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Mapping Effort Spotlights Extent of Hepatitis C Pandemic in California
This Centers for Disease Control website (gettested.cdc.gov) encourages people to get tested for Hepatitis C, a disease afflicting nearly 630,000 Californians. By Claudia Boyd-Barrett Hepatitis C...
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Afraid of Law Enforcement, Immigrants in Abusive Relationships Face Safety...
Domestic violence victim’s advocates say they are working overtime to try to counter any negative influence from Washington, protect those who seek help and preserve their funding streams. Photo:...
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In the Central Valley, Abortion Clinics Are Few and Far Between
Despite California’s progressive bent—there is a supermajority of Democrats in both houses of the state legislature—pockets of the state are staunchly conservative, including the Central Valley. Even...
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Those Who Fought for LGBT Rights Often Can’t Find Fair Housing
Many seniors who rocked social norms by being open about their sexuality in their youth, are now finding that moving into assisted living or nursing homes means going back into the closet. Photo:...
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California Immigrants Lobby for Sanctuary State Bill
The California Values Act would prevent state, local and school police from enforcing immigration laws or using their resources to investigate, detain or arrest people for immigration violations....
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Stark Disparities Persist at Centers Serving Children with Special Needs
“Many of our families of color are not being made aware of the funding available for their loved ones so they can have a higher quality of life,” said Mary Lee, a parent advocate mentor at Special...
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Spurred by Lack of Mental Health Therapists in Rural Central California,...
Seniors and people who live in rural areas suffer from higher than average rates of depression. Yet California’s rural areas suffer from a shortage of mental health professionals. Photo: Thinkstock By...
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Pull All Your Teeth or Go Into Debt: The Dismal Dental Choices Older Adults...
Amber Christ is a senior staff attorney at Justice in Aging, which advocates for low-income older adults nationwide. By Amber Christ Maggie, a low-income older adult living in Los Angeles, had been...
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Federal Law Complicates Medical Marijuana Use in Nursing Homes
While California law now allows adults to possess and use up to an ounce of marijuana, a remaining barrier to elders’ ability to use medical marijuana could be their living situation. If their living...
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Will California Expand Medi-Cal to Undocumented Young Adults?
The state’s new tobacco tax is expected to generate about $1.2 billion next fiscal year for the state’s low-income health program. Immigrant rights’ advocates are asking the state to use a portion of...
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San Diego Program Offers Support to Former Inmates Through Medi-Cal
Linking former inmates to health care has been shown to give them a better chance at success in their community following incarceration. A San Diego program helps adults recently released from jail use...
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Health Care Overhaul, Federal Budget Could Disproportionately Harm Seniors
Bianca Blanca, director of advocacy for AARP California, said the House-approved AHCA health bill would weaken Medi-Cal and drive up health care costs dramatically for people over 50. Photo: Thinkstock...
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California’s Rural Counties Benefit Most from Government Health Coverage
California’s rural counties are among those who will suffer most, should legislators approve cuts to government health care. Photo by Bob White /CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Hannah Guzik If Washington, D.C....
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How a Last-Resort Academy for Foster Children in San Diego Has Succeeded
Two students share a quiet moment in the San Pasqual courtyard. The academy has had remarkable success getting foster children to graduate from high school and avoid incarceration. Photo: Marty Graham....
View ArticleIn a City with Soaring Housing Costs, a Senior Center Keeps Elders in the...
By Veronica Moscoso Cathy Davis, Executive Director, Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center: The center here is named after my late husband Dr. George W. Davis. He created this vision where he wanted to see...
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Aging Veterans Reluctant to Apply for Aid to Help them Stay in Their Homes
D-Day veterans listen during the Utah Beach Memorial Ceremony in Normandy, France on June 4, 2016. Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Spratt. By Lisa Renner Charlie Broome, an 82-year-old...
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Cuts to Federal Nutrition Assistance Could Derail Efforts to Feed Hungry Seniors
The President’s 2018 budget proposes a $193 billion cut to federal funding for SNAP over the next 10 years. The threat to the program, which was once called food stamps and goes by the name CalFresh in...
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Once Isolated in the Tenderloin, Seniors Find Friendship
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett Marcos Alvarez sat on the bed inside his dingy, one-room apartment in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. He hadn’t been outside in months, he said. The streets made him...
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For Students Who Don’t Eat Breakfast at Home, California Takes a New Approach
Breakfast in the classroom encourages children to start school days with a meal. Photo: Courtesy Food Research and Action Center. By Fran Kritz The next school year doesn’t start for more than two...
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California Needs Palliative Care Standards, and This is a Start
Judy Thomas, CEO for the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California. Photo courtesy of Thomas. By Judy Thomas In California, we need to begin creating and implementing standards for palliative care...
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