News & Events
Welcome to the JCA News and Events page. Here you will find all news updates as well as post from the general blog and the KC (Kensington Clubs) Blog. Use the search function on the right side of the page to find news and posts about any particular category or key term that interests you.
How to Handle a Job Interview When You Are Over 50
JCA Blog / By JCA / July 16, 2025
by Caroline Hwang for NextAvenue The key, as with most things, is preparation: how to handle ageist remarks, snarky questions and the fact that your boss may be younger than you Think of the hundreds of online applications that likely come in for each new job opening, which are then screened by an AI “black …
When a Loved One Dies and No One Knows Their Passwords
JCA Blog / By JCA / July 16, 2025
A Loved One Dies. No One Knows Their Passwords. Here’s What to Do. by Haley Perry for New York Times Wirecutter You can find plenty of resources for how to prepare a digital will for your loved ones, but navigating someone’s online life after they’ve passed away suddenly and without preparation can be complicated and downright demoralizing. …
June Newsletter
Newsletters / By JCA / July 1, 2025
A Word From Shane Starting the New Fiscal Year JCA’s new fiscal year starts on July 1. As you will read in this newsletter, this past month has been another busy one for us. Among our notable accomplishments this year: Partnering with ClancyWorks and Kennedy High School on an award-winning intergenerational movement and dance …
Find your way with Forward 50+
JCA Blog / By JCA / June 24, 2025
Go from setback to set up with long-term strategies for the age 50+ jobseeker. Whether you are ready for a career change, need to brush up on skills, or want help figuring out your next move—This is the place to start. What you will come away with: A personal game plan, tips, tools, and motivation …
“Caregiving” Documentary Airs on PBS and Streams on pbs.org
JCA Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / June 24, 2025
Weaving in history and context, Caregiving follows people on the frontlines of the caregiving movement, as they fight to give caregivers the same safety, security, and support they provide for so many others. Caregiving will reveal the state — and the stakes — of care in America, during an unprecedented moment in which there is an opportunity to …
Empowering Sons and Daughters of People with Younger-Onset Dementia
JCA Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / June 17, 2025
from GSA Momentum Discussions podcast Younger-onset dementia is diagnosed when a person under 65 develops dementia; some people are diagnosed even as young as their 30s or 40s. People with younger-onset dementia and their families have unique needs, particularly when the family includes children, teens, or young adults. In this Momentum Discussion Podcast episode, Patti …
A Jewish Call to Protect Our Elders in Retirement
JCA Blog / By JCA / June 16, 2025
by Rabbi Evan Krame for the Washington Jewish Week Americans are facing a crisis of aging. While retirement is often romanticized, the reality is that many will not have the resources or support they need in their later years. Jewish tradition offers a moral and spiritual framework for how we should support our elders — …
The Old Man and the iPhone
JCA Blog / By JCA / June 11, 2025
by Frank Bruni for the New York Times Like many people I know, I decided about a month ago to get a new iPhone. President Trump’s tariff threats, tariff realities and tariff tempestuousness portended higher prices, and I was due anyway. My old iPhone’s bells and whistles were at this point whimpers and wheezes. Its …
How to afford retirement in America? Keep working.
JCA Blog / By JCA / June 11, 2025
by Richard Eisenberg for Market Watch Growing numbers of workers now plan to work part-time in retirement — also known as “unretirement” — either because they want to, need to, or both. The Employee Benefit Research Institute’s 2025 Retirement Confidence Survey found that 75% of workers plan to work in retirement, and that 29% of retirees are …
Misleading Medicare Marketing
JCA Blog / By JCA / June 10, 2025
Don’t Be Misled During Medicare Open Enrollment from NCOA During Medicare’s Annual Election Period, commonly known as the Medicare Open Enrollment Period (OEP), which takes place Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 each year, Medicare beneficiaries can choose the plans that are best for them. Beneficiaries in Original Medicare can compare and change prescription drug plans (Part D) and Medigap plans. They …