The Atlantic: By 2050, There Could Be as Many as 25 Million Poor, Elderly Americans A back-of-the-envelope estimate suggests that the number of elderly Americans in poverty will increase substantially in the coming decades. In 2010, 46.6 million Americans were over 65. Using the OECD’s measure of impoverishment, which takes into account food insecurity and [...]
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What We’re Reading: Jan. 11, 2016
NPR: Anatomy of Addiction—How Heroin and Opioids Hijack the Brain They trigger the release of dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter that causes intense pleasure in parts of the brain that include the limbic system, according to Savage. It links brain areas that control and regulate emotions such as the pleasures of eating, drinking and sex. [...]
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What We’re Reading: Jan. 4, 2016
The Huffington Post: If Uber Kills Cabs, Cities Must Ensure Accessible Vehicles Live Now there's a figure to back them up: According to a recent report, the number of wheelchair-accessible vehicles for hire in San Francisco fell significantly in the past few years -- all while services like Uber and Lyft were rapidly expanding in [...]
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Welcome 2016: The National Advisory Board in the New Year!
Posted Jan. 4, 2016 | The year 2015 was full of celebration, dedication and recommitment to the movement for independence. Following the momentous anniversaries of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Older Americans Act, the Social Security Act, Medicare and Medicaid, and IDEA, each of us at the National Advisory Board has been reenergized to make [...]
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Happy Holidays from the National Advisory Board
Posted Dec. 22, 2015 | From our families to yours, the National Advisory Board wishes you the happiest of holidays and a bountiful New Year. We look forward to reconnecting, on the Declarations blog and through our weekly feature, “What We’re Reading,” in 2016.
Technology and Medicare: Congress Passes, Obama Signs Steve Gleason Act
Posted Aug. 4, 2015 | On July 30, the president signed the Steve Gleason Act (S. 984) into law, a bill to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiaries access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and to remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare Program [...]
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2015 “Declarations”: Our New Blog in the New Year
Posted Jan. 29, 2015 | Declarations, the new myDFI blog, is kicking off 2015 in celebratory style. On the Blog this month is NAB member and the Shepherd Center’s Director of Advocacy Mark Johnson with a look-back on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which turns 25 later this year. So what are Mark’s Declarations for 2015? To [...]
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Americans with Disabilities Act Celebrates 25th Anniversary; Survey Sheds Insight on Legislation’s Impact (July 23, 2015)
Hailed as the Bill of Rights for people with disabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 has fulfilled much of its promise since it was signed into law 25 years ago, according to a survey of disabilities leaders released July 23, 2015 in collaboration with the National Council on Disability. But the findings [...]
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NAB Responds to White House Conference on Aging’s Long-term Services and Supports Policy Brief, Questions (June 12, 2015)
The National Advisory Board (NAB) on Improving Health Care Services for Older Adults and People with Disabilities has submitted responses (pdf) to several questions posed by the 2015 White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) about long-term services and supports (LTSS), as well as the critical role of informal and formal caregiving, to support older Americans [...]
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Employment: Labor Secretary Perez, Govs. Markell and Daugaard Promote Employment First
Posted Aug. 6, 2015 | U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Tom Perez is partnering with governors across the political spectrum to urge their peers and state governments to adopt Employment First policy. Secretary Perez, Governor Jack Markell (D-DE) and Governor Dennis Daugaard (R-SD) penned a letter encouraging all states to focus on the alignment of policies, [...]
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