Nearly 1.5 million California seniors could get help to buy food, but don’t. Here’s why
BY KORI SUZUKI SPECIAL TO THE BEE This story was originally published in The Sacramento Bee on March 5, 2023. Every day, thousands of older Californians wake up or go to sleep hungry, unable to afford to stock their pantries. But for many of them, it might not have to be this way. State data reveal that…
Read MoreLong-term HIV survivors find familial support in unique S.F. group home
This story was originally published in The San Francisco Chronicle on February 21, 2023. Pictured above: A pedestrian passes Marty’s Place, a housing co-op for people living with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco. Stephen Lam/The Chronicle The yellow Victorian with purple detailing sits behind a gate that opens into a courtyard crowded with patio furniture and…
Read MoreHow SF’s Affordable Housing Crisis Is Crushing Retirement For Its Low-Income Seniors
This video was originally published by The San Francisco Standard August 4, 2022.
Read More‘Villages’ for the aging coming to more Black communities
The villages movement started in Boston two decades ago as a way for seniors to find what they need to age in their communities. Nearly 300 have sprouted across the country. By Myah Overstreet Photo: Debora Royal, center, takes her seat for the Thanksgiving meal for members of Kingdom Care Senior Village Friday in Washington. (Bill…
Read MoreStuck in place: How older adults end up trapped inside their own homes
by Anne Marshall-Chalmers. (Pictured above: Betty Gray in the Berkeley apartment where she had been confined since taking a bad fall in February. Katie Rodriguez/ UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program) This story was originally published in The San Francisco Chronicle on September 24, 2022. Seven months ago, Betty Gray could climb the 11 inside steps…
Read MoreLGBTQ seniors can struggle to find affordable housing. A Sacramento development is trying to help.
By Felicia Alvarez This story was originally published by Cap Radio on September 20, 2022. When Francesca Dixon came out as transgender in late 2019, it was a matter of life and death. Tired of the toll that staying in the closet had taken on her mental health for more than 60 years, she decided…
Read MoreHow to keep older adults safer during heat waves? Give them housemates.
(Javier Garcia places a pillow under Josette Paoni’s head. Courtesy of Jamila Chakri / La Logitude) In France, a deadly heat wave gave rise to an intergenerational housing movement. By Sofie Kodner. This story originally appeared in Grist online on September 13, 2022. For more than three decades, 84-year-old Josette Paoni lived alone in a…
Read MoreClimate change is fueling extreme heat. Who’s looking out for the most vulnerable Americans?
Some cities and towns in the U.S. are enlisting volunteers, or a “cool buddy,” to check in on at-risk neighbors –including seniors, disabled people and those without air conditioning. by Katie Rodriguez Above: A roofer works in a housing development while the sun beats down on him during a June 2021 heat wave in Phoenix.…
Read MoreIn Climate-Driven Disasters, Older People and the Disabled Are Most at Risk. Now In-Home Caregivers Are Being Trained in How to Help Them
A pilot program in California is offering tools and emergency response training to caregivers, who often find themselves on the front lines of wildfires, hurricanes or other natural disasters. (Search and rescue teams scramble to evacuate patients as the Feather River Hospital burns during the Camp fire in Paradise, California, on Nov. 8, 2018. Credit:…
Read MoreDancing away the loneliness: In the UK, social prescriptions help fight isolation during the pandemic
(Pictured above: A Posh Club performer leads club-goers in a conga-line. Peter Robertshaw/The World.) By Sofie Kodner and Zachary Fletcher This story appeared in The World on June 16, 2022. Click below to listen to Sofie Kodner’s audio story. Sylvia Fifer always loved to dance. Now 85, she met her husband at a dance in…
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