by Roslyn Daniels. This article originally appeared on Black Health Matters. People all over the world, including Americans, are practicing social distancing during this coronavirus pandemic. We’re sheltering at home, leaving only when necessary to replenish essential...
Self-Care During the Covid-19 Outbreak
By Michelle Fritsch, PharmD, BCGP, BCACP, and Kathleen Cameron, BS Pharm, MPH. This article originally appeared on the National Council on Aging (NCOA) blog. As we’re all navigating a lot of uncertainty, upsetting news, isolation, and grief, all of the self-care...
Does High Blood Pressure Influence COVID-19 Outcomes?
As we navigate the COVID-19 global pandemic, it is clear that older adults and people with underlying medical conditions are at greater risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. According to the CDC, 8 out of 10 deaths reported in the US have been in adults 65 and older....
What it means to be Vietnamese
by Gina Le. This article originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. I am privileged to have been born and raised in Little Sài Gòn, the ethnic enclave that Vietnamese refugees carved out of the heart of Orange County, California, and transformed into one of the largest...
Rural Communities Step Up to Help Their Hospitals
by Diane Eastabrook. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. In the DC Comics town of Metropolis, the townsfolk had Superman to protect them from villains like Lex Luthor, Brainiac and Darkseid. But in real-life Metropolis, Ill. (pop. 6,133), there is no...
NICOA SCSEP Success Story: Diane Martinez
This article originally appeared on the NICOA blog. Diane Martinez is the picture of a resilient elder whose journey and difficulties led to success. As a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, traditions are especially important to her. She attends the Weoguf-kee...