Diverse Elders Coalition Stories | Diverse Elders Coalition

What’s Behind My Mother’s Obsession With Food?

by Diverse Elders | Dec 26, 2019 | Caregiving, Health & Wellness, Language Access, POC Communities

by Jaya Padmanabhan. This article originally appeared in India Currents. “What did you eat today?” my mother, Sarada, begins her phone conversation with my twenty-three-year-old daughter in New York. When my daughter explains that she made rasam and sautéed...

Diverse Elders Coalition receives $1,199,763 in renewed funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation to support diverse family caregivers

by Diverse Elders | Dec 22, 2019 | Access to Services, Caregiving, Data Collection / Research, Health & Wellness, Language Access, LGBTQ Communities, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA), National Caucus and Center on Black Aging (NCBA), 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)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 23, 2019 Contact: Jenna McDavid, National Director 646-653-5015 / jmcdavid@diverseelders.org New York, NY – The Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) has been approved for a two-year, $1,199,763 grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation to...

Long-Term Care Equality Index proceeds to next phase

by Diverse Elders | Dec 19, 2019 | Access to Services, Discrimination, Housing, Language Access, LGBTQ Communities, Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE)

by Lois A. Bowers. This article originally appeared on McKnight's Senior Living. It was mid-April when I first told you about the launch of a new nationwide tool by elder advocacy group SAGE and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation to assess how well independent...

I am extremely grateful…It’s been a year working to support diverse family caregivers

by Diverse Elders | Dec 18, 2019 | Caregiving, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA), National Caucus and Center on Black Aging (NCBA), National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA), National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA), Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE), Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

As I approach the end of my first full year working with the Diverse Elders Coalition, I am extremely grateful for the opportunities that I’ve had on both a personal and professional level. Working on the coalition's caregiving initiative, "Addressing Unmet Family...

New Bill Restores Due Process Protections for Immigrants with Criminal Records

by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Dec 17, 2019 | Access to Services, POC Communities, Public Policy, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) applaud the introduction of the New Way Forward Act by U.S. House Reps. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Pramila Jayapal, Karen Bass, and Ayanna Pressley. The New Way Forward Act advances the...

Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) as they Age

by Diverse Elders | Dec 12, 2019 | Access to Services, Chronic Illness, Health & Wellness, Language Access

Dear Colleague, Resources for Integrated Care (RIC) invites you to attend an upcoming webinar. This webinar offers Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Education (CE) credit at no cost to participants. Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and...