In this episode of Age-Friendly Public Health: The Podcast, host J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of Trust for America's Health (TFAH), is joined by Rani Snyder, President of The John A. Hartford Foundation. Their conversation explores the future of healthy aging and the Foundation's vision for advancing age-friendly care, supporting family caregivers, and improving systems that serve older adults. Dr. Gracia and Ms. Snyder also discuss the importance of cross-sector collaboration among public health, healthcare, philanthropy, and community organizations, as well as opportunities to strengthen the role of public health in helping people age well. Looking ahead, they consider the investments, partnerships, and policy changes needed to build age-friendly systems that are prepared to meet the needs of a growing older population.

In this episode of Age-Friendly Public Health: The Podcast, host J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of Trust for America's Health (TFAH), is joined by Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). Their lively discussion of aging in rural communities provides valuable insights on how the Rural Health Transformation Grants are being used to support older adults and expand access to services. Dr. Gracia and Mr. Morgan also explore opportunities for multi-sector partnerships to strengthen rural systems of care and advance healthy aging.

In this episode of Age-Friendly Public Health: The Podcast, J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of Trust for America's Health (TFAH), is joined by Sara Lyons, Senior Program Analyst in the Division of Health and Disability at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Together, they discuss how local public health departments are actively supporting older adult health through existing programs, as well as NACCHO's partnership with TFAH in the devlopment of the AFPHS 6Cs Training and Implementation Guide and other initiatives.

In this episode of Age-Friendly Public Health: The Podcast, host Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of Trust for America's Health is joined by Alison Barkoff, Associate Professor of Health, Law, and Policy at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, to discuss how disability and aging policy intersect and can support one another.

In this episode of Age-Friendly Public Health: The Podcast, host Dr. J Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of Trust for America's Health is joined by Katie Adamson, Vice President for Health Partnerships and Policy at YMCA of the USA. They discuss the well-known and subtle ways YMCAs across the country support healthy aging.

In this episode of Age-Friendly Public Health: The Podcast, Building an Age-Friendly Ecosystem in Mississippi, Dr. Kina White, Director of the Office of Community Health Improvement at the Mississippi State Department of Health, joins host, TFAH President and CEO Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, to discuss her work to build an age-friendly ecosystem in her home state. Dr. White and her team utilized a 2020 AFPHS funding opportunity to cultivate both internal and external partnerships, including with AARP and the Mississippi Public Health Association, to better understand the needs of older adults and to develop a statewide action plan for prioritizing healthy aging.

Listen to the episode to learn more about how to create a similar age-friendly ecosystem in your state.

This first episode of the AFPHS podcast, Where It All Began, features Dr. Terry Fulmer, President of The John A. Hartford Foundation and a long-time champion for changing the landscape of health and aging, discussing the age-friendly public health movement with TFAH President and CEO Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, the host of the podcast series. Future guests will include prominent partners from the fields of public health and aging, as well as noted academic experts and representatives from governmental public health agencies who will share their insights and learnings on how we, as a nation, can best create a system that supports older adult health and creates an environment for health across the life course.