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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 23, 2019

September 23, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

This week we recognized National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness day, Hispanic Heritage month and Falls Prevention Awareness Day all in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Events, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: Aging myths, code switching, Comcast, Depression, dining while disables, disability and art, Emergency Preparednes, falls, Falls prevention awareness day, Hispanic Heritage month, HIV/AIDS, Lance Robertson, mahjong, National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness day, price caps

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: September 9, 2019

September 9, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

How climate change affects disability, Home care industry woes and the end of an era in disability leadership. Catch up on the latest on aging, LTSS and disability in What we’re Reading!

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Medicare & Medicaid, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: Access Living, aging Americans, Climate change, Doctor Shortage, Home care, Marca Bristo, Medicare for All, MS, Muscular Dystrophy, Parent Project muscular Dystrophy, World Duchenne Awareness Day

What We’re Reading: August 20, 2019

August 20, 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, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Substance Use, What We're Reading Tagged With: 508 compliance, Aging in Place, Benevolent ableism, Bullying, Diet Coke, diversity ad, elder boom, Keri Gray, mass shootings, Medicare expansion, mental illness, Oregon, Paralympians, Pennsylvania IDD

What We’re Reading: July 29, 2013

July 29, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

We are still in celebration mode for the 29th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act! Catch up on the latest in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Issues, Hospice, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: •, ADA, ADA2019, ADA29, aging crisis, Americans with Disabilites Act of 1990, Bernie Sanders •, Beto O’Rourke •, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren •, George H.W. Bush, Immigration, Kamala Harris •, Kristin Gilibrand •, National Intern Day, University of Utah

What We’re Reading, May 20, 2019

May 20, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

While one person with a disability was raised to power, another was erased from history. Learn more about what you may have missed in What we’re reading — our weekly round up of news articles and events that were important to us.

Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Activity, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: abortion, Baby Boomers, CMS, dementia, disability and dating, Emergency Preparedness, Game of Thrones, Kentucky, Medicaid Exclusion, Older Americans Month, Planet Fitness, Pride, Running, Tennessee

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, May 6, 2019

May 10, 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), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Security, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible housing, Alzheimer's Disease, Assisted Living, athletes with disabilites, Black Health, Cisco, Daryl Chill Mitchell, Disability Film Challenge, Easterseals, Intuit, John Singleton, Matthew Wangerman, measles, My Dad Matthew, National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, retirement, RJ Mitte, Social Security Administration, wheelchair boxing

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