The co-authors of this piece are listed below the article. There’s a hidden crisis playing out in the shadows of COVID-19. It is one of many insidious injustices that have long plagued Black and Latino communities and families: dementia. New research finds that Black...
By Jenny Manrique. This article originally appeared on Palabra. Read in Spanish and see the video in Spanish with English subtitles: https://www.palabranahj.org/archive/contra-vacuna On the ranch where Gabriela Navarrete was raised in the northern Mexican state of...
By Ann Lloyd, This article originally appeared on Student Savings Guide. No matter where you live, you’ve been asked to make an array of adjustments in the past six months to deal with the pandemic. You’ve started wearing a mask everywhere you go and learned to...
By Denny Chan. This article originally appeared on the Justice In Aging blog. Like many older adults, Dorothy, the 72-year-old Chinese American in Seattle’s Chinatown, has had a tough year. She has been coping by mostly quarantining alone, with loved ones occasionally...
By Frances Huynh and Dyanna Chung. This article originally appeared in NAPCA's media center. 2020 was an incredibly challenging year for most people because of the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. One significant thing that we have learned is that older adults are at a...
By Hassan Abbas. This article originally appeared in Arab American News. DEARBORN — A new research project seeks to better understand how social and behavioral aspects of everyday life affect the health and wellness of those aged 65 and older in Metro Detroit. A...