After the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, many Vietnamese people fled their war-torn country for the United States in search for a better life. Thousands of Vietnamese adults, children, and families crammed onto boats and traveled to the United...
Where to Find Help for Difficult Caregiving Tasks
by Chuck Otto. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Caring for a family member, friend or neighbor whose health is compromised by illness, injury or age can be among life’s greatest challenges. And the results of a new AARP study confirm that many...
Elders Come for Indian Day at the National Senior Games
by Kayla Sawyer. This article originally appeared on the NICOA blog. The National Senior Games Association (NSGA) came to Albuquerque from June 14-25, attracting a record number of 13,712 athletes from 50 states (plus an estimated 15,000 family members and friends),...
How a Slavery Legacy Made This 65-Year-Old a Georgetown Undergrad
by Richard Harris. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. It’s been nearly 14 years since Hurricane Katrina washed away all the physical mementos of Mélisande Short-Colomb’s life along the Mississippi Gulf coast. Her nearly 200-year-old Pass Christian,...
Middle Income Older Adults Need New Policies and Programs That Will Work for Them
by Dr. Marcy Adelman. This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Bay Times. Joan and Lucy are members of an increasing population of older adults in their 70s and 80s who will need some type of assistance to support them to age in place. Joan is a retired...
Voices From the Stonewall Era
By Grace Birnstengel. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Multiple conflicting accounts exist of what happened June 28, 1969 at 53 Christopher St. in Greenwich Village. And really, the Stonewall Inn rebellion in New York City that day is just one piece of...