As a first step in NAAAP’s partnership with AARP, we offered a webinar on Oct 16, 2020 on the subject of caregiving to members of the broader NAAAP community. Caregiving is providing physical or emotional support to a family member or friend in their home.
A panel of three speakers (Daphne Kwok, Vice President of Multicultural Leadership at AARP, Glen Masuda, Asian Pacific Family Center in L.A. and D.J. Ida, Exec. Director of AAPI Mental Health Association) addressed Asian American Pacific Islanders as caregivers.
- Working across generations: expectations, challenges and role reversal, siblings and their different ways of giving care
- Difficult conversations: with family, at work, with ourselves including end of life plans, advance directives, long-term care,
- Self-care for the Caregiver
- AARP resources – see below
RECORDING for listening and sharing
A recording on of the discussion and Q&A is available here on NAAAP’s YouTube channel. Your feedback is welcome.
AARP Resources
- To learn more about AARP, go to aarp.org/aapi and follow on Facebook and Twitter @AARPAAPI.
- For Chinese in-language resources, you can also visit Chinese.aarp.org
- Visit naapimha.org for more mental health resources for the caregiver, including a list of AAPI organizations addressing mental health in your state.
- Visit aarp.org/caregiving. There, you can find resources like:
- AAPI Prepare to Care Guidebook (in English) – this also includes resources for LGBTQ community members and veterans
- AAPI Prepare to Care Guidebook (in Chinese)
- 10-minute Filipino Caregiving video of 3 Filipinos including Retired General Tony Taguba
- How to Start a Conversation About of End-of-Life Care
- 14-minute video of 3 Chinese Americans including MSNBC anchor Richard Lui discussing caregiving