Hive's new Link at CES 2019 could help you care for aging loved ones | CNet Monitor a family member's routine remotely with Hive Link. Hive, creators of the View Outdoor Camera, have something new at CES 2019 -- the Hive Link. Hive Link is a service created jointly with the Carers UK charity to [...]
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What We’re Reading: December 31, 2018
Lost Voice Guy: Why 2018 was 'a big year for disability' | BBC News Billy Monger winning a prize at Sports Personality of the Year, paratriathlete Lauren Steadman in the semi-final of Strictly and Anne Hegerty in I'm a Celebrity. They all happened in 2018 and are all reasons why Lee Ridley - better known [...]
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What We’re Reading: December 17, 2018
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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What We’re Reading: December 10, 2018
Can Running Ward Off the Ills of Aging? | U.S. News & World Report Science reveals potential running benefits may be linked to better health in our older years. WHEN JUSTUS ORTEGA walked into a gathering of older adult runners in Boulder, Colorado, in 2014, he was reminded of the 1985 movie "Cocoon" about seniors [...]
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What We’re Reading: December 3, 2018
International Day of Persons with Disabilities On December Third the international Community turns its attention to the needs and experiences of individuals with disabilities around the world. While the experience of the disabiltiy community in the U.S. helps set the tone for disabiltiy policy around the world, internationals large growing populations in India, China and [...]
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What We’re Reading: November 26, 2018
New Opportunities at n4a The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging is looking for a motivated individual to help manage the n4a Disability Business Institute. The Deputy Director will help manage the day-to-day operations of the Business Institute, including developing, implementing, and managing programs, partners and services that align with the project’s goals and [...]
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What We’re Reading: November 15, 2018
New Physical Activity Guidelines Urge Americans: Move More, Sit Less |NPR You've likely heard the idea that sitting is the new smoking. Compared with 1960, workers in the U.S. burn about 140 fewer calories, on average, per day due to our sedentary office jobs. And, while it's true that sitting for prolonged periods is bad [...]
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What We’re Reading: November 5, 2018
5 questions answered about Ohio’s aging jail population | Daytona Daily News Can you be too old for jail? The aging prison population presents health care issues and other costly problems. News Center 7 investigates the concern for taxpayers and the proposal causing some controversy Thursday, Nov. 1, beginning at 5 p.m. There are more [...]
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What We’re Reading: October 29, 2018
Aging can be hard for those in the trans community | Washington Post Jess T. Dugan, a photographer, and Vanessa Fabbre, a social worker and assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis, discovered their work had more in common than they realized. Dugan’s work focused on identity, gender and sexuality, specifically within the transgender [...]
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What We’re Reading: October 22, 2018
Transgender could be Defined out of Existence under Trump Administration | New York Times The Trump administration is considering a legal definition of gender as immutable and fixed at birth, the most drastic in a series of moves. The move would be the most significant of a series of maneuvers to exclude the population from [...]
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