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New Digital-Divide Campaign Would Leave Seniors Behind
 

New Digital-Divide Campaign Would Leave Seniors Behind

New America Media, Commentary, Cecilia Garcia and Bob Harootyan, Posted: Mar 25, 2013

A new, multimillion-dollar campaign to bridge the digital divide is targeting low-income families with children—but ignoring seniors in need. Why?

 

Aging Between Two Worlds: Hispanic Elders Thrive on Faith, Optimism, Tradition

 

HuffPost Voces/New America Media, News Feature, Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez , Posted: Mar 20, 2013

Despite lives of poverty and struggle, Texas Latino elders stay positive and thrive. But the U.S. cannot long sustain its divide into two Americas, rich and poor.

 

PEARLS Helps End Depression for Seattle’s Filipino Elders

 

Filipino-American Bulletin/New America Media , News Feature, Sluggo Rigor , Posted: Mar 19, 2013

Ex-Marine Gino Ragudos, 67, is among older Filipino vets helped by the PEARLS program to control minor depression before it becomes major.

 

Aging Between Two Worlds -- Hispanic, Old and Poor on the Texas Border

 

New America Media/Huffington Post Voces , News Feature, Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez, Posted: Mar 18, 2013

Being old and Hispanic on the Texas-Mexico border presents challenges of high poverty levels and chronic illness. But some manage to live a rich life.

 

DOCTOR’S WORD: Can Physicians Cope with a ‘Silver Tsunami?’

 

Physician’s Money Digest/New America Media , Commentary, Eric Anderson , Posted: Mar 13, 2013

The huge and diverse aging boomer generation—the “Silver Tsunami”—means the U.S. faces a shortage of doctors to care for them.

 

Financial Abuse: Could You Spot It?

 

Today's Caregiver/New America Media , News Feature, Eileen Beal, Posted: Mar 10, 2013

Financial exploitation of elders is a growing national problem. Here is a guide that friends and family of vulnerable seniors can use to spot key signs of abuse.

 

The Case for Mandatory Full-Time Nursing Home Doctors

 

Psychology Today/New America Media, News Analysis, Rita Watson, Posted: Mar 08, 2013

Nursing homes could improve care and eliminate shameful treatment, such as drugging residents to quiet them, if more would hire a full-time physician.

 

Black LGBT Elders Face History of Isolation

 

Bay Area Reporter, News Feature, Seth Hemmelgarn , Posted: Feb 14, 2013

Larry Saxxon knows the isolation and loneliness researchers say challenge black elders in the LGBT community, which can favor those young and white.

 

After State of the Union, Experts Tell Obama--Leave Social Security Unchained

 

New America Media, Commentary, Nancy J. Altman. Eric Kingson and Daniel Marans, , Posted: Feb 13, 2013

Obama’s State of the Union pledged to keep promises to Americans. But Monday, the White House said he’s open to a Social Security change that would break one.

 

Year of the Kumätz: A Mayan Perspective on the Year of the Snake

 

New America Media, Commentary, Jonah Harris, Posted: Feb 13, 2013

While East Asians across the globe celebrate a new Lunar New Year, a Mayan elder offers a different cultural perspective on the snake.

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