For Aging September 2026

Read our September newsletter here.

Japan just marked Respect for the Aged Day, a national holiday honoring its elders, and announced that the country now has more than 100,000 centenarians for the first time in its history. I was traveling to celebrate my own birthday around the same time, and I kept thinking about how deliberate the whole thing is. Japan doesn’t ignore getting old. It throws a national holiday around it.

Closer to home, September is Hispanic Heritage Month. By 2028, Hispanic and Latino older adults are projected to become the largest racial or ethnic minority group among adults aged 65 and older in the United States. This year we’re celebrating grantees like Mi Casa Resource Center, Conectoras de Colorado,  and La Alianza Hispana, organizations keeping Hispanic and Latino elders connected to and centered in their communities. That work grows out of something real in many Hispanic and Latino families: grandparents, parents, and children live under one roof and care for one another. These families often show that age is a badge of respect, not a reason to be sidelined from the household.

September is also Intergenerational Month, which is what our latest blog post, Connecting Across Generations, is really about. Generations leaning on each other works. Japan built it into a national holiday. Many Hispanic and Latino families build it into their everyday lives. At Next50, we’ve seen the same thing over and over: people age better, and communities hold together better, when older adults stay part of the everyday fabric instead of getting pushed to the margins.

~ Peter Kaldes, Esq. President and CEO

In the September newsletter, we proudly share our most recent grant investments of $2.7 million across 31 organizations. We also update readers on pertinent news and events supporting nonprofits and communities working with older adults.

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