by Diverse Elders | Dec 28, 2017
by Clarissa Durán, Program Manager for the Rio Arriba County – Northern NM BEC. This article originally appeared on the website of the National Council on Aging (NCOA). The Northern New Mexico Benefits Enrollment Center (NNM BEC) is a partnership of entities in North...
by Diverse Elders | Dec 26, 2017
by Neil Gonzales As a caregiver for nearly 10 years, Lea Nelson enjoyed the interactions she had with her elderly clients. “The exchange of stories while eating meals, doing their nails, coloring and cutting their hair, and massaging,” she said. “Playing with them...
by Diverse Elders | Dec 20, 2017
By Tibisay Zea. This story originally ran in El Planeta. To read the original article in Spanish, click here. On every warm and sunny afternoon, Pedro Arellano, 68, sings Mexican boleros and rancheras accompanying himself with the guitar at an emblematic park in...
by Diverse Elders | Dec 19, 2017
by liz thomson. For the past five years, liz has been doing eldercare with mom and has learned a lot about the healthcare industrial complex, aging experience, and how marginalized the elder communities are. For more about liz and Betty, click here. Since moving in...
by Diverse Elders | Dec 17, 2017
By Debra Utacia Krol, High Country News Dennis and Betty Smartt live in a neatly painted white-and-blue home on the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Reservation, on the Nevada-Oregon border. They’ve spent their entire lives here, in this small tribal community of...
