by Tibisay Zea. This article originally appeared in El Planeta, New England’s Spanish-language newspaper. Haga clic aquí para leer este artículo en español. One of the biggest challenges of aging is securing economic stability while productivity progressively...
Counting LGBT Communities: SAGE and the 2020 Census
by SAGE Communications SAGE joins our partners at the Diverse Elders Coalition in encouraging lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older people to complete the 2020 Census. The Census is our once-in-a-decade opportunity for government, researchers, and...
2020 Election: Are Caregivers a Voting Bloc?
by Holly Lawrence. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Two of America’s most influential advocates for caregivers, Maria Shriver and Ai-jen Poo, recently partnered on a poll that examines the state of caregiving in our country. One of the poll’s most...
Why Latinos need to vote in this election
By Jorge J. Lambrinos. This article originally appeared on the NHCOA blog. The next election for President of the United States will happen on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. This will be a very important election for all Latinos. This is the day we will vote not only for...
Cliffs Notes for Growing Old Well
by Peter White. This article originally appeared in the Tennessee Tribune. A Vanderbilt researcher has taken just about everything you need to know about living well as you age and condensed it into a 36-page pamphlet called “Aging & Injury.” It is a good read,...
Strengthening Southeast Asian American Communities Through the 2020 Census
According to the 2010 Census, I probably don’t count. I say *probably* because I never received a census questionnaire, and it never occurred to me at the time that the decennial census was even taking place. I lived in a community where more than 80 percent of...