by Diverse Elders | Oct 16, 2019
The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) was founded 40 years ago on November 1, 1979 to address the divide between AAPI elderly and the services they were entitled to. In 40 years, NAPCA has directly served tens of thousands of AAPI elders and indirectly...
by Diverse Elders | Oct 1, 2019
by Vivian Nava-Schellinger, Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships & External Affairs, National Council on Aging Right now, there are more than 1.1 million immigrants aged 62 and older who are living at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level. While there...
by Diverse Elders | Sep 24, 2019
by Ling-Mei Wong. This article originally appeared in Sampan Newspaper. Hong Lok House means “healthy and happy” house in Cantonese, where elders can live in Chinatown for less than $500 a month on average. A full range of culturally and linguistically sensitive...
by Diverse Elders | Aug 14, 2019
by Ling-Mei Wong. This article originally appeared in Sampan Newspaper. To read this article in Chinese, click here. Between art shows and exhibitions, you would never know Wen-ti Tsen is 83 years old. “Being an artist means not following a set pattern of retiring at...
by Diverse Elders | Jul 16, 2019
After the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, many Vietnamese people fled their war-torn country for the United States in search for a better life. Thousands of Vietnamese adults, children, and families crammed onto boats and traveled to the United...
