by Robert Espinoza | Jun 25, 2020
This article originally appeared on the PHI blog. A new online resource aims to strengthen the evidence base on the direct care workforce by gathering and centralizing the various studies, reports, and other resources that have been published about these workers—and...
by Diverse Elders | Jun 3, 2020
by Leslie Hunter-Gadsen. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. (In February 2020, Next Avenue published an article about the Cigna survey, Loneliness and the Workplace 2020 U.S. Report. Among its findings, based on a survey of 10,441 adults:...
by Diverse Elders | May 14, 2020
This article originally appeared on the NICOA blog. Diane Martinez is the picture of a resilient elder whose journey and difficulties led to success. As a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, traditions are especially important to her. She attends the Weoguf-kee...
by Diverse Elders | May 12, 2020
by Robert Espinoza and Jean Accius. This article originally appeared on the blog of the American Society on Aging. In early April, as the COVID-19 crisis spread across the world, two notable developments took hold. First, the United States became the pandemic’s...
by Robert Espinoza | Apr 29, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered our way of living while putting enormous pressures on the health and long-term care sectors, including the direct care workforce. Epidemiologists are predicting that it will continue to worsen in the months ahead,...
