Responsibilities

• Research issues affecting seniors, families, and caregivers

• Gather facts about how care, mistreatment, fraud, housing, and health impacts seniors' quality of life

• Find local, state, and national programs serving older adults

• Review laws, public policies, reports, and senior protection standards

• Track developments affecting seniors or the services they receive

• Compare information from trusted sources and confirm its accuracy

• Turn complex findings into clear and simple summaries

• Provide research for website pages, educational materials, reports, etc.

• Maintain organized notes, links, citations, and source records

• Identify missing information that needs further review

• Support case research without providing legal or medical advice

• Protect private information reviewed during research

Qualifications

• Experience in research, aging services, senior advocacy, healthcare, public policy, social services, or a related field

• Strong online research and fact-checking skills

• Ability to identify reliable sources and separate facts from opinions

• Clear writing English skills with the ability to explain complex information in plain language

• Strong organization and attention to detail

• Comfortable reviewing gov't reports, studies, laws, and public records

• Ability to record sources and citations correctly

• Sound judgment when handling private or sensitive information

• Ability to work independently and meet assigned deadlines

• Commitment to improving the lives of seniors and their families

  
  

What this role offers

• Hands-on experience in aging and advocacy research

• Opportunities to support programs that directly serve seniors

• Flexible hours and remote participation

• Published or credited work when appropriate

• Collaboration with a growing mission-driven team

• Volunteer service hours and professional references when earned

Apply

If finding facts and turning them into useful information reflects the kind of work that matters, submit an application to become an Aging & Advocacy Researcher

Keywords

Aging Research, Senior Advocacy, Elder Care, Public Policy, Senior Services, Fact-Checking, Community Resources, Quality of Life, Volunteer Research