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SAGE launches campaign to highlight unique challenges of LGBT aging

SAGE launches campaign to highlight unique challenges of LGBT aging

by Diverse Elders | Jul 25, 2019 | HIV/AIDS & Aging, LGBTQ Communities, Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE)

SAGE recently announced a public education campaign that uses striking images of fierce and fabulous LGBT older people to illustrate both the vitality and unique needs of this population. Dubbed “(in)visible?” the campaign launched with billboard ads in Times Square,...

Dual Stigma: HIV Positive and Over 50

Dual Stigma: HIV Positive and Over 50

by Diverse Elders | Jul 20, 2019 | Access to Services, Aging and Ageism, Caregiving, Chronic Illness, Health & Wellness, HIV/AIDS & Aging, LGBTQ Communities, Public Policy, Uncategorized

by Grace Birnstengel. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. HIV/AIDS used to be considered a disease of the young. In the early 1980s, when doctors first reported cases of HIV, nearly 70% of diagnoses were among people under 40. Fast forward four decades...

Moving Mountains in My Own Community

Moving Mountains in My Own Community

by Diverse Elders | Jul 19, 2019 | Access to Services, Civic Engagement, Health & Wellness, Language Access, POC Communities, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

by Cha Vang, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Hmong Innovating Politics and a member of SEARAC’s Advisory Council for Moving Mountains 2019. This post originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. The Southeast Asian American (SEAA) community has always had an abundance...

Detroit’s Water Austerity: Lack of Household Water, Contamination, Potential Public Health Crisis

Detroit’s Water Austerity: Lack of Household Water, Contamination, Potential Public Health Crisis

by Diverse Elders | Jul 17, 2019 | Chronic Illness, Discrimination, Health & Wellness, Public Policy

by Julia Kassem. This article originally appeared on Global Research News. In 2017, the City of Detroit alone faced 171 cases of hepatitis A. This was more than all the rest of Wayne County with 142 cases, and topped any other county in Michigan. In total, over 500...

War, Trauma, and the Mental Health of Vietnam War-Era Older Adults

War, Trauma, and the Mental Health of Vietnam War-Era Older Adults

by Diverse Elders | Jul 16, 2019 | Access to Services, Chronic Illness, Health & Wellness, Language Access, POC Communities

After the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, many Vietnamese people fled their war-torn country for the United States in search for a better life. Thousands of Vietnamese adults, children, and families crammed onto boats and traveled to the United...

Where to Find Help for Difficult Caregiving Tasks

Where to Find Help for Difficult Caregiving Tasks

by Diverse Elders | Jul 14, 2019 | Caregiving, Chronic Illness, Health & Wellness, Language Access

by Chuck Otto. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Caring for a family member, friend or neighbor whose health is compromised by illness, injury or age can be among life’s greatest challenges. And the results of a new AARP study confirm that many...

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