FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 23, 2017 Contact: Jenna McDavid, National Managing Coordinator 646-653-5015 Today, the Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) submitted a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center in response to a request...
Sixty-six and still a caregiver: Bharti Parikh faces the future
This post originally appeared on the India Home blog. By all accounts, Bharti Parikh, 66, has led an exciting life. Her life has been an adventure that took her from a childhood in the tiny village of Patton in Gujarat, India, to a law degree, and fulfilling years in...
Southeast Asian Americans March in DC to Commemorate Community’s Fight for Justice, Freedom, and Self-Determination
On Saturday, October 14, 150 Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans and allies converged on the National Mall in Washington, DC, as part of the Southeast Asian American March for Equity. The march coincided with the national gathering Moving Mountains: A...
A Nursing Home for American Indian Elders Fills Cultural Needs
by Kevyn Burger. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Kathy Janis was taught to revere the elders in her Oglala Sioux Tribe. “I was raised to consider every one of them to be a relative. Respect is...
It Takes All Of Us to Move Mountains
The Diverse Elders Coalition is attending this week's Moving Mountains equity summit in Washington, DC, hosted by the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC). National Managing Coordinator Jenna McDavid wrote this blog to highlight the importance of bringing...
New Video: Embracing Culturally Competent Care for LGBTQ Older Adults
by Renée Markus Hodin. This post originally appeared on the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation. October 11 is the 29th annual National Coming Out Day (NCOD) which celebrates people of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) identities...