by Dr. Wes Lum | May 9, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 9, 2017 Contact: Wes Lum, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging, (206) 624-1221 A long-overdue fiscal year 2017 spending bill passed on May 4, 2017 will provide the Senior Community Services Employment Program (SCSEP) with $400 million to...
by Tyrell Ma'ae | May 3, 2017
In April, the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) participated in a postcard campaign led by the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (CAPACD) asking elected officials to expand the age range for eligibility for the Earned...
by Meera Venugopal | May 2, 2017
As one of the only non-profits in New York city serving Indian, Pakistani, Indo-Caribbean, and Bangladeshi older adults, India Home recently undertook a survey of Bangladeshi elders the organization serves at its Desi Senior Center in Jamaica in order to gain an...
by Jenna McDavid | Apr 20, 2017
Did you know? Federal agencies (like those that administer education, housing, and employment programs, just to name a few) are NOT required to count detailed data for diverse communities. Instead of asking whether an elder identifies as “Cambodian,”...
by Meera Venugopal | Apr 11, 2017
India Home, which is an organization that serves South Asian seniors at its five centers in Queens, New York has had success getting its older adult clients to improve their health by using culturally competent methods. The positive change in attitudes toward disease...
