By Loida Casares LatinaLista When my dad came to live with me, almost three years ago, my first instinct was to give him my bedroom. I thought it was just a temporary solution and that I’d prepare a room for…
By Loida Casares LatinaLista A few years ago, a friend of mine was doing some volunteer work, going house to house in our neighborhood, when he came to one particular house. An elderly man spoke to him from the…
By Loida Casares LatinaLista A couple of weeks ago my dad said that a woman called him on his cell phone and went on and on about something having to do with income taxes. He said he didn’t really…
By Loida Casares LatinaLista A couple of years ago when my dad came to live with me, I found out he had written a new will that he didn’t tell me about. For whatever reason, my dad had decided…
By Loida Casares LatinaLista As my dad gets older he’s forgetting a lot more. Some days, like today, he sleeps all day and he didn’t go to church. Those are the days when I really worry about him because…
By Loida Casares LatinaLista When an elderly parent goes to live with you there are several safety concerns to think about. Some of the more common concerns are about bathroom and kitchen safety. Many adult children add hand rails…
By Judi Bonilla Latino Elders Though February is National Senior Independence Month, and we celebrate all the gains that have been made to enable seniors to live on their own longer, the fact remains that many older adults rely…
LatinaLista — If there’s one stereotype about Latinos that doesn’t offend, it’s how being family-focused describes the majority of Latinos. Whether it’s sending money back home to families left behind in Central and South America or making room for…
LatinaLista — Maria Shriver, the ex-wife of California’s governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a member of the Kennedy family, appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” yesterday to talk about her nonprofit‘s latest report, A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the…
By Nikoleta Morales Chicago Extra Oak Street Health is a new network of primary health clinics for seniors in Chicago. Even though the network opened its clinics early this September they have experienced a large volume of patients. With…
By Judi Bonilla LatinoElders On Friday, November 1st, National Family Caregivers Month officially begins. If you’ve ever been a caregiver you know the emotional, mental, and physical health problems that accompany caring for a loved one. As our population…
SaludToday Check out this new Spanish-language infographic on Latino senior health. The infographic is based on America’s Health Rankings Senior Report, which compares the health of all 50 states to each other using 34 different measures of health ranging…
LatinaLista — What will the world look like in 17 years? The year will be 2030 and according to a projection by the Euromonitor International’s Countries and Consumers team more than half the world will live in one region…
LatinaLista — After Pedro Valencia was found to have a rare brain tumor, he had only one wish of a local nonprofit whose mission is to make the final wishes of the terminally ill come true. Pedro wanted to…
LatinaLista — Anyone who comes from a big family knows that when abuela or abuelo needs help with something around the house, or a ride to the doctor or store or even help taking a bath, la familia is…
