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What We’re Reading: August 5, 2019

August 5, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

The information and links provided here are a courtesy. The National Advisory Board does not necessarily endorse or share the views contained in any article, report or web site. No link provided here should be considered an endorsement of any opinion, product or service that may be offered in the article or at the linked-to site.

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Diversity, Election Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: Accessible fitness, accessible housing, ADA, Arizona, Binge drinking among older Americans, Candy Land, Caregivers, Dental coverage, Disability and presidential electin, EEOC, Exercise, lonliness and suicide, Marianne Williamson, Medtronic, Older Americans Housing crisis, Peppa Pig, Polio, politicians with disabilities, Presidential election 2020, Racism and disability, Tickling

Is the ADA Ready for Caregivers?

July 30, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

The ADA is forward thinking but when it was signed we may not have anticipated how many aging Americans would need its protections. As Disability and aging become mainstream, our views on these issues have evolved and as a result we are more concerned about issues of caregiving.

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Blog, Caregivers, Disability Issues, News Tagged With: ADA, aging, Aging in Place, Americans over 60, Baby Boomers, Caregivers, family caegivers

What We’re Reading: July 15, 2019

July 15, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

What we’re reading is our weekly round up of news articles and events that were important to us. Catch up on the latest on aging, LTSS and disability!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Court Cases, Employment, Health Insurance, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: Alelia Murphy, disability in the media, disability in the UK, Disability Insurance, drug prices, Federal contractors, Forrest Gump, hidden disabilities, HIV, invisible disabilites, lonliness, Mississippi, non-apparent disabilities, Presidential candidates and aging issues, tax free accounts

What We’re Reading: July 8, 2019

July 9, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

What we’re reading is our weekly round up of news articles and events that were important to us. Catch up on the latest on aging, LTSS and disability!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Employment, Low Income, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Social Security, Substance Use, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging in Europe, aging parents, disabled veterans, guns, hidden disabilities, military, nerd wallet, non-apparent disabilities, opiod crisis, Poverty, universal benefits, Vilissa Thompson, women with disabiliteis, women workers

What We’re Reading: June 24, 2019

June 24, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Summer is officially here! Keep up with the latest on aging, LTSS and disability from the beach, spa or camp our weekly round up of news articles and events!

Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Issue Spotlight, Mental Health, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, Aging Plan, Community Living, Deb Cotter, Disability Pride, Eve Hill, Gloria Vanderbilt, Incontinence, Juneteenth, LGBTQIA, March of Dimes, NASI, Olmstead decision, Texting, Universal Family Care

Olmstead 2019: Twenty Years of Olmstead Integration Advocacy for People with Disabilities

June 21, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Can it really have been 20 years ago that the Supreme Court made clear, in Olmstead v. L.C., that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits states and localities from unnecessarily segregating people with disabilities in order to provide them disability-related services? Eve Hill offers her commentary and expertise on this still important issue!

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Blog, Caregivers, Court Cases, Disability Issues, Issue Spotlight, News Tagged With: Community integration, Community Living, disability related serices, Eve Hill, Home and Community Based Services, Olmstead decision

What We’re Reading: June 17, 2019

June 17, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

What we’re reading is our weekly round up of news articles and events that were important to us. Catch up on the latest on aging, LTSS and disability!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Election Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, News, Nursing Homes, Self-Directed Services, Transportation, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible make-up, accessible transit, aging, Behavioral health, California Aging plan, Candidates with disabilities, disability art, Disability Pride, EVV, Gavin Newsom, Homeless, living in cars, nursing homes, Philadelphia

What We’re Reading, May 13, 2019

May 13, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

What we’re reading is our weekly round up of news articles and events that were important to us. Catch up on the latest on aging, LTSS and disability!

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Self-Directed Services, Social Activity, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: Accessible gaming, accessible parks, autism, Autistic kids, Chair Chats, Doris Day, e-scooters, Education, George Washington University, guide dogs, Long Term Care, Older Americans Month, parents with disabilities, school shootings, Sesame Street

What We’re Reading: March 4, 2019

March 4, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

March 1, 2019 Disability Day of Mourning On March 1st, the disability community gathers across the nation to remember disabled victims of filicide–disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. This year disability activists, advocates and allies joined again to recognize those lost, as well as reaffirm the fight to value and respect the [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Mental Health, National Day of Dialog, News, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible care, accessible travel, Alzheimer's Disease, Cancer, Carrie Ann Lucas, DDoM2019, Deaf patients, Disability Day of Mourning, disability in Ethiopia, Disability in Singapore, Filicide, Grey Divorce, Mike Oliver, MooVita, Nixon, self driving cars, Selma Blair, Social Model of Disability, subminimum wage

What We’re Reading: February 25, 2019

February 25, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

The Alarming Future For An Aging Workforce | Forbes When the late Dr. Robert N. Butler coined the term ageism in 1968, he intended to raise awareness of the blatant denigration of the aging population. Butler, the first to publicize age-related stereotyping, focused his life on changing negative perceptions society levied against an aging cohort. [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Hospice, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessibility, aging, aging workdorces, Alzheimer's Disease, anti-vaxxers, autism, Mental Health, Rubella, Sacramento, U. S. Census Bureau

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