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What We’re Reading: September 4, 2017

September 4, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Hurricane Harvey Relief and Support Efforts!  Why students in this program are learning to care for aging NYers | Spectrum News NY There's a shortage of health care workers serving the country's aging population, with the number of specialists shrinking. Health Reporter Erin Billups takes a look at the problem and one possible solution. Mayra [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: ACA, Affordable Care Act, aging, Disability employment, fake service dogs, Hurricane Harvey, ID/DD caregivers, mobility disabilites, nursing home care, Race and disability, service dogs, State Department, television, Texas Flood victims, veterans

What We’re Reading: August 28, 2017

August 28, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Aging 2.0: Live Healthier, Longer And Smarter | Forbes The world’s population is aging, and the United Nations’ World Population Aging report paints a striking picture of the future. It states, “Population aging is unprecedented, without parallel in human history—and the twenty-first century will witness even more rapid aging than did the century just past,”[1](see [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Mental Health, News, Nursing Homes, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: a11y, aging, DEI, Disability simulators, Tech Companies hire people with disabilities, Tehran, UN, vision loss, Wal Mart, Walgreems, Zhao Mingyi

Senior Citizens Day

August 21, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

August 21 is National Senior Citizens Day – a day to recognize the wisdom, accomplishments and sheer perseverance of older Americans. We have all been influenced by older Americans – be they parents, relatives or friends -- but the way in which we think about older Americans can often contradict the realities of their day [...]

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Filed Under: Blog, Disability Issues, Diversity, News Tagged With: aging, Baby Boomers, Greatest Generation, n4a, NHCOA, older americans, Senior citizens day, Silent Generation

What We’re Reading: July 17, 2017

July 18, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Sweepstakes Entries And Your Aging Parent: Know The Danger| Forbes Here's a true story about a 91 year old we'll call "Jenny" who loved the sweepstakes and entered dozens of them. She was very optimistic that many entries would better her chances. Jenny had been showing signs of diminished capacity for about two years, with [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Self-Directed Services, Substance Use, Support Communities, What We're Reading Tagged With: Accessible prisons, aging, aging parents, AHCA, diabetes, Disability Pride, El Paso, FDA, Game of Thrones, Health care, incarcerated with disabiltieis, Jr., Metformin, retirement, strawberries, Ted Kennedy, The Flight

What We’re Reading: July 3, 2017

July 3, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

International Reflections on Disability Inclusion – Where are the Neurodiverse? So on Tuesday 20th June I had the pleasure of being invited by Ruh Global to the Global Business Disability Network meeting, with the International Labor Organisation and the United States Council for International Business.  The meeting was attended by a series of inspirational speakers, [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Self-Directed Services, Social Activity, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: AbleGamers, aging, Aging at home, Aging Hacks, aging in place tech, AHCA, BCRA, Deb Ruh, Depression, Forbes, Health bill protests, Health Reform, healthcare, ILO, Life hacks

What We’re Reading: June 19, 2017

June 19, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Gut bacteria might one day help slow down aging process | Phys.org Slowing down the aging process might be possible one day with supplements derived from gut bacteria. Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have identified bacterial genes and compounds that extend the life of [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Events, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Low Income, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, AHCA Rate Hikes, autism, autistic, bacteria, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for American Progress, children, Disability Pride, Education, HCBS, In Home workfore, Medicaid, Social Security, SSDI, University of Texas

What We’re Reading: June 12, 2017

June 12, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Moment of silence marks six months since Pulse massacre | CBS News ORLANDO, Fla. -- The fence around Pulse opened early Monday for an intimate ceremony marking six months since the mass shooting that left 49 dead and 53 injured at the Orlando nightclub, reports CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV. Survivors, staff and family members of [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Diversity, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, Substance Use, Support Communities, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: AARP, Addiction, aging, Aging and drinking, Aging in prison, Aging LGBTQ Americans, disability, disabiltiy dating, Google, Medicaid, Opiod epidemic, Pulse Night club, self driving vehicles, SSDI, SUD, Tai Chi, Texas, Texas Bathroom bill, Transgender issues, Washingt Post

What We’re Reading: May 15, 2017

May 15, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Service dog federal disability trial continues in Butte court |Montana Standard A federal disability rights trial against a Bozeman landlord expected to finish on Friday was extended to next week after the plaintiff’s case rested Friday afternoon. Bozeman landlord Jaclyn Katz is being sued by former tenant Kristen Newman for housing discrimination after she said [...]

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Filed Under: Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Self-Directed Services, Social Activity, What We're Reading Tagged With: abortion, accessible fashion, aging, aging issues, Bethel Lutheran Church, business, Changes Challenges Choices, co-habitation, disability hate crimes, fashion and disabiltiy, health insurance, Lupus, Older Americans Month, Service animals

What We’re Reading: May 8, 2017

May 8, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

This is how Americans would like to die | Market Watch When it comes to getting older, many Americans are on their own. A majority of people in Japan (55%), Italy (78%) and Brazil (82%) all believe their government is responsible for financing the aging population, according to the study by The Economist and the [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, Aging in Place, Disability Studies, Heart disease, Homeless, Hurricane Preparedness Week, Medicaid, Older Americans Month

What We’re Reading: May 1, 2017

May 1, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Can Aging be Reversed | The Huffington Post What would that be like in our world if a new paradigm existed for aging?  A paradigm that actually gives practical tools towards reversing the common road our bodies walk as we get older. We see all around us that to age is to decline. The baby [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Mental Health, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible subway, aging, Autistic men, Calico, consent, Diane Keaton, Easterseals’ Disability Film Challenge, geriatric mental health, Google, Malnutrition and Minority Older Adults, North Korea, NYC Subway, sugary drinks, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, United Nations Expert on disabiltiy

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