New America Media: Elders

NAM original coverage and ethnic media articles on ethnic elders and policy in America. For more information on NAM's ethnic elder coverage, contact Paul Kleyman at pkleyman@newamericamedia.org.

Can India’s New Commission Curb Rapes? Q&A With Justice Leila Seth

First Post , Question & Answer, Sandip Roy, Posted: Jan 16, 2013

India created a commission to respond to a student’s fatal gang rape last month. Commissioner Leila Seth hopes their report won’t just gather dust.

Baby Boomers: Start Turning Nursing Homes Upside Down

Psychology Today/New America Media, News Analysis, Rita Watson, Posted: Jan 15, 2013

It’s time for the aging generation of the Beatles and Stones to bring the revolution to America’s awful nursing homes.

Three Years in Prison for Nurse in Elder Abuse Case

RedwoodAge.com , News Report, Pamela MacLean, Posted: Jan 14, 2013

A California judge sentenced the former director of nursing at a Kern County skilled nursing facility to three years in prison Wednesday for illegally prescribing psychiatric drugs as a form of chemical restraint, hastening the deaths of three elderly patients.

Social Security, Medicare Safe From Fed Cuts—Until March

L.A. Watts Times/New America Media, News Analysis, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Posted: Jan 12, 2013

Social Security and Medicare were spared in the “fiscal cliff” deal-- may still be on the chopping block when Washington takes on the “debt ceiling” debate in March.

Global Aging: Engine for Growth--or Fiscal Nightmare?

Reporting on Health/New America Media, News Analysis, Eileen Beal, Posted: Jan 09, 2013

The world—including most developing nations—is rapidly aging, but countries won’t benefit unless they fight disease and help elders age productively.

Detroit’s Caldo de Pollo for the Soul—Feeds Latino Seniors' Needs

WDET News/New America Media , News Feature, Martina Guzmán, Posted: Jan 08, 2013

A Detroit senior center expanded its meals program through the Mexican tradition where the rich pay to serve the poor a "cena"--a dinner of soup for the soul.

From Fiscal Cliff to Debt Ceiling - Watch Your Head

New America Media, News Analysis, Paul Kleyman, Posted: Jan 03, 2013

Washington retreated from the fiscal cliff—only to set up another debt-ceiling crisis. What’s that mean to families, rich or poor?

U.S.-Japan Study: Japanese Elders May Be Happier

Rafu Shimpo/New America Media, News Report, Ellen Endo, Posted: Jan 02, 2013

New international research shows that Japanese culture is more positive for elders there, while the U.S. perspective downgrades aging for American seniors.

Social Security Advocates Fight to Keep Program from Fiscal Cliff

Irish Echo/New America Media , News Analysis, Peter McDermott, Posted: Jan 01, 2013

Social Security advocates say myths about the “one bright spot” in American retirement funding made it a “fiscal cliff” bargaining chip.

Despite Poverty Today, Latinos May Define Rules in Aging America

HuffPost Voces/New America Media, News Analysis, Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez, Posted: Dec 26, 2012

A peaceful retirement looks like a very distant dream to Paula and Manuel Cisneros. Like other Latino elders, they find aging in the U.S. a struggle against poverty.