Immigrant elders find relief with affordable housing in NYC, but feel isolated from community

Hmong Elders and Depression

By Alice Daniel. This article originally appeared on txhaub.com. When Yong Yang Xiong arrived in Fresno, California fourteen years ago at the age of 53, he really wanted to find a job. But he couldn’t speak English–and employers told him he was too old. On top...
Immigrant elders find relief with affordable housing in NYC, but feel isolated from community

New York City Program Brings Generations Together

by Beth Baker. This piece originally appeared on Next Avenue. A large room fills with older adults and teenagers in the New York City headquarters of the nonprofit DOROT. They sit down on opposite sides of two long rows of tables filled with black-and-white chess...