When older workers like Jan lose their jobs, they often lose health insurance as well, forcing many to drain their modest savings to extend their coverage.
Aging
Innovative programs spring up to help vulnerable adults stay connected.
Child welfare is an already stressed system in Native communities, leaving children even more susceptible to the impacts of COVID-19.
A reporter explores how the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting the Bay Area's Asian communities.
Despite Hawaii’s reputation as a racial paradise, the state is home to striking income disparities that fall along racial and ethnic lines.
COVID-19 has underscored the disparities faced by immigrant communities in access to medical care and financial support in the state.
Except for end-of-life situations, visitors largely haven’t stepped foot in facilities in months, leading to calls for access and balance. Outdoor visits are allowed but many operators do not permit them.
As we look to understand the public health response to COVID-19, Dr. Jan Gurley of the San Francisco Department of Public Health explains what it means when a state institutes Crisis Standards of Care, as Arizona has.
Friendship Line California relieves loneliness for older adults isolated at home. That makes it easier to stay there.
The virus has exposed what advocates for better treatment and families of loved ones in nursing facilities have known for years.