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What We Must Do to Prepare and Respond to Emergencies and how People with Disabilities are Still Being Left Out
Paul Timmons and Marcie Roth of Portlight Inclusive Disaster Strategies bring us up to speed on how people with disabilities are being left out of supports during emergencies.
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What We’re Reading: December 4, 2017
AARP opposes Senate tax bill, calls Medicare cuts and Obamacare mandate repeal 'troubling' | CNBC Health Care AARP, the lobbying group for almost 38 million older Americans, on Thursday blasted the Senate's proposed tax bill for threatening cuts to Medicare, repealing a key Obamacare rule and hiking taxes on many seniors.
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What We’re Reading: November 27, 2017
The Best and Worst States for Mental Health | Mental Health America Over half of American adults with mental illness do not receive any type of care.
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What We’re Reading: November 20, 2017
Under New Guidelines, Millions More Americans Will Need to Lower Blood Pressure | The New York Times The nation’s leading heart experts on Monday issued new guidelines for high blood pressure that mean tens of millions more Americans will meet the criteria for the condition, and will need to change their lifestyles or take medicines to treat it.
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What We’re Reading November 13, 2017
How Fast Are You Aging?
Employment & Workforce
National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Inclusion Drives Innovation
By Merrill Friedman, Sr.
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What We’re Reading October 30, 2017
Women and Agng | Wisconsin Public Radio Our guest says there's a persistent cultural stigma around the aging process for women.
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What We’re Reading October 23, 2017
For many older Americans, the rat race is over.
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