This issue brief introduces legal and aging advocates to the health and economic challenges faced by nearly one million American Indian and Alaska Native people over the age of 65.
This webinar took place on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00pm ET Recent years have seen an increased—and overdue—focus on structural racism within the United States. Like any American institution, the U.S. system of long-term services and supports (LTSS), including nursing facilities, is not immune from structural racism. For example, during the […]
Recent years have seen an increased—and overdue—focus on structural racism within the United States. The focus on “structural” racism—as compared to legal or explicit racism, for example—responds to ongoing disparities that statistically tend to favor white Americans over people of color and specifically over Black Americans. Like any American institution, the U.S. system of long-term […]
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 […]
When envisioning the core essentials for aging, adequate healthcare, nutrition services, accessible housing and sufficient income likely come to mind. “Access to legal assistance” should be added to this vital list as it can protect these other essentials. Advocates who work with older adults know that systems, services and structures are not perfect—many older adults […]
This piece was published originally at NextAvenue.org. Our current racial justice reckoning has invited our nation to reconsider our most basic institutions and structures, acknowledge their often racist origins and consider how we can create a more equitable country. Racial justice and abolitionist movements also ask us to confront the harm that our society's systems […]
This webinar took place on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET. Asian American and Pacific Islander older adults are a diverse community with many unique needs and specific issues. Unfortunately, the AAPI community has been met with longstanding discrimination and xenophobia, including high-profile attacks in recent months. Many of these incidents […]
