Whenever I tell people that I work in the field of aging, it raises more than a few eyebrows. I started working with the Diverse Elders Coalition before my 30th birthday, and even though I'm a few years older and wiser now, it still feels like few of my peers are...
by Dr. Theodore Hutchinson. This post originally appeared on the SAGE blog. On the day I was born 63 years ago, I became a ghost when these words were uttered: “Congratulations, it’s a girl!” I am a person who is transgender. Although the signs were present throughout...
This post originally appeared on the NHCOA blog. Este artículo está disponible en español. Facing midterm elections, the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) is committed to empowering Hispanic older adults through their civic participation as a way to...
by Dave Singleton. This article originally appeared on Caring.com. You don’t know what you don’t know. That’s what I learned touring over 30 assisted living homes and senior communities in recent years. Some visits were for an article I was working on or for...
Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are the fastest growing minority group in America, and between 2010 and 2030, the AAPI older adult population is projected to increase by 145 percent, according to the US Census. This growth will also impact the number of...
This post originally appeared on the NCOA blog. According to a recent Gallup Poll, there are approximately 2.4 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people over 50 years old. We know that many LGBTQ/SGL (same-gender loving) elders never came out of...