by Dr. Yanira Cruz | Apr 20, 2022
U.S. culture is often described as youth focused — a description that is certainly true of U.S. popular culture. Driven by Hollywood standards of beauty and fashion, our media outlets inundate us with images and analyses of trends, as well as star gossip....
by Diverse Elders | Jun 24, 2020
by Renée Markus Hodin. This article originally appeared on Community Catalyst’s Health Policy Hub blog. We want to pay tribute to a leader with whom many Health Policy Hub readers may not be familiar: Nelson Cruikshank. Nelson was a longtime leader in the labor...
by Diverse Elders | Mar 27, 2020
This release originally appeared on the SAGE website on March 26, 2020. [New York, NY] Today, the Older Americans Act reauthorization was signed into law with provisions that will help ensure that LGBT elders get the services and support they need to remain...
by Diverse Elders | Jun 18, 2019
by Kayla Sawyer. This article originally appeared on the NICOA blog. It is a common misconception that sleep needs decline with age. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that 61-64-year-olds get seven to nine hours, and adults 65 and older get seven...
by Jenna McDavid | May 28, 2019
This article originally appeared in Aging Today, the bimonthly newspaper of the American Society on Aging. When asked by staff of the Diverse Elders Coalition about the aging services available in her area, Elva, an American Indian elder from New Mexico, relayed how...