by Diverse Elders | Nov 7, 2017
by Sherrill Wayland. This post originally appeared on the SAGEMatters blog. Each November we recognize National Family Caregivers Month. As the theme for this year makes clear, many of us are aware that caring for a spouse/partner, family member, or friend is often a...
by Diverse Elders | Oct 29, 2017
by Tracey Gronniger. This post originally appeared on the Justice in Aging blog. If you work with older adults (or have older adults in your life), you have a sense of what we all need as we age. The burden of high health care and housing costs on low-income seniors...
by Diverse Elders | Oct 27, 2017
This post originally appeared on the HealthCare.gov blog. If you haven’t applied for insurance on HealthCare.gov before, here are three things to know about the Health Insurance Marketplace: Open Enrollment for 2018 health insurance runs from November 1 through...
by Diverse Elders | Oct 23, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 23, 2017 Contact: Jenna McDavid, National Managing Coordinator 646-653-5015 Today, the Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) submitted a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center in response to a request...
by Diverse Elders | Oct 16, 2017
by Kevyn Burger. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Kathy Janis was taught to revere the elders in her Oglala Sioux Tribe. “I was raised to consider every one of them to be a relative. Respect is...
