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What We’re Reading: September 16, 2019

September 16, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Court challenges to the ADA, what the DisCo thought of the 3rd Presidential debate and remembering 9/11 are all in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Court Cases, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: 3rd Democratic Presidential debate, 9/11. 9/11 attacks, Aging and dementia, Challenges to the ADA, EVV, Generation Z, institutionalization, mental helath stigman

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

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: January 14, 2019

January 14, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

‘Drive to Home,’ Medicare Changes Are Creating More Integrated Senior Care | Home Health Care In years to come, cross-continuum collaboration and the formation of integrated care delivery models that keep people away from hospitals will be the main catalysts for lowering U.S. health care spending. For senior housing, assisted living and independent living providers, [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Court Cases, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Low Income, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Self-Directed Services, Technology, Transportation, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: AAPD, accessible transportation, ANCOR, asian americans, Black Women, Bryan Cranston, CES, Disability Insurance, Dustin Gibson, HCBS, Hearne Award, Home Based, JP Morgan, ride sharing, Sarah Blahovec, smart whellchair cushion, South Koreans, The Upside, women with disabilities

What We’re Reading: December 17, 2018

December 17, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Here's what's at risk in the Texas Obamacare ruling | CNN Politics Whether you know it or not, Obamacare has affected nearly every American. The Affordable Care Act does far more than allow millions of people to get health insurance through exchanges or Medicaid expansion. It saves senior citizens money on their Medicare coverage and [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Court Cases, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Election Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: AARP, accessible fashion, Apple watch, Boston, Disability and Comics, disability and fashion, Disability in India, Disability in Ireland, George H.W. Bush, Gig workers, loneliest generation, Mental Health, Obamacare Unconstitutional, Settings Rule, specialized toy car, Stan Lee, Texas Court Ruling on Obamacare, Texas Obamacare ruling, wearable technology, Zoey Harrison

What We’re Reading: April 23, 2018

April 23, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Aging death row: Is executing old or infirm inmates cruel? | AP Vernon Madison has spent decades on Alabama’s death row. Now 67, Madison has suffered from strokes and dementia and his lawyers say he no longer recalls the crime that put him there: the 1985 killing of a police officer. His speech is slurred, [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Court Cases, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, Substance Use, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible taxis, Death penalty, disability history, HIV, investment, Lyft, medical marijuanan, music, nursing home evictions, nursing homes, ride share, uber, Via

What We’re Reading: March 19, 2018

March 19, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

'Access+Ability' exhibit showcases designs for, and by, those with disabilities | CNN Eye-catching objects designed for, and by, people with physical and other disabilities are the focus of the current "Access+Ability" exhibition in New York. More than 70 exhibits, including colorful prosthetic leg covers and jeweled earrings that are also hearing aids, are featured as [...]

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Filed Under: Caregivers, Court Cases, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Mental Health, News, Support Communities, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible subway, aging Americans, disability exhibits, Disability in England, disability rights in Ethiopia, disbaility history, doctors with disabilities, Ethiopia, Exercise, Immune Sysgtems, Judy Heumann, Mental halth, MTA, older americans, Robot assitants, Robot PAS, Stephen hawking, Yetnebersh Nigussie

What We’re Reading: December 25, 2017

December 25, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Life expectancy is down for a second year. Drug overdoses are a big reason why. | USA Today Health researchers have some grim news for Americans: We are dying younger, and life expectancy is now down for the second straight year — something not seen in more than half a century. One undeniable culprit is [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Court Cases, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Issue Spotlight, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Self-Directed Services, Social Activity, Social Security, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: Assisted Suicide, Bruni, CNN, families with disabilities, Holidays, Life expectancy, National Hispanic Council on Aging, NHCOA, Ouch BBC, paralysis, racism, retirement, Senate, SSDI, students with disabilities, Tax Bill

What We’re Reading: December 4, 2017

December 4, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

AARP opposes Senate tax bill, calls Medicare cuts and Obamacare mandate repeal 'troubling' | CNBC Health Care AARP, the lobbying group for almost 38 million older Americans, on Thursday blasted the Senate's proposed tax bill for threatening cuts to Medicare, repealing a key Obamacare rule and hiking taxes on many seniors. "We urge the Senate [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Court Cases, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, Substance Use, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: AARP, ACA, aging parents, Alez Azar, autism, Caregivers, Dan Harmon, Health and Human Services, Health care, HHS, HIV, LGBT equality, Rick and Morty, sexual harrassment, social media accessibility, SSDI, Tax Bill, Twitter

What We’re Reading November 13, 2017

November 13, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

How Fast Are You Aging? Checking Your Biological Clock | The Huffington Post Although the idea of aging evokes thoughts of the elderly, aging occurs in every stage of life, mysteriously transforming newborns into nanas. Surprisingly, for a universal biological process, the study of aging remains a field in its youth. Why does a queen [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Court Cases, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Substance Use, Suicide, Support Communities, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: 504 [protests, adiciton and recovery, aging, aging parents, agng inmantes, chronic conditions, disabiltiy activism, EEOC, Gaelynn Lynn, Gail Boudreaux, incarcerated with disabiltieis, Jeremy the Dud, Joseph Swedish, KGBT Youth, LGBT elders, Long Term Care, LTQA, sex and aging, shingles vaccine, SUD, the Arc Annual COnvernion

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