Healthy Aging

This guest post is part of Healthy People in Action, a blog series highlighting how key partners use the Healthy People framework in their work, form cross-sector collaborations, and address social determinants of health to help improve health for all. In this post, the author discusses volunteering as a means to improve social connection for older adults and the resulting positive health outcomes for both those being served and the volunteer.

Registration is now open for the 2024 National Healthy Aging Symposium! Join the HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and Trust for America’s Health to hear from speakers from across the federal government, states, tribes, territories and local communities, as well as philanthropy and academia, who will share their perspectives on successful innovations developed to improve the health and well-being of older adults.

“Twelve years ago, we asked ourselves the question, ‘Can a community be healthy if its seniors are not?’ That led us to our first spotlight report, and several have come since then.” - Dr. Rhonda Randall, Senior Medical Advisor to America’s Health Rankings & United Health Foundation Board MemberI am happy to introduce another entry in our quarterly vlog series, where we engage with partners in the public and private sectors to discuss the ways in which we can collaborate to advance our collective mission to promote greater health and well-being for all people...