LGBT and Dementia – a new issues brief developed by the Alzheimer’s Association and SAGE outlines the unique challenges facing LGBT older adults living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias and their caregivers. The brief outlines the unique issues that arise when...
The View From Down Here
This article was originally published in A&U Magazine. Around the first of April of this year, I began using a wheelchair when I leave the apartment. This was an inevitability that I resisted, fought off for as long as I could. Admitting that I need a wheelchair...
For Older Women, Domestic Abuse Often Isn’t Physical
by Jess Stonefield. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. “Well — he doesn’t hit me.” It’s a phrase I hear when talking to older women through Humble Warrior, a free compassionate listening service aimed at providing support to those in distress. While the...
Take Action: Tell the Census Bureau We Count
by Monica Speight. This post originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. Protect Southeast Asian Americans’ rights to be counted and seen Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that he has directed the Census Bureau to add an untested and unnecessary citizenship...
Anti-LGBT Task Force Threatens the Lives of LGBT Elders
The Trump administration’s creation of a Religious Liberty Task Force encourages discrimination SAGE today blasted an announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions creating a taxpayer-funded Religious Liberty Task Force, the latest step by the Trump administration to...
Let’s Talk AAPI Aging at n4a!
The 43rd Annual n4a Conference & Tradeshow, sponsored by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), takes place in Chicago this week. The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) welcomes the opportunity to highlight the aging issues facing...