Aging Matters

Disparities & Health Equity

Episode 21 | 27m 58s | Video has closed captioning.

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed shocking disparities in health outcomes based on race and ethnicity, highlighting long-standing inequities among BIPOC Americans. The causes range from barriers to health care access, standards that discriminate, and blatant racism. The result can mean a shorter, poorer quality of life. This edition of Aging Matters focuses on health disparities among older adults.

Aired: 06/23/21

Rating: NR

Problems Playing Video? | Closed Captioning

Aging Matters is a local public television program presented by NPT.