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Aging Undocumented Day Laborers Face Uncertain Future

by Diverse Elders | Nov 13, 2017 | Access to Services, Aging and Ageism, Economic Security, POC Communities, Public Policy, Social Security / Retirement

By Jacqueline García. Click here to read this article in Spanish. Every morning, Eduardo arrives at a day laborer center in Los Angeles to pick up his crew for the day. Depending on the working schedule, the 52-year-old man takes between two and four men to work in...

Da Kine Pidgin Is Sweet Upon The Tongue

by Diverse Elders | Nov 10, 2017 | Language Access, POC Communities

by Carolyn Ayon Lee. This article was originally published by Honolulu Civil Beat. Were it not for Hawaii’s Pidgin English, I doubt my Grandma and I, her first grandchild, could’ve understood each other, she knowing very little English, and I, an ignoramus about her...

How to Fix Racial Inequities in the Workplace

by Diverse Elders | Nov 8, 2017 | Discrimination, Economic Security, POC Communities

by Richard Eisenberg. This post originally appeared on Next Avenue. As Next Avenue has noted, there are huge wealth and income disparities between blacks and whites in America (average wealth of white families was more than $500,000 higher than African Americans in...

Caregiving Around the Clock: National Family Caregivers Month and Resources for the LGBT Community

by Diverse Elders | Nov 7, 2017 | Caregiving, Health & Wellness, Language Access, LGBTQ Communities, Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE)

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...

To achieve the wellbeing and aging with dignity for seniors it is necessary to guarantee the emotional and physical health of their Caregivers

by Nicolás Peña | Nov 2, 2017 | Access to Services, Caregiving, Chronic Illness, Health & Wellness, Language Access, National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA), POC Communities, Public Policy

This post originally appeared on the NHCOA blog. Si quieres leer este artículo en español, haz clic aquí. More than 9 million Latinos in the United States are caring for a family member without receiving any kind of compensation. This represents a challenge when they...

Congressional Presentations with Older Workers!

by Tyrell Ma'ae | Oct 31, 2017 | Economic Security, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA), POC Communities, Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

Earlier this month, the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) hosted two community listening sessions in San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA for invited Congressional representatives, allowing Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) older workers in the...