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Confronting the Wounds of Racism

Confronting the Wounds of Racism

by Diverse Elders | May 1, 2019 | Access to Services, Civic Engagement, Discrimination, Health & Wellness, Health Reform, POC Communities, Public Policy

by Andi Mullin and Amanda Ptashkin. This article originally appeared on the Community Catalyst blog. During our recent visit to Montgomery, Alabama, we had the opportunity to confront our nation’s gruesome history of slavery, mass incarceration and racism, while also...

Social Security Scammers Are Calling

Social Security Scammers Are Calling

by Diverse Elders | Apr 30, 2019 | Discrimination, Economic Security, National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA), Social Security / Retirement, Uncategorized

by Kayla Sawyer. This article originally appeared on the NICOA blog. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is getting more reports about people pretending to be from the Social Security Administration (SSA) calling to get Social Security numbers and even money. This is a...

Quality of Life Enhanced for Seniors with Companion Animals

Quality of Life Enhanced for Seniors with Companion Animals

by Diverse Elders | Apr 29, 2019 | Health & Wellness

by D. Kevin McNeir. This article originally appeared in the Washington Informer.  Much has been reported about a paradigm shift within American society which looms on the horizon and cannot be ignored: In less than 20 years, according to U.S. Census data, older adults...

States Need Pragmatic Policy Solutions to Better Support Family Caregivers

States Need Pragmatic Policy Solutions to Better Support Family Caregivers

by Diverse Elders | Apr 26, 2019 | Access to Services, Caregiving, Data Collection / Research, Public Policy

by Rani Snyder, Program Director, The John A. Hartford Foundation. This blog originally appeared on The John A. Hartford Foundation website. Dear Colleagues— At JAHF we want to know how we can better support family caregivers—the nearly 18 million family members in...

Spotlighting aging and caregiving in diverse communities at the 2019 Aging in America Conference

Spotlighting aging and caregiving in diverse communities at the 2019 Aging in America Conference

by Jenna McDavid | Apr 25, 2019 | Caregiving, Civic Engagement, Language Access, LGBTQ Communities, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA), 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)

Last week, I traveled to New Orleans for the 2019 Aging in America Conference, hosted by the American Society on Aging (ASA). This annual event brings together thousands of people working in the aging field for a week of workshops, film screenings, events and...

Elder Refugees In Kentucky At Risk for Hunger

Elder Refugees In Kentucky At Risk for Hunger

by Diverse Elders | Apr 18, 2019 | Access to Services, Health & Wellness, Language Access

by Rhonda Miller. This article originally appeared on WKU Public Radio. This is part one of a three part series; you can read part one here and read part two here. Feeding Kentucky, a nonprofit with a mission to alleviate hunger across the Bluegrass State, reports...

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