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What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: November 2, 2020
Danger: Aging Parents Overspending, Running Low, And What You Can Do | Forbes Briana called AgingParents.com in distress.
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What We're Reading: October 26, 2020
Elderly African Americans: The vulnerable of the vulnerable in the COVID‐19 era | Wiley Online Library The COVID‐19 pandemic has highlighted underlying racial disparities for racial/ethnic minorities, especially African Americans (AAs).1, 2 Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 37.3% of elderly patients (aged 65 years and older) who have been hospitalized for COVID‐19 in the United States are AAs.3 This is over 400% of the demographic fraction occupied by AAs among the elderly US population, as AAs comprise just 9% of this population.
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What We’re Reading: October 19, 2020
President Trump’s Medicare drug discount cards face uncertain path \ the Washington Post Three weeks after President Trump announced the government would send tens of millions of older Americans $200 to help pay for medicine, the election-season idea is mired in uncertainty over whether such drug discount cards are legal, proper or will ever exist.
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What We’re Reading: October 12, 2020
Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2020 | NAB On the second Monday in October we recognize Indigenous People’s Day – a day that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures.
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Indigenous Peoples' Day 2020
On the second Monday in October we recognize Indigenous People’s Day – a day that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures.
Mental Health
World Mental Health Day – October 10, 2020
Today is World Mental Health Day.
What We're Reading
What We're Reading; October 5, 2020
National Disability Employment Awareness Month It's National Disability Employment Awareness Month!
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It’s Time to Think Small About Disaster Relief
by Paul Timmons, Founder of Portlight Strategies and Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies.
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Reset AllA modernized healthcare infrastructure is crucial to preserving independence for people with disabilities and older adults.
The National Advisory Board believes that the modernized healthcare infrastructure required to meet the goals, preferences, and needs of older adults and individuals with disabilities must include the Six Principles. Please join with us in promoting and furthering them.