by Diverse Elders | Oct 2, 2019
by Dr. Terry Fulmer, President, The John A. Hartford Foundation. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. “I have been forgetting things for years, but now I forget in a new way. I used to believe I could eventually retrieve whatever was lost and then commit...
by Diverse Elders | Sep 25, 2019
by Melba Newsome. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. When Altrice Ward’s 82-year-old mother was hospitalized after falling for the third or fourth time, Ward knew she had to face an uncomfortable reality: Her mother could no longer live on her own. So,...
by Diverse Elders | Aug 6, 2019
by Mark Ray. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. The ongoing debate over whether to remove Confederate statues in the South (and beyond) demonstrates how public art highlights what a society finds significant. By that measure, Ed Hamilton was pretty...
by Diverse Elders | Jul 29, 2019
by Maureen Ayral, Intergenerational Trusted Advisor and a Premier Advisor for Wells Fargo Advisors, based in Tampa, FL. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Planning for aging can often be a sensitive and unwelcome topic. A spectrum of financial issues may...
by Diverse Elders | Jul 20, 2019
by Grace Birnstengel. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. HIV/AIDS used to be considered a disease of the young. In the early 1980s, when doctors first reported cases of HIV, nearly 70% of diagnoses were among people under 40. Fast forward four decades...