Boston, Massachusetts
Boston’s Mayor, Thomas M. Menino, states:  
“Diversity is the strength of our City. My administration is committed
to meeting the health care needs of all seniors with an emphasis on
those that may experience cultural or language barriers. The MCA
conference is an important step toward achieving this goal.”  

October 2006
Robert J. Schreiber, Physician-in-Chief at Hebrew
SeniorLife explains:    "We know that learning to manage
chronic illness and pursue healthy lifestyles,  including
good nutrition and adequate physical activity leads to
better quality of life - being able to maintain independence
longer, using fewer medications and needing less medical
care. The increasingly diverse aging population in
Massachusetts faces linguistic and cultural barriers when
accessing health care services and support. Through its
conference, Aging Well Together: Our Health is in Our
Hands, the Multicultural Coalition on Aging reaches elders
in their native languages in culturally appropriate ways and
enables them to learn to co-manage their health and do
self-care that is integrated into the health care system and
community where they live."
                                                                    October 2006


AGING WELL TOGETHER CONSUMER EDUCATION
MULTICULTURAL COALITION ON AGING
Improving the
delivery of
health care and
social services
to culturally
diverse elders

1995    Aging Well Together: A Multicultural Perspective on Caregiving

1996    Aging Well Together: An Asian Perspective on Caregiving

1998   Aging Well Together Across Cultures: The Challenge of Change
                    
2000   Aging Well Together: In Mind, Body and Spirit  
                
2003   Aging Well Together: Living Well Together              

2006   Aging Well Together: Our Health is In Our Hands

2008   Aging Well Together: Our Health, Our Lives!
“Aging Well Together” consumer health education conferences for
culturally diverse older adults delivered by bilingual, bicultural
professionals.

These programs provide a unique opportunity for elders to receive
information in their native language about managing health and
controlling common chronic diseases, improving communication
with health care providers and interactions within the health care
system. Multicultural health care professionals present to the
elders in Cape Verdean Creole, Chinese, English, Haitian Kreyol,
Portuguese, Russian, Select Sub-Saharan African dialects, Spanish,
and Vietnamese.