Photo Album

Boston, Massachusetts

Marie Smith, National
President of AARP (right) visited
the Coalition at our March, 2005
meeting. Louise Myers, (left), is the
AARP representative to the MCA
and a founding member.

MULTICULTURAL COALITION ON AGING

PHOTO ALBUM

Alexandra Dashevskaya was an early member of the
Coalition, and her first challenge was to develop units in a
long term care facility delivering culturallly appropriate care
for Russian-speaking elderly whose families were reluctant to
seek care for them. Her work led to units staffed by
Russian-speaking professionals, delivering culturallly
appropriate care. She accomplished this, and went on to
develop a bilingual services department. In November,
2005, Alexandra was honored by the Russian
Jewish Community Foundation for her work.

15th Annual Recognition of
The Boston Neighborhood Fellows
March 8, 2005
HONORED MRS. JOANNE PRINCE

Joanne Prince has, in retirement, become one of the city’s
most effective and inspiring advocates for older women.
As co-founder of the Multicultural Coalition on Aging and
the Boston Chapter of the Older Women’s league, she has
quietly led the fight for appropriate care for elders, for better
working conditions for their caregivers, and for cross-cultural
understanding in the relations between the two. She has
mentored countless younger women, helping them plan for
retirement and family care giving.

Mel Goldstein, of the Mayor's
Office of Neighborhood Affairs and
Ginny Mazur, of Goddard House
in Brookline an Jamaica Plain. These
two long time Coalition members
work tirelessly to promote activites
that reflect the interests of the many
cultures living in Boston.

Improving the
delivery of
health care and
social services
to culturally
diverse elders