by Kevyn Burger. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Kathy Janis was taught to revere the elders in her Oglala Sioux Tribe. “I was raised to consider every one of them to be a relative. Respect is...
The Diverse Elders Coalition is attending this week's Moving Mountains equity summit in Washington, DC, hosted by the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC). National Managing Coordinator Jenna McDavid wrote this blog to highlight the importance of bringing...
by Renée Markus Hodin. This post originally appeared on the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation. October 11 is the 29th annual National Coming Out Day (NCOD) which celebrates people of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) identities...
This post originally appeared on the Chinese American Healthy Aging blog. 95% of the older U.S. Chinese population in Chicago rely on kin-centered social networks for support and resources, according to an aging study focused on the Chinese population. But echoing a...
SAGE, the nation’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT elders, has relaunched its National LGBT Elder Housing Initiative website and just published, “Understanding the Affordable Housing Development Process: A Primer for LGBT Aging...
This post originally appeared on the NICOA blog. One aspect of healthy aging that may be overlooked is social health. Although the importance of friends and family to our health is well understood by American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), in today’s culture...