are strengthening their direct care workforce—and addressing the growing caregiver crisis.
Together, we can change lives and help everyone age well.
Now through Dec. 31, your giving power goes twice as far thanks to a special NCOA Board Match! Gifts of $75 or more will be matched 1:1. 💙🎁
➡️ Double your impact—donate today: https://bit.ly/47vOGDI
Now through Dec. 31, your giving power goes twice as far thanks to a special NCOA Board Match! Gifts of $75 or more will be matched 1:1. 💙🎁
➡️ Double your impact—donate today: https://bit.ly/47vOGDI
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Together, we can change lives and help everyone age well.
Now through Dec. 31, your giving power goes twice as far thanks to a special NCOA Board Match! Gifts of $75 or more will be matched 1:1. 💙🎁
➡️ Double your impact—donate today: https://bit.ly/47vOGDI
Now through Dec. 31, your giving power goes twice as far thanks to a special NCOA Board Match! Gifts of $75 or more will be matched 1:1. 💙🎁
➡️ Double your impact—donate today: https://bit.ly/47vOGDI
We all deserve access to effective obesity treatments. 💙
Today, we went to Capitol Hill to talk with members of Congress about the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA).
Thank you to everyone who joined us on the Hill today!
Today, we went to Capitol Hill to talk with members of Congress about the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA).
Thank you to everyone who joined us on the Hill today!
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We all deserve access to effective obesity treatments. 💙
Today, we went to Capitol Hill to talk with members of Congress about the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA).
Thank you to everyone who joined us on the Hill today!
Today, we went to Capitol Hill to talk with members of Congress about the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA).
Thank you to everyone who joined us on the Hill today!
After caring for his parents, JW didn’t expect to need help. But at 67, after a stroke, he struggled to afford groceries. Thanks to NCOA’s Benefits Enrollment Center, he got the support he needed. 💙
➡️ Help more older adults like JW—donate today: https://bit.ly/4nhRFFu
➡️ Help more older adults like JW—donate today: https://bit.ly/4nhRFFu
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
After caring for his parents, JW didn’t expect to need help. But at 67, after a stroke, he struggled to afford groceries. Thanks to NCOA’s Benefits Enrollment Center, he got the support he needed. 💙
➡️ Help more older adults like JW—donate today: https://bit.ly/4nhRFFu
➡️ Help more older adults like JW—donate today: https://bit.ly/4nhRFFu
Our NCOA team recently visited Vibrant Works in San Antonio—a 2024 Falls Prevention grantee! ✨
Through their incredible work, they’re empowering older adults with vision loss to live safely and independently.
Through their incredible work, they’re empowering older adults with vision loss to live safely and independently.
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our NCOA team recently visited Vibrant Works in San Antonio—a 2024 Falls Prevention grantee! ✨
Through their incredible work, they’re empowering older adults with vision loss to live safely and independently.
Through their incredible work, they’re empowering older adults with vision loss to live safely and independently.
Last week at #ComNet25 in Denver, we joined our partners at Alley to talk about our website redesign! More than a refresh, this project was all about making the site accessible and useful for older adults and those who care for them.
➡️Check out the full case study here: https://bit.ly/4nZ06qn
➡️Check out the full case study here: https://bit.ly/4nZ06qn
October 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Last week at #ComNet25 in Denver, we joined our partners at Alley to talk about our website redesign! More than a refresh, this project was all about making the site accessible and useful for older adults and those who care for them.
➡️Check out the full case study here: https://bit.ly/4nZ06qn
➡️Check out the full case study here: https://bit.ly/4nZ06qn
Everyone deserves to age with dignity and financial security. 💙
But more than 45% of older adult households or 19 million people still can’t afford basic living costs.
Explore the latest findings and learn how we can drive change together: https://bit.ly/4pUvibX
But more than 45% of older adult households or 19 million people still can’t afford basic living costs.
Explore the latest findings and learn how we can drive change together: https://bit.ly/4pUvibX
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Everyone deserves to age with dignity and financial security. 💙
But more than 45% of older adult households or 19 million people still can’t afford basic living costs.
Explore the latest findings and learn how we can drive change together: https://bit.ly/4pUvibX
But more than 45% of older adult households or 19 million people still can’t afford basic living costs.
Explore the latest findings and learn how we can drive change together: https://bit.ly/4pUvibX
Presentation proposals are now open for #AgeAction26! Share your insights with other aging professionals from across the country, May 26–29 in Arlington, Virgina.
🗓️ Deadline: Friday, Dec. 5
➡️ Learn more & submit your proposal: https://bit.ly/4o5HEN1
🗓️ Deadline: Friday, Dec. 5
➡️ Learn more & submit your proposal: https://bit.ly/4o5HEN1
October 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Presentation proposals are now open for #AgeAction26! Share your insights with other aging professionals from across the country, May 26–29 in Arlington, Virgina.
🗓️ Deadline: Friday, Dec. 5
➡️ Learn more & submit your proposal: https://bit.ly/4o5HEN1
🗓️ Deadline: Friday, Dec. 5
➡️ Learn more & submit your proposal: https://bit.ly/4o5HEN1
DYK: 83% of women over 50 go undiagnosed, and 88% remain untreated one year after a fracture?
