by Diverse Elders | Jan 5, 2018
by Adam Polaski, Freedom for All Americans. This post originally appeared on the SAGE blog. Five years ago, Pat Baldwin walked into the office of the executive director at the Hannan Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving the dignity of elders in the...
by Diverse Elders | Jan 4, 2018
By Sandy Markwood, CEO of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. This post originally appeared on Next Avenue. Our country has reached a critical moment. The aging of the baby boom generation and the fact that people are living longer is driving...
by Dr. Maria Glover Wallace | Dec 21, 2017
Older lesbian couples in urban settings continue to seek community events that address their needs. In response, I created a Fall and Spring weekend retreat for a small group of lesbian couples in the Chicagoland area in 2013. In November 2017, the 4th annual older...
by Diverse Elders | Dec 12, 2017
By Julia Kassem, Detroit Journalism Cooperative Conversations around Detroit-area public transit in recent months have focused on new routes on Woodward, Gratiot and Michigan Avenue – as well as the Detroit Connector, a new service operating from Ann Arbor to Detroit...
by Diverse Elders | Dec 7, 2017
This story by Kaiser Health News senior national correspondent Sarah Varney aired Nov. 24, 2017, on Here & Now. Angelia Soloman watched out the window of her ranch house in northeastern Houston as the floodwaters rose up to the windowsills. She huddled inside with...