The Center for Healthy Aging works to improve the health and well-being of older adults. And because we’re equally concerned about the needs of today’s older adults as we are about the needs of tomorrow’s, we work to make both immediate and long-term systemic changes to ensure a healthy life for generations to come.

Our work is focused on improving critical elements of healthy living for older adults including:

• Social, physical, and economic participation
• Positive perceptions of well-being, quality of life, and autonomy
• Improved functional ability and minimized activity limitations
• Excellent healthcare and services

Expertise

We take a multi-disciplined approach to informing and shaping practices, programs and policy including:

• Convening for policy and practice change
• Promoting data-driven policy and planning
• Providing strategic assistance for policy implementation
• Contributing to the evidence base for healthy aging interventions

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Recent Work

Informing Infection Prevention & Control in Nursing Homes

NYAM partnered with the Yale School of Nursing (YSN), with support from Saraya Co. LTD, to create a digital resource hub centralizing globally sourced guides, resources and toolkits that address the complex operational elements of long-term care facilities

OAEC Resource Library

Coordinating a network of ACL-funded organizations that expand access and equity in aging services programs.

Age-friendly Neighborhood Resources

This model established in 2010 was designed to develop targeted solutions to neighborhood-level issues and to support emerging grassroots efforts driven by older people to improve neighborhoods.

Data-Driven Planning

IMAGE: NYC - Our Interactive Map of Aging

Meet the Team

Elana Kieffer, MBA

Carolyn Stem