Today, on #WorldOsteoporosisDay, help us raise awareness about the importance of bone health and ask your doctor about a bone density test: https://bit.ly/4niiERx
Today, on #WorldOsteoporosisDay, help us raise awareness about the importance of bone health and ask your doctor about a bone density test: https://bit.ly/4niiERx
October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
DYK: 83% of women over 50 go undiagnosed, and 88% remain untreated one year after a fracture?
Today, on #WorldOsteoporosisDay, help us raise awareness about the importance of bone health and ask your doctor about a bone density test: https://bit.ly/4niiERx
Today, on #WorldOsteoporosisDay, help us raise awareness about the importance of bone health and ask your doctor about a bone density test: https://bit.ly/4niiERx
We all deserve to age well.
And YOU can help make that happen. With your support, we can help:
✅ Support senior centers
✅ Prevent falls and injuries
✅ Educate about scams
✅ Push for bipartisan aging solutions
✅ And much more!
➡️ Donate today: https://bit.ly/47avriN
And YOU can help make that happen. With your support, we can help:
✅ Support senior centers
✅ Prevent falls and injuries
✅ Educate about scams
✅ Push for bipartisan aging solutions
✅ And much more!
➡️ Donate today: https://bit.ly/47avriN
October 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We all deserve to age well.
And YOU can help make that happen. With your support, we can help:
✅ Support senior centers
✅ Prevent falls and injuries
✅ Educate about scams
✅ Push for bipartisan aging solutions
✅ And much more!
➡️ Donate today: https://bit.ly/47avriN
And YOU can help make that happen. With your support, we can help:
✅ Support senior centers
✅ Prevent falls and injuries
✅ Educate about scams
✅ Push for bipartisan aging solutions
✅ And much more!
➡️ Donate today: https://bit.ly/47avriN
We’ve spent 75 years working to make sure we can all age well. 💙
A huge part of that impact? Senior centers! Senior are vibrant community hubs that help older adults stay healthy and engaged. We're proud to support senior centers across the country: https://bit.ly/4gV4mo5
A huge part of that impact? Senior centers! Senior are vibrant community hubs that help older adults stay healthy and engaged. We're proud to support senior centers across the country: https://bit.ly/4gV4mo5
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We’ve spent 75 years working to make sure we can all age well. 💙
A huge part of that impact? Senior centers! Senior are vibrant community hubs that help older adults stay healthy and engaged. We're proud to support senior centers across the country: https://bit.ly/4gV4mo5
A huge part of that impact? Senior centers! Senior are vibrant community hubs that help older adults stay healthy and engaged. We're proud to support senior centers across the country: https://bit.ly/4gV4mo5
Today on #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we honor the culture & contributions of Tribal Nations & Indigenous communities.
These traditions remind us that #AgingWell can look different across cultures & aging services should reflect that. Let’s keep listening, learning & evolving. 💙
#AgingInAmerica
These traditions remind us that #AgingWell can look different across cultures & aging services should reflect that. Let’s keep listening, learning & evolving. 💙
#AgingInAmerica
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today on #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we honor the culture & contributions of Tribal Nations & Indigenous communities.
These traditions remind us that #AgingWell can look different across cultures & aging services should reflect that. Let’s keep listening, learning & evolving. 💙
#AgingInAmerica
These traditions remind us that #AgingWell can look different across cultures & aging services should reflect that. Let’s keep listening, learning & evolving. 💙
#AgingInAmerica
We’re all aging, and ageism can affect anyone, at any age.
That’s why today, on #AgeismAwarenessDay, it’s a reminder to challenge and rethink about we talk about aging and why it matters.
➡️ Learn more about reframing aging: https://bit.ly/4nXMUS9
#AgingInAmerica #Ageism
That’s why today, on #AgeismAwarenessDay, it’s a reminder to challenge and rethink about we talk about aging and why it matters.
➡️ Learn more about reframing aging: https://bit.ly/4nXMUS9
#AgingInAmerica #Ageism
October 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We’re all aging, and ageism can affect anyone, at any age.
That’s why today, on #AgeismAwarenessDay, it’s a reminder to challenge and rethink about we talk about aging and why it matters.
➡️ Learn more about reframing aging: https://bit.ly/4nXMUS9
#AgingInAmerica #Ageism
That’s why today, on #AgeismAwarenessDay, it’s a reminder to challenge and rethink about we talk about aging and why it matters.
➡️ Learn more about reframing aging: https://bit.ly/4nXMUS9
#AgingInAmerica #Ageism
🚨 27+ million Americans are struggling to make ends meet and many fear outliving their retirement savings. 🚨
But here’s the good news: You can help! 🎉
Your donation can help older adults stay independent & financially secure.
➡️ Donate today: https://bit.ly/4mJ4oRh
But here’s the good news: You can help! 🎉
Your donation can help older adults stay independent & financially secure.
➡️ Donate today: https://bit.ly/4mJ4oRh
October 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨 27+ million Americans are struggling to make ends meet and many fear outliving their retirement savings. 🚨
But here’s the good news: You can help! 🎉
Your donation can help older adults stay independent & financially secure.
➡️ Donate today: https://bit.ly/4mJ4oRh
But here’s the good news: You can help! 🎉
Your donation can help older adults stay independent & financially secure.
➡️ Donate today: https://bit.ly/4mJ4oRh