Finding home through community
Advancing Equity
May 31, 2023
The season of Tết, the Vietnamese New Year, is my favorite time of the year. For me, Tết encapsulates not only the weeks of preparation leading up to the days (or even weeks!) of celebration, it embraces the traditions, food, and history of my culture, cultivating the significance of family, home…
Dual identity
Advancing Equity
May 31, 2023
As we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, I reflect deeply on what it means to be both Asian and American. I identify as 1.5 generation immigrant from the Philippines. While many are familiar with the immigrant story of overcoming obstacles to live and thrive in A…
Family-style meals and a community-centered movement
Advancing Equity
May 23, 2023
I’m sitting around the floor mat surrounded by my mother, grandmother, aunties, uncles, and cousins. I scan the spread laid out in front of me and I determine that a pork rib and a ball of sticky rice is the least spicy of foods from which to choose. I look at my mom sitting next to me and …
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Everyone has a story to tell — what’s yours?
Stories change minds. One of the most effective ways to educate the public and build momentum for diverse older adults is to describe our lives and the elements that shaped them. Stories tell leaders about our struggles and triumphs in ways that facts and numbers cannot do alone. And your story can be the story that leads to change.
Policy and Advocacy Issues
Reflections from the pews: Navigating faith, heritage, and cultural loss
Advancing Equity
May 31, 2023
My older sister and I stand at the entrance to the sanctuary, the harmonious singing of the congregation beckoning us in.
Sun scans the backs of heads for mom while I pull and tug at my skirt to ensure it is modest enough for mom’s eyes — although we both know she’ll find a way to remind me t…
Finding home through community
Advancing Equity
May 31, 2023
The season of Tết, the Vietnamese New Year, is my favorite time of the year. For me, Tết encapsulates not only the weeks of preparation leading up to the days (or even weeks!) of celebration, it embraces the traditions, food, and history of my culture, cultivating the significance of family, home…
Dual identity
Advancing Equity
May 31, 2023
As we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, I reflect deeply on what it means to be both Asian and American. I identify as 1.5 generation immigrant from the Philippines. While many are familiar with the immigrant story of overcoming obstacles to live and thrive in A…
Caregiving
The importance of clinical research in diverse communities
Access to Services
Dec 22, 2022
Although gender equity advancements have been made through the inclusion of white women, clinical research lacks diversity, with minimal representation from racial and ethnic minority groups. In the last three decades, older adults, preg…
More Support for Family Caregivers Available Via the RAISE Act Roadmap
Access to Services
Dec 02, 2022
Caregiving has always been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Being the oldest of three kids with two immigrant parents, caregiving responsibilities fell on me from an early age. Whether it was translating information at t…
DEC Submits Comment on HHS Proposed Rule for Health Care Rights Law
Access to Services
Oct 17, 2022
Under the Obama Administration, the original text of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (also known as the Health Care Rights Law, or HCRL) was interpreted to protect individuals from discrimination in healthcare settings. However, under the Trump administration, many of these protections that p…
COVID-19
The importance of clinical research in diverse communities
Access to Services
Dec 22, 2022
Although gender equity advancements have been made through the inclusion of white women, clinical research lacks diversity, with minimal representation from racial and ethnic minority groups. In the last three decades, older adults, preg…
Protecting Elders in a Pandemic World
Advancing Equity
Sep 03, 2021
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, two of the first regulations from the World Health Organization (WHO) were self-quarantining and social distancing.
As many of us did our best to stay six feet away from each other in grocery stores, jobs, walking the streets, that new reg…
Mental Health Services Needed to Treat Emotional Distress During the Pandemic
Access to Services
Sep 02, 2021
Jan is a 71-year-old lesbian and a diabetic. She lives alone and prides herself on her independence. She is quick to tell you she is a happily retired jack of all trades and now an aspiring photographer. Pre-pandemic she enjoyed doing portraits but COVID-19 and shelter in place (CSIP)…
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