Declaration for Independence

A Call to Transform Health and Long Term Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities



What We’re Reading: Sep. 28, 2015

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Health News Florida Isolation Increases Florida's Rural Suicide Rates Florida's rural counties are seeing suicide rates for youth almost double that of the state's large cities. And experts say isolation, poverty, access to firearms and a lack of mental health resources are to blame. — Daylina Miller & Nancy Klingener (Sep. 24) Kaiser Health News [...]

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What We’re Reading: Sep. 21, 2015

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Invisible Epidemic It’s an invisible epidemic, as devastating as diabetes but out of the public eye. Look around you, at your family, your neighbors, your coworkers. Chances are excellent that you’ll see someone suffering from mental illness. Nearly one in five adults in Georgia battles mental illness in any given year. [...]

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What We’re Reading: Sep. 14, 2015

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Addressing Disparities in Medicare - A Six-point Plan CMS released a six-point plan (“The CMS Equity Plan for Improving Quality in Medicare”) for addressing health equity in Medicare at a conference that noted both the 50th anniversary of Medicare and the 30th anniversary of the Heckler Report on minority health. [...]

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What We’re Reading: Labor Day 2015

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The National Advisory Board on Improving Health Care Services for Older Adults and People with Disabilities shares in the celebration of the American labor movement and the contributions of workers – past and present – to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country. In observance of Labor Day, What We’re Reading will resume publication [...]

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What We’re Reading: Aug. 31, 2015

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Disability Scoop Feds Clarify Rights Of Parents With Disabilities Technical assistance issued jointly this month from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services clarifies that children should not be taken from their moms or dads simply because a parent has a disability. Similarly, federal officials said that people with [...]

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What We’re Reading: Aug. 24, 2015

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Associated Press U.S. Court Reinstates Home Care Pay Rules A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated regulations drawn up by the Obama administration to extend minimum wage and overtime protections to almost two million workers who provide home care for the elderly and disabled. The regulations, struck down by a lower court about nine months [...]

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What We’re Reading: Aug. 17, 2015

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Associated Press Soldier's journey to heal spotlights 'soul wounds' of war While the idea of warriors feeling remorse over battlefield horrors is not new, moral injury – produces extreme guilt and shame from something done or witnessed that goes against one's values or may even be a crime – has gained more attention following the [...]

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What We’re Reading: Aug. 10, 2015

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NPR Will Doctors Soon Be Prescribing Video Games For Mental Health? At the University of California–San Francisco, neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley is putting a fully immersive video game focused on multitasking through the paces of the FDA approval process for medical devices. If successful, Gazzaley sees great potential to use these games for a range of [...]

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What We’re Reading: Aug. 3, 2015

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Last week was filled with celebrations of the 50th anniversaries of Medicare and Medicaid on Thursday, July 30. In his weekly radio address and a separate video, the president celebrated the anniversaries, praising the two programs for “sav[ing] millions of our people from poverty and hardship.” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also celebrated [...]

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What We’re Reading: July 27, 2015

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Last week was filled with celebrations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 25-year anniversary, Sunday, July 26. The president and vice president hosted several thousand new and returning advocates at the White House where the president made remarks in the East Room (see video and fact sheets).  The Departments of Labor, Justice, HHS/ACL, and Education also held separate [...]

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