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 achieve health equity. 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.

A new resource from ODPHP, Key Indicators for Healthy Aging, highlights Healthy People 2030 objectives that are critical to healthy aging. This data snapshot focuses on indicators related to the social determinants of health and health behaviors that impact aging – like physical activity and healthy eating.

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.