Following the Governor’s release of the May Revision of the proposed 2024-25 State Budget, Justice in Aging released the following statement: We are very disappointed in the Governor’s proposal to eliminate the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program for undocumented Californians. The IHSS program provides essential support services to ensure that individuals can remain living in […]
Last Friday, the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS OCR) finalized changes to regulations implementing the Health Care Rights Law (HCRL), also known as Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Justice in Aging applauds HHS OCR for restoring and further strengthening vital anti-discrimination and language access […]
Our communities have dramatically changed since the COVID-19 pandemic started two years ago. Since March 2020, more than 1 in 100 people over age 65 in the U.S. has died. These older adults are our parents, grandparents, siblings, partners, neighbors, and friends. They are part of our communities. To move forward while protecting our communities, […]
Justice in Aging celebrates President Biden’s historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Brown Jackson is a highly qualified jurist, and the first Black woman in United States history to be nominated for this important position. If confirmed, she would be the first […]
Last week Minneapolis police officers shot and killed a young Black man, Amir Locke, after charging through the door of the room where he was sleeping without warning. The story is all too familiar and eerily similar to the 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor, who Louisville, KY police officers shot dead as she slept while […]
To Protect Older Americans’ Health and Quality of Life, Justice in Aging Supports Mandatory COVID Vaccinations for Staff and Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities COVID-19 has been particularly deadly for older Americans, especially those living in nursing facilities or other residential long-term care facilities. To this point, COVID-19 has led to the death of nearly […]
Last week, we witnessed horrific scenes at the US-Mexico border as mostly white Border Patrol agents on horseback chased Black Haitian immigrants seeking safety in the US. These scenes, reminiscent of racist images from the Civil Rights Movement and earlier, follow after several years of notoriously inhumane treatment of immigrants that is deeply rooted in […]
What does diversity, equity, and inclusion look like at Justice in Aging? We are committed to addressing the pernicious effects of systemic power and privilege, paying particular attention to how privilege has historically given, and currently gives, advantage to some groups and individuals over others. We believe that building an equitable workplace and recruiting and […]
Justice in Aging strongly condemns the recent string of violent attacks against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) older adults. In the past two weeks, cities across the country have witnessed attackers targeting multiple AAPI older adults. In one of the most egregious, 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee was shoved to the ground and died several days […]
