“There is a lack of support, and health care and other resources are being taken away, so we need to utilize our strengths,” she says. “And those strengths involve spirituality, healing, and connection.”
Through her work in the program, Lopez has noticed a growing need for that connection in the community’s older generation.
LatinX elders, especially first-generation immigrants, are in a situation that they haven’t been in before. Instead of being near their own family members, they’re living in assisted living homes or seeing their children once a month. Feelings of loneliness and isolation have become a major factor.”
Through her work in the program, Lopez has noticed a growing need for that connection in the community’s older generation.
LatinX elders, especially first-generation immigrants, are in a situation that they haven’t been in before. Instead of being near their own family members, they’re living in assisted living homes or seeing their children once a month. Feelings of loneliness and isolation have become a major factor.”
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