Getting diverse elders ready for the 2020 Census

by Jenna McDavid | Jan 9, 2020 | Data Collection / Research, Public Policy

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay It’s 2020, which means the United States Census is coming! By April 1, every home in the United States will receive an invitation to participate in the census, our once-in-a-decade opportunity to ensure that our communities are...

Patricia’s Story

by Diverse Elders | Jan 8, 2020 | Individual Stories

The Framework of a Love Story by Patricia Dwyer “I know someone I think you should meet,” my friend Kathleen blurted out almost as soon as I answered the phone. “Her name is Connie and she photographs nudes under water.” That caught my attention. “I just have a...

NAPCA 40 for 40 Spotlight: Cecilia Wu

by Diverse Elders | Jan 7, 2020 | Access to Services, Economic Security, Language Access, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA), POC Communities, Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) was founded 40 years ago on November 1, 1979 to address the divide between AAPI elderly and the services they were entitled to. In 40 years, NAPCA has directly served tens of thousands of AAPI elders and indirectly...

Innovation and Hope: A Tale of Two Studies

by Diverse Elders | Jan 1, 2020 | Access to Services, Data Collection / Research, Language Access, LGBTQ Communities, Uncategorized

by Dr. Marcy Adelman. This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Bay Times. In November of 2018, the San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) released its study, LGBTQ Participation Equity Analysis, which reported what can only be...

What’s Behind My Mother’s Obsession With Food?

by Diverse Elders | Dec 26, 2019 | Caregiving, Health & Wellness, Language Access, POC Communities

by Jaya Padmanabhan. This article originally appeared in India Currents. “What did you eat today?” my mother, Sarada, begins her phone conversation with my twenty-three-year-old daughter in New York. When my daughter explains that she made rasam and sautéed...

Diverse Elders Coalition receives $1,199,763 in renewed funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation to support diverse family caregivers

by Diverse Elders | Dec 22, 2019 | Access to Services, Caregiving, Data Collection / Research, Health & Wellness, Language Access, LGBTQ Communities, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA), National Caucus and Center on Black Aging (NCBA), National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA), National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA), POC Communities, Public Policy, Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE), Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 23, 2019 Contact: Jenna McDavid, National Director 646-653-5015 / jmcdavid@diverseelders.org New York, NY – The Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) has been approved for a two-year, $1,199,763 grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation to...