On Thursday, August 22nd at 3pm EDT, the Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) will host a webinar on health research among diverse populations. We’ll discuss the barriers to access that have prevented communities of color, LGBT communities, American Indian/Alaska Native...
Last month, I had the opportunity to attend a focus group with Vietnamese family caregivers in Houston, Texas. During the focus group, I learned more about their caregiving experiences, their challenges, and the changes they would like to see in the U.S. healthcare...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2019 Contact: Jenna McDavid, National Director, Diverse Elders Coalition 646-653-5015 The Diverse Elders Coalition mourns the passing of so many lives over the weekend in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH. The El Paso murders were...
by Mark Ray. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. The ongoing debate over whether to remove Confederate statues in the South (and beyond) demonstrates how public art highlights what a society finds significant. By that measure, Ed Hamilton was pretty...
By Mariel Toni Jimenez. This article originally appeared in Positively Filipino magazine. My mother looked forward to Sunday because it was a day that she and her friends went to the dance hall in Daly City, located in the park off Acton Street at the Top of the Hill....
The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) was founded 40 years ago on November 1, 1979 to address the divide between AAPI elderly and the services they were entitled to. In 40 years, NAPCA has directly served tens of thousands of AAPI elders and indirectly...
