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10 Gift Ideas for Older Adults: What Our Members Loved Most in 2024

For our annual holiday gift blog, we are once again handing the mic to two of our most experienced Allies, experts on aging who are an integral part of the teams that help thousands of our members expand their healthspan and remain independent…

Ops With Chops: Meet Clinical Operations Leader Anna Annecca

Anna Annecca joined Assured Allies after earning a clinical doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Washington University in St. Louis and working clinically for five years with a diverse population from age 26 weeks in utero to 102. During…

Four things nobody understands about social work with older adults

In honor of National Social Worker’s Month 2024, we asked four of our amazing social workers on staff to highlight some aspects of their work with older adults in our AgeAssured program that are sometimes overlooked by the general public.…
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An Expert in Aging Takes on Netflix’s Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones

I am not a movie reviewer. So why am I commenting on this buzzed-about Netflix show about people who muscle past 100? Because as a licensed social worker with a bachelor's degree in gerontology, I'm captivated by everything aging-related:…

A Passion to Help Older Adults: Meet AgeAssured Ally Danielle Zenus

Our AgeAssured Allies are aging professionals who help our members age successfully in whatever place they call home. Because everyone ages differently and in a unique setting, Allies often have to think on their feet to adapt our evidence-based…

A Problem-Solver with Successful Aging in her Scope: Meet Katelynn Dornbusch

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Katelynn Dornbusch, OTD, OTR/L is dedicated to her family and her work, in that order, and for that reason we’re doubly grateful that she carved aside fifteen minutes to chat about what she does at Assured Allies, and why she’s so passionate…