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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with NHCOA in D.C. and Maryland

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with NHCOA in D.C. and Maryland

by Diverse Elders | Sep 11, 2019 | Access to Services, Caregiving, Civic Engagement, Data Collection / Research, Economic Security, Health & Wellness, National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA), POC Communities, Public Policy

by Christine S. Perez, Program and Resource Development Associate, NHCOA Next week, the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) will be hosting two events in Washington, D.C. and Silver Spring, M.D. to celebrate Hispanic Heritage and support Hispanic older adults...

New Data Show ACA Is Reducing Racial Disparities in Health Coverage

New Data Show ACA Is Reducing Racial Disparities in Health Coverage

by Diverse Elders | Sep 9, 2019 | Access to Services, Data Collection / Research, Health & Wellness, Health Insurance, Health Reform, Public Policy

by Dara S. Taylor. This article originally appeared on the Community Catalyst blog. Since the passage of the ACA over 20 million people have gained access to health insurance coverage through the Marketplace. A recent issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund reaffirms...

Building an Age- and Dementia-Friendly California

Building an Age- and Dementia-Friendly California

by Diverse Elders | Sep 8, 2019 | Access to Services, Caregiving, Chronic Illness, Health & Wellness, Language Access, LGBTQ Communities, Public Policy, Uncategorized

By Dr. Marcy Adelman. This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Bay Times. I am proud and honored to announce that I have been invited by Governor Newsom and former California First Lady Maria Shriver to join the Governor’s Alzheimer’s Prevention and...

Grandparents Day: A Letter to Younger Generations

Grandparents Day: A Letter to Younger Generations

by Diverse Elders | Sep 6, 2019 | Aging and Ageism

Throughout my entire life, I have been fortunate enough to have been influenced and guided by older adults. As a young section 8 housing kid juxtaposed amongst kids from a higher socioeconomic class at a Roman Catholic private school, I found comfort in older adults...

SEARAC Launches Census Factsheets for the Southeast Asian American Community

SEARAC Launches Census Factsheets for the Southeast Asian American Community

by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Sep 4, 2019 | Civic Engagement, Data Collection / Research, Language Access, Public Policy, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), Uncategorized

The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) recently launched its first set of census factsheets to bolster education and civic participation among Southeast Asian Americans (SEAAs) in 2020. These resources, which will be translated in-language, target the...

Fighting loneliness and isolation with The Harmony Exchange

Fighting loneliness and isolation with The Harmony Exchange

by Diverse Elders | Sep 3, 2019 | Caregiving, Health & Wellness, Language Access, POC Communities

Older adults suffering from social isolation and loneliness are at a higher risk of developing physical and mental health conditions, including high blood pressure, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s disease. According to a 2016 study published in Gerontology, up to 29...

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