By Dr. Eboni Green. This article originally appeared on Caregiver Support Services. COVID-19 restrictions have made it difficult to visit your loved one if they live in a nursing home or are in the hospital. While these restrictions exist to keep everyone safe, it can...
Op-ed: It’s Time to Make Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers COVID19 Priorities
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...
Science moved at unprecedented speed to develop vaccines against the new coronavirus. It was too fast for some Latinos—especially those egged on my myth and misinformation.
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...
How to Stay Safe When Going Back Out in Public
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...
Centering Vaccination Planning on Equity: Intersecting Considerations of Age, Race, and More
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...
Diversifying Research on COVID-19 and Aging-Related Issues: A Call for Asian American and Pacific Islander Older Adults and Caregivers to Participate in COMPASS and CARE
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...