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Differences in NYC’s Chinese Elders End-of-Life Care Preferences

Differences in NYC’s Chinese Elders End-of-Life Care Preferences

by Diverse Elders | Jan 15, 2019 | Access to Services, Caregiving, Language Access, POC Communities

By April Xu. This article originally appeared in the Sing Tao Daily. Scholars at Fordham University in New York presented their recent research on Chinese seniors’ perspectives about advance directives and end-of-life (EOL) preferences at the Gerontological Society of...

Ocean Le: Giving back to the older adults who have impacted my life

Ocean Le: Giving back to the older adults who have impacted my life

by Diverse Elders | Jan 11, 2019 | Access to Services, Discrimination, Economic Security, Health & Wellness, POC Communities

Please kindly allow me to introduce myself as Ocean Le, an aspiring health professional with the goal to improve the lives of older adults and their families. My interest in the field is embedded in the rich foundation of knowledge that has not been fully understood...

SAGE Alaska Has Made Its Mark on the LGBT Movement

SAGE Alaska Has Made Its Mark on the LGBT Movement

by Diverse Elders | Jan 9, 2019 | Access to Services, Discrimination, LGBTQ Communities, Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE)

by Aspen Christian. This article originally appeared in SAGEMatters, Fall 2018. Over the past year, Alaska has emerged as a leader in the national fight against concerted, continuous attacks on the LGBT community, particularly those who are transgender. In April,...

Christmas at the Covingtons

Christmas at the Covingtons

by Diverse Elders | Jan 8, 2019 | Caregiving, Economic Security, Health Insurance, POC Communities

by Peter White. This article originally appeared in The Tennessee Tribune. Rose and George Covington live in a 4-bedroom, two-bath brick house on Meridian St. in East Nashville. They are still doing what they started doing 45 years ago: raising children. Their own...

Do NYC’s Seniors Need More Mental Health First Aid?

Do NYC’s Seniors Need More Mental Health First Aid?

by Diverse Elders | Jan 3, 2019 | Access to Services, Health & Wellness, Language Access

By Roshan Abraham. This article originally appeared in City Limits. When two suicides by seniors occurred within a year at Knickerbocker Village, a 1,590-apartment housing complex in the Two Bridges section of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, it rocked the community, says...

Wisconsin Training Health Providers to Care for Aging Population

Wisconsin Training Health Providers to Care for Aging Population

by Diverse Elders | Dec 20, 2018 | Health & Wellness, Language Access

by David Wahlberg. This article originally appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal. Dr. Matthew Weiss’ “patient,” an older man playing the role of an 80-year-old with diabetes, told Weiss he recently fell on the way to the bathroom and hit a dresser. “I toppled over...

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