W. Andrew Achenbaum

W. Andrew Achenbaum

W. Andrew Achenbaum holds the Gerson and Sabina David Professorship of Global Aging at the University of Houston. He has written five books, including Older Americans, Vital Communities  and co-edited a dozen more. Achenbaum spent more than a dozen years at the University of Michigan as a professor of history and deputy director of its Institute of Gerontology.

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JFK’s 3 Enduring Legacies for Boomers

John F. Kennedy

Reflections from a noted history professor and boomer authority

NOVEMBER 22, 2018 | By W. Andrew Achenbaum

Money & Policy

How Boomers Rearranged the 3 Boxes of Life

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They may not be the Greatest Generation, but they've certainly shaken things up

MAY 16, 2012 | By W. Andrew Achenbaum

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One Way to Avoid Surprise Hospital Bills

Will writing your own terms into the financial consent form work?

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Still Here, Still Positive

A series on America's first generation aging with HIV/AIDS

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In Good Company

We all feel lonely at times. But it doesn't have to be that way.