Black Elders Deserve the Right to Age in Beloved Communities of Care and Connection
PRINCIPLE #7 OF THE BLACK ELDERING BILL OF RIGHTS
Regardless of marital, relationship, or family status, Black Elders deserve to age in place within a trusted village with community support systems that uplift their dignity, care, wellbeing, and belonging.
Black Elders deserve to be actively engaged with and connected to an intergenerational network of trusted and caring family, friend, and community relationships in order to prevent the onset of loneliness and social isolation.
Family and kin caregivers to Black Elders deserve to have access to sabbatical care so that they can take respite and tend to their own physical and mental wellbeing.
Black Elders deserve to have access to “Eldering Well Mentors” to help navigate and bridge the gaps in the services and resources they need for their care and wellbeing.
Black Elders who can no longer age in their own homes deserve to have access to high-quality, affordable, publicly subsidized, and culturally responsive residential facilities, assisted-living facilities, and nursing homes located within their neighborhoods and communities.
