TAKE ACTION
WAYS TO TAKE ACTION
1. Host a Screening
Check out where THE TEST is screening here. If you don’t see your city, host your own screening at your school, university, nonprofit, corporation, faith-based organization, or community center.
2. Support the Program
3. Join the Conversation
I. Promote Smart Immigration Policy
Start conversations in your community about reframing the story on immigration.
Promote immigration policy that ensures a strong caregiver workforce by prioritizing smart immigration policy.
II. Fast Facts about Immigration
The process of gaining US Citizenship
The loneliness epidemic
Immigration and the future of elder care
AMERICANS ARE AGING
More than 55 million Americans are 65 and older.
A LONELINESS EPIDEMIC
6.5 million American seniors experience loneliness and isolation, increasing their risk of premature death from all causes.
The U.S. Surgeon General warns of an epidemic of loneliness in the U.S. and that lacking connection increases the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
FACTS ABOUT IMMIGRATION
The United States has more immigrants than any other country in the world. Today, more than 40 million people in the U.S. are born in another country.
1 of every 4 workers in long-term senior care facilities are immigrants.