Fostering Healthy Aging through Evidence-Based Prevention Programs: Perspectives from the Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging

摘要

In 2012, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) emerged as a new operating division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), bringing together the Administration on Aging (AoA); the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), (formerly known as the Administration on Developmental Disabilities); and the Office on Disability. The ACL name reflects both the aspirations of the people we serve and our new mission to maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults, people with disabilities across the lifespan, and their families and caregivers (1). Consistent with that mission is a long-standing commitment to the translation of evidence-based prevention programs from the research setting into community practice.