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A Multifaceted Affair: Depression and Older New Yorkers
by Jessica Pitcher Clinical depression is the same at every age, but for older people, who are actually more at risk of developing the illness, social stigma combines with isolation and physical deterioration, making treatment a much more problematic and multifaceted affair. In the online literature of many geriatric psychiatry units, including the Institute of […]
The Invisible Need (video)
by Rami Ayari The Invisible Need from Rami Ayari on Vimeo. Related Stories: Low Pay and High Turnover a Barrier to Quality Home Care A Multifaceted Affair: Depression and Older New Yorkers Will Older New Yorkers be Ready for the Next Sandy?
Low Pay & High Turnover a Barrier to Quality Home Care
by Rami Ayari Geraldine O’Rourke knew that she was going to need help for the rest of her life when she returned to her Bronx home after spending nine months in the hospital. She was bedridden due to two hip operations gone wrong and recognized that her husband and family wouldn’t be able to tend […]
Educators fight stigma, provide support as HIV increasingly affects older adults
by Jenise Morgan Karol Markosky wants to talk about safer sex with older New Yorkers and their caregivers. In a culture that too often doesn’t acknowledge sexuality in later life, she feels she is “fighting stigma on the front lines.” As special programs manager for New York City’s Council of Senior Centers and Services (CSCS), […]
Feeling Isolated, older Tibetans seek space of their own
by Phurbu Thinley New York City: For 82-year-old Sonam Choedon, life every day is almost the same routine at her daughter’s home in Woodside, Queens. She gets up around eight in the morning and does her regular prayers. With rosary in one hand and a prayer wheel in the other, she begins her day by […]
Dealing with End of Life Care
by Johnny Cathcard End of Life Care from Johnny Cathcart on Vimeo. Related Stories: A Multifaceted Affair: Depression and Older New Yorkers The Invisible Need New York’s Older Homeowners Still Vulnerable to Predatory Lending