Roughly half of 1,000 unpaid caregivers surveyed last year in the Buffalo, Rochester and Detroit regions said physical and mental health challenges came with their roles. The more hours spent caregiving, the greater those burdens. The same held true for the youngest, least educated and lowest wage earners, according to the survey, commissioned by the New York-Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative.
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PACE — Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly — dates to 1973 in San Francisco when concerns among Asian families, who viewed nursing homes as an unacceptable solution for their aging elders, prompted the opening of an adult day care program, with other services.
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Caregiver burnout has been a growing problem, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic when hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and senior communities have been overwhelmed.
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Caregiver burnout has been a growing problem, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic when hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and senior communities have been overwhelmed.
Read MoreA captivating new short film, “Detroit We Dey,” directed by Detroit filmmaker Ozi Uduma, looks at the history and future of the Old Bende Association founded by a community of Igbo-Nigerians who immigrated to Detroit in the 1970s and ‘80s. We talked with Uduma about her film and the history of Detroit’s Nigerian community.
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For Jack Cheng and Paul Pham, becoming friends could not have come at a better time. Meeting at a mutual friend’s house in Detroit led to a friendship rooted in introspection about their similar experiences — experiences they hadn’t talked about with anybody else before. Jack and Paul talk about the common threads that brought them together.
Read MoreMichigan’s AAPI community finds itself at the forefront of advocating for change, with potential new state legislation, efforts to include AAPI history in public schools, and an outpouring of advocacy and activism shaping the present-day Asian American narrative. One Detroit Senior Producer Bill Kubota leads a roundtable discuss the issues.
Read MoreAs small businesses across the nation grapple with the lingering effects of the pandemic, “American Black Journal” examines the impact of rising inflation and a looming recession on small businesses, the focus of The LEE Group’s 9th annual Small Business Workshop.
Read MoreThe Detroit Public Theatre closes out its eighth season with “Passing Strange,” the award-winning rock musical with a powerful message. The musical follows a young Black musician from LA to Amsterdam to Berlin, as he explores different styles of music and schools of philosophy and spirituality, trying to find what he calls “The Real.”
Read MoreWareologie, a Michigan-based medical device company, is making waves in the healthcare industry with its groundbreaking advancements in mobile and at-home caregiving. We talked with Wareologie Founder Gina Adams to talk about the inspiration behind her products and the process of getting them to market.
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Friends Brenda Hu and Meaghan Kozar talk about a pivotal introductory APA studies class at Michigan State University, how representation for Asian Americans has changed, and what keeps them inspired when it comes to advocacy in their everyday lives for One Detroit’s AAPI Stories series.
Read MoreWhen 100 women come together to leverage their collective donations, they showcase the power of giving. The 100 Arab American Women Who Care organization has donated $100,000 to various charities over the last decade.
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