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What We’re Reading: May 11, 2020

May 11, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week we look at the current state of food insecurity in America, celebrate National Nurses Week AND we revisit the 1995 White House AGING Conference PLUS another COVID-18 inspired Anthem all in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: COVID-19/Coronavirus, News, What We're Reading, White House Conference On Aging (WHCOA) Tagged With: 1995 White House Aging Conference, COVID-19, COVID-19 Songs, disability etiquette, disability technology, Food Insecurity, isolation, Job kisses due to COVID-19, NAMI, older americans, Rita Wilson

What We’re Reading: May 4, 2020

May 4, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

America heads into another week of social distancing, how COVID19 affects medical care and what some “aging hippies” did about it AND the biggest story that didn’t happen in disability ed, PLUS a greeting from a galaxy far far away in this week’s What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Developmental Disabilities, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging hippies, Betsy DeVos, Colorado Medicaid, COVID-19, family time, Financial Heath, Food Insecurity, Medicaid, older americans, Tony Cohelo

What We’re Reading: February 18, 2019

February 18, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Aging Americans are a big market for tech investors, who also want to monitor their parents | CNBC Greg Yap is a venture capitalist looking for the next big thing in digital health. At age 45, he's also the father of young kids and the son of an aging mother, who lives nearby in an [...]

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