Diverse Elders Coalition

Diverse Elders Coalition The Diverse Elders Coalition advocates for policies and programs that improve aging in our communitie As the U.S.

continues to grow increasingly older and more diverse, the number of older people who are people of color and LGBT will also increase, constituting a significant percentage of this country’s older adult population. Despite their growing presence, elders of color and LGBT elders face significant disparities in health and health care access, economic security, housing, employment and more. Many enco

unter aging providers who lack the cultural and linguistic competence to address their unique needs, and many others face outright discrimination and neglect from our aging and health care system. And more broadly, programs aimed at older people rarely explicitly serve elders of color and LGBT elders. To begin repairing these inequities, in 2010 seven leading national aging organizations representing millions of elders of color and LGBT elders established the "Diverse Elders Coalition," a unique, long-term strategy to strengthen policies and programs that enhance the health and well-being of diverse older people. These seven organizations are part of a small but growing sector of organizations offers services and programs for elders of color and LGBT elders, as well as training and technical assistance to aging providers and other health care professionals. Additionally, many of these organizations engage in advocacy efforts that seek to improve public policies aimed at older people and their families to ensure that elders of color and LGBT elders have the unique supports they need to age successfully.

Honoring Juneteenth today and the ongoing work toward freedom, justice, and equity.
06/19/2026

Honoring Juneteenth today and the ongoing work toward freedom, justice, and equity.

Flores knows she needs a lot of   work, including some corrections for the care she received in  . She thinks that she w...
06/18/2026

Flores knows she needs a lot of work, including some corrections for the care she received in . She thinks that she will look for sliding scale clinics in the U.S. first this time.

“It’s really disheartening that I can’t get the care here that I need, especially being born here,” she says. “I shouldn’t have to go somewhere else because I can’t afford it here.”

Even though dental is in Mexico, it’s far from accessible. Although Deb and Mike liked their dentist in Los Algodones, the return trip across the border was physically difficult, as they stood in slow, long lines at the sparsely-staffed checkpoint.

“Every U.S. representative and senator should have to go to [Los Algodones] and stand in that line with their grandma, or with their elderly wife, or with themselves with a walker, to see what they are doing to us.”

Isabel Flores used to have nightmares about her teeth falling out when...

  adults in almost every state and in Washington, DC, are   to   their    , according to recent analysis by elder care g...
06/18/2026

adults in almost every state and in Washington, DC, are to their , according to recent analysis by elder care guidance service CareScout. The nine states where retirees are likely to have a sufficient nest egg are, in order from most likely to least likely: Washington, New Hampshire, Colorado, Nebraska, Idaho, Minnesota, Utah, Maryland and Montana.

“Over a typical retirement, American seniors are expected to bring in nearly from Social Security, savings and investments – but they’ll spend about $897,000 on necessities,”

The top 10 places where retirees likely face a lifetime deficit:

New York, by $788,000
Washington, DC, by $432,000
California, by $395,000
Alaska, by $350,000
New Mexico, by $277,000
Louisiana, by $241,000
Arkansas, by $237,000
Vermont, by $232,000
Kentucky, by $209,000
Rhode Island, by $200,000

Older adults in almost every state and in Washington, DC, are likely to outlive their retirement savings, according to recent analysis.

  cases will keep climbing as the population ages — a projected million new US cases annually by 2060 — but your   of ge...
06/17/2026

cases will keep climbing as the population ages — a projected million new US cases annually by 2060 — but your of getting it at any given age have been for decades. An 80-year-old today is meaningfully less likely to have dementia than one a generation ago.

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The shingles vaccine may protect your brain. The bigger story is even more hopeful.

In spite of burnout and exhaustion, most   who are   for an aging   said it has   their   with them.That's according to ...
06/16/2026

In spite of burnout and exhaustion, most who are for an aging said it has their with them.That's according to a recent survey of 2,000 sandwich generation parents who also care for an aging parent, in which most (88%) said that caregiving has given them a life-changing reset with their aging loved one

As part of the survey, the seniors were also asked a few questions, and their responses proved that the reconciliation is mutual: 89% of seniors agreed that being cared for by their adult child has healed their connection.

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Being a   care   maker for a loved one ranks among the most difficult responsibilities in  .The role brings  , pressure ...
06/16/2026

Being a care maker for a loved one ranks among the most difficult responsibilities in .

The role brings , pressure from family members and the constant of making the wrong , according to the Aging Untold experts.

“One of the reasons it weighs so heavily on people is the fear of the unknown,” Amy O’Rourke, an aging expert, said. “They don’t really know the kind of decisions that they’re going to be making. It’s not just turning off the machine that’s the hard part. It’s, do I hire hospice? Do I bring in home care? Do I pay money? Do I sell the house to pay for care?”

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Being a healthcare decision maker can take an emotional toll. The Aging Untold experts offer ways to handle the pressure when a loved one can’t speak for themselves.

Overwhelming evidence points to the   expansion’s remarkable track record, not only in expanding coverage and access to ...
06/15/2026

Overwhelming evidence points to the expansion’s remarkable track record, not only in expanding coverage and access to health care but in itself.

Implementing a groundbreaking community engagement policy demands an extraordinary level of care and flexibility so that Medicaid’s achievements for poor adults are not lost.

HR 1 contains the seeds of that flexibility, even as it imposes unprecedented demands on states and the health care system. The goal of the implementing rules should be to honor this modest flexibility, not destroy it.

The new rule implementing HR 1’s Medicaid community engagement provision diverges from state expectations. No last-minute change is likely more harmful than the administration’s final approach to “medical frailty,” which ignores statutory guardrails.

In Feb. 1982,   Gov. Lee Dreyfus signed the nation’s first law banning   based on sexual orientation.  David Clarenbach,...
06/11/2026

In Feb. 1982, Gov. Lee Dreyfus signed the nation’s first law banning based on sexual orientation. David Clarenbach, an LGBTQ activist and Democrat in the state Assembly, spearheaded the bill. Despite conservatives’ last-minute efforts pushing Dreyfus to veto the bill, he approved it in February 1982.

It took 9 years for another state to follow. Progress should not be this fragile. Decades later, we should be expanding protections, not watching hard-won rights be rolled back.

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Wisconsin Republican Gov. Lee Dreyfus signed a law that banned discrimination based on sexual orientation, the first of its kind in the country.

 ’s trust fund is now due to run low on money beginning in 2032. And in announcing that new date Tuesday, the government...
06/11/2026

’s trust fund is now due to run low on money beginning in 2032. And in announcing that new date Tuesday, the government acknowledged that the Trump administration’s immigration policies and tax cuts are expected to contribute to the insolvency.

The trust # fund that pays and benefits is expected to reach depletion by the fourth quarter of 2032, one quarter earlier than projected in last year’s annual report.

The shortfall will be driven in part by a drop in immigration and Trump’s tax cuts, trustees say, resulting in trimmed benefits.

Federal agencies responsible for   enforcement are set to receive tens of billions more dollars after   voted to fund th...
06/10/2026

Federal agencies responsible for enforcement are set to receive tens of billions more dollars after voted to fund them not just for the year, but through the rest of President Trump's term.

Through this legislation, Congress is giving more than three times its last annual budget. Though technically this is meant to cover three years, unlike a traditional annual funding bill, the money comes with few stipulations on how and when it should be spent.

The measure passed by a vote of 214 to 212.

The bill provides roughly $70 billion for immigration enforcement and highlights a GOP caucus continuing to endorse Trump's immigration agenda as Democrats warn Congress has ceded its oversight role.

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