ELDERLY

The word “elderly” reflects the high regard and respect for the life-long experience and wisdom of elders from other cultures that we should incorporate in our culture when dealing with the elderly..

Pass It On Foundation will work with elder population groups and community organizations on environmental, cultural, and societal perspectives of aging issues, while providing knowledge on how the environment impacts aging our populations. We will also help to develop and implement sustainable solutions for building proper resiliency and protecting environment for our elderly.

Given the broad interests of the participating federal agencies in diverse environmental health issues in vulnerable populations, we shall incorporate a variety of elder population groups including:

Tribal respect for elderly and how a changing environment is effecting maintenance of culture through inter-generational transmission;
African American culture related to respect for elderly, faith, and resilience;
Latino and Asian traditional vs assimilated cultural attitudes about elderly;
Low income, rural, and remote population concerns; and
Low income, vulnerable coastal urban population concerns (this would include riverine and lacustrine/lakeside communities as well as marine/oceanside communities).

Help us to help the elderly in the community who have nobody else in these difficult times.