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What We’re Reading: March 23, 2020

March 23, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

As many Americans dig in for a second week of social distancing, catch up on all the news related to disability, and older Americans as well as a roundup of Coronavirus articles in What We’re Reading

Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: Anthem, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Evictions, grocery stores, Mental Health, older adults, Older Americans Act, telework, working remotely

Physical Distancing Essentials for COVID-19/Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

Self isolation from COVID-19 has many Americans staying indoors and getting acquainted with homeschool and telework for the first time. If you are dealing with the isolation blues or just need a little support, here are some Isolation Essentials to help get you through.

Filed Under: Blog, Caregivers, COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Events, Housing, Mental Health, News Tagged With: corona virus, COVID-19, home school, isolation, Mental Health, self-quarantine, Working from home

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

March 17, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. We sat down with two of our NAB members, to learn about the hurdles individuals with developmental disabilities (IDD) and their parents are still facing and how they navigate education, supports and services.

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Blog, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, News Tagged With: Baby Boomers, Berthy de la Rosa Aponte, Brill COnsulting, family caegivers, IDD, Individuals with developmental Disabilites, Intellectual disabilites, Jimmo Settlement Agreement, Kathy Brill, ODEA, Students with disabilites

What We’re Reading: February 3, 2020

February 3, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

Kansas City clinches the Super Bowl Win, Punxatawney Phill predicts an early spring as well as the new look for Barbie and advances in adaptive gaming as we also say goodbye to Jim Lehrer in this week’s What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Caregivers, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Housing, News, Nursing Homes, Social Security, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: adaptive controller, adaptive gaming, aging, Baby Boomers, Barbie, Child Care, Dolls with Vitiligo, Ji Lehrer, senior living, Social Security Disability Benefit, SSDI, SSI, Vitiligo, XBOX

What We’re Reading: November 11, 2019

November 11, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

How to gently help your parents with finances, Florida places children in nursing hoes with little reason and America pauses or recognize the service of our veterans, all in today’s What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible housing, anitbiotics, Black Rock, inclusive housing, inclusive workplace, managing your money, older americans, paralympic swimmer, Paralympics, retirement savings, trauma, Veterans Day

What We’re Reading: October 14, 2019

October 21, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Disability advocates sue around dockless scooters, we continue to celebrate NDEAM and why it may be time to have “The Ta;l” with Nana. Come see all of the articles on aging, disability and LTSS, that motivated us this week in What We’re Reading.

Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Support Communities, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: age-proofing, Amy Klobuchar, Baby Boooers, dementia, Dockless bicycles, escooters, fall prevention, Hearing aids, Medicaid Advantage, Medicare, Presidential candidates and aging issues, Presidential Candidates and disability, STDs, STIs

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 22, 2019

July 22, 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), Disability Issues, Election Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible voting, aging, aging crisis, Aging in Place, Assisted Suicide, Cory Boker, disability discrimination, disability funding, disability platform, immigration and health care, inspiration porn, LGBTQIA, LTSS, United Nations Expert on disabiltiy

What We’re Reading: July 1, 2019

July 1, 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: Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Housing, Mental Health, News, Nursing Homes, Social Activity, Substance Use, Suicide, Support Communities, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible elections, AHIP, Anthony Bourdain, Depression, disability inclusion, Disability Pride, gardening, LGBTQIA, lonliness, Nursing home costs, nursing homes, Pride, Think Anthem

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

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