On Wednesday, February 8, 2017, Ethos celebrated the launch of Cafe Pride, the organization’s latest supper club for LGBT Elders of Color, their friends, supporters and allies. On hand for the event were Dale Mitchell, executive director of Ethos;…
“Practicing Tai Chi can help reduce the risk of falling by as much as 55%.” FALLS FACTS • Falls are the leading cause of death from injury among people 65 and older. • Approximately 9,500 deaths in older Americans…
Dale Mitchell, executive director of Ethos, provides an overview of the MA LGBT Aging Commission’s recommendations for Long-Term Services & Supports.
More than 250 LGBT elders gathered on Monday, June 20, 2016, at Venezia Restaurant in Dorchester, for the 2016 Senior Pride Luncheon, sponsored by Ethos and the City of Boston Commission on Affairs of the Elderly. At the luncheon, Dale…
Dale Mitchell, executive director of Ethos, discusses issues for older LGBTs as they age with Elder Affairs Secretary Alice Bonner on NewTV’s Senior Scene.
“As he started to tell me about his war experiences, I was amazed and overwhelmed.” Karl (Carl) Schlesinger of West Roxbury was born in 1917 in Breslau, Germany and survived over six years in Nazi concentrations camps. He now resides…
The Ethos Volunteer Services Department recruits volunteers for roles to help the elderly, including Friendly Visitors, Medical Escorts, and Shopping Assistants. Volunteers help enhance the services already provided by the Home Care and Protective Services Department – to improve the…
The back-to-back-to-back winter storms have left behind record snow, making life difficult for just about everyone and turning even basic daily activities — like getting to work — into gargantuan tasks. It kind of makes you want to just stay…
A new video from the Tufts Health Plan Foundation explains how diabetes can be effectively managed with lifestyle changes, especially by losing weight and/or maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, and eating healthy foods. Ethos healthy aging program participant Steve…