by Diverse Elders | Jul 27, 2023
July marks National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about mental health conditions currently prevailing among diverse groups. The aim is not just to shed light on these issues’ gravity but also to break down the...
by Diverse Elders | Mar 10, 2021
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...
by Frances Huynh | Feb 23, 2021
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...
by Diverse Elders | Dec 22, 2020
This article originally appeared on SF Bay Times. By Dr. Marcy Adelman– Shelly has been living with Alzheimer’s for several years now. Her wife Joan is her caregiver. Joan emailed me in search of a referral to someone who could advise her about Shelly’s sleep...
by Diverse Elders | Nov 20, 2020
By Renée Markus Hodin. This article originally appeared on Community Catalyst. In January of this year, I traveled to upstate New York to help my very active 83-year-old father move into an independent living building. He had been contemplating this move for a few...
