LatinaLista — While the federal deficit is a scary enough scenario, it remains for too many people an abstract event. It’s not until Washington starts eliminating programs and reducing funding for others that the seriousness of the situation comes home. Unfortunately, the very programs targeted for cuts or elimination are some of the very programs [...]
Nonprofit Spotlight: Giving hope, love and attention to end-of-life patients
LatinaLista — In the Latino culture, the notion that any member of our families would die alone is such a foreign concept that we don’t give it a second thought. Unfortunately, when it comes to terminally ill, indigent people, who have no extended family, the prospect of dying alone isn’t just inevitable, it’s likely that [...]
“Care Crisis” campaign includes putting immigrant caregivers on path to citizenship
LatinaLista — The ongoing fight in Congress over whether or not to raise the nation’s debt ceiling centers on just how much sacrifice should be inflicted on some of the most vulnerable people in this nation – namely, senior citizens and people with disabilities. To help ensure that these two groups don’t suffer from lack of [...]
Obama’s willingness to cut Social Security benefits cuts deep into the Latino community
LatinaLista – The pressure for President Obama to resolve the debate between Republicans and Democrats over whether or not to raise the debt ceiling is reaching the desperate stage. It must be, if as reported by The Washington Post last night, that President Obama is now willing to consider cuts to Social Security. Why the GOP, [...]
Guest Voz: Sad death of 91-year-old Concha Lopez forces the question: Who should care for Latino elders?
LatinaLista — The sad case reported this week of 91-year-old Maria “Concha” Lopez, who died weighing 35 pounds and covered in bed sores while in the care of her 26-year-old great-niece Stephanie Hernandez, highlights a growing problem facing the Latino community — what do we do with our elderly? It used to be unheard of [...]
Without Social Security, majority of older Latinas would live in poverty
LatinaLista — As Congress begins to tackle the budget deficit and slashes programs they say are bankrupting the country, the truth is that without one particular program older black women and Latinas would be the ones going bankrupt. The program is Social Security and according to new research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, [...]
