This article originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. Luke Kertcher ESL Teacher, Aldine Independent School District Houston, TX Back in March as part of #StatsinSchools week, SEARAC Census Ambassador (and former intern) Luke Kertcher, an ESL teacher based in Texas,...
Education & Action During COVID-19: Caring for LGBT Older People
This article originally appeared on Medium. Older adults in the United States are at increased risk for contracting COVID-19. They are particularly vulnerable without access during the pandemic to the health care resources and social structures that contribute to...
With HIV/AIDS, What Does Successful Aging Look Like?
by Grace Birnstengel. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. At 62, Hugo Sapién is seriously considering going back to school to earn a master’s degree in theology. In his younger days, this is something he would have never considered — not for lack of...
PHI Launches ‘The National Direct Care Workforce Resource Center’
This article originally appeared on the PHI blog. A new online resource aims to strengthen the evidence base on the direct care workforce by gathering and centralizing the various studies, reports, and other resources that have been published about these workers—and...
Aging Out Loud: From Generation to Generation
by Renée Markus Hodin. This article originally appeared on Community Catalyst's Health Policy Hub blog. We want to pay tribute to a leader with whom many Health Policy Hub readers may not be familiar: Nelson Cruikshank. Nelson was a longtime leader in the labor...
SEARAC 2020 Census: Voices from the Cambodian Community
This article originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. Lanica Angpak Director and founder, Cambodian American Girls Empowering Philadelphia, PA Like many other programs across the country, COVID-19 has forced Cambodian American Girls Empowering (CAGE) to stop its...