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Modern Medicaid Alliance Survey Says Americans Support Increased Funding for Medicaid Amid COVID-19

May 31, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

Modern Medicaid Alliance Survey Says Americans Support Increased Funding for Medicaid Amid COVID-19

Filed Under: COVID-19/Coronavirus, Medicare & Medicaid, News Tagged With: COVID-19, infographic, Medicaid, Medicaid Infographic, Modern Medicaid Allinace

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: January 28, 2019

January 28, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Executives Discuss Disability Inclusion: Davos Panel | Bloomberg A panel discussion at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on disability inclusion in the workplace. The speakers are Bloomberg L.P. Chairman Peter Grauer, Unilever Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman, Tech Mahindra Chander Chief Executive Officer Prakash Gurnani, Procter & Gamble Group President Carolyn [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Support Communities, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible cars, Aging in Minnesota, Aging in Place, aging process, aging workforce, Apple, blood transfusion, Disability employment, Disability softward, Driving while Deaf, health infomration, Hundai, Longmore Lecture, LTSS, McDonald, Medicaid, Medicare, Nike, theater, Therap, TL Lewis, Utah, Vampires

What We’re Reading: November 15, 2018

November 15, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

New Physical Activity Guidelines Urge Americans: Move More, Sit Less |NPR You've likely heard the idea that sitting is the new smoking. Compared with 1960, workers in the U.S. burn about 140 fewer calories, on average, per day due to our sedentary