by Diverse Elders | Dec 26, 2017
by Neil Gonzales As a caregiver for nearly 10 years, Lea Nelson enjoyed the interactions she had with her elderly clients. “The exchange of stories while eating meals, doing their nails, coloring and cutting their hair, and massaging,” she said. “Playing with them...
by Meera Venugopal | Dec 6, 2017
This post originally appeared on the India Home blog. It’s India Independence Day, 2017, and at the celebration being held at Queens Borough Hall in Queens, NY, the young announcer invites the next act to come up on stage. Ten women from India Home file in and start...
by Dr. Wes Lum | Nov 22, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2017 CONTACT: Wes Lum, (206) 624-1221 The Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health of the American Public Health Association has awarded the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) the 2017 Community Organization...
by Diverse Elders | Nov 10, 2017
by Carolyn Ayon Lee. This article was originally published by Honolulu Civil Beat. Were it not for Hawaii’s Pidgin English, I doubt my Grandma and I, her first grandchild, could’ve understood each other, she knowing very little English, and I, an ignoramus about her...
by Tyrell Ma'ae | Oct 31, 2017
Earlier this month, the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) hosted two community listening sessions in San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA for invited Congressional representatives, allowing Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) older workers in the...
