Lawmakers Must Prioritize Aging, Equity and Alzheimer s Issues as the State Grows Older, Majority of Californians Say
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Aging, equity, and Alzheimer s policies are top priorities for Californian voters, according to a newly released survey of voters by The SCAN Foundation. The findings also showed strong backing for the state s Master Plan for Aging - a 10-year comprehensive and outcomes-oriented blueprint to better serve the needs of older adults, people with disabilities and their family caregivers. As COVID-19 continues to disproportionately affect these populations along with Black, brown, and indigenous Californians, these policies have become increasingly important for elected officials to address.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many people to limit their normal routines keeping many inside their homes. That is especially true for the elderly who
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many people to limit their normal routines keeping many inside their homes. That is especially true for the elderly who
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Kim McCoy Wade, director of the California Department of Aging, says the pandemic has made the needs of the state’s rapidly aging population more urgent.
California Department of Aging
By Samantha Young, Kaiser Health News
Even as the pandemic derailed some of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s biggest health care proposals, such as lowering prescription drug costs, it crystallized another: the pressing need to address California’s rapidly aging population.
Already nine months into their work when Newsom issued the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order last March, members of a state task force on aging watched as the coronavirus disproportionately sickened and killed older people, and left many isolated in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and their own homes.