by Nicolás Peña | Feb 20, 2019
Providing assistance for older generations is a source of great cultural pride within Hispanic communities, and what motivates Hispanics to become caregivers to their older adults is familiarismo, their cultural values that are passed on from generation to generation....
by Diverse Elders | Feb 12, 2019
by Howard Bedlin. This article originally appeared on the National Council on Aging blog. When our partners travel to the nation’s capital, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) Public Policy and Advocacy team strongly encourage them to schedule Hill visits. We often...
by Diverse Elders | Feb 10, 2019
by Aspen Christian. This article originally appeared on the SAGE blog. Fifty years ago this coming June, LGBT elder pioneers started the fight for LGBT equality at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. As the nation nears the 50th anniversary of this watershed moment...
by Diverse Elders | Jan 31, 2019
by Lisa Gillespie. This story was originally broadcast on 89.3 WFPL. New preliminary survey research from the University of Kentucky shows that many older LGBTQ adults feel isolated and aren’t tapped into senior services. And that research is shaping programming of a...
by Diverse Elders | Dec 3, 2018
By Aspen Christian. This article was originally published on the SAGE Blog. Did you know that by the year 2020, 70 percent of the people living with HIV in the United States will be over the age of 50? How about that older adults (age 50 and up) account for 17 percent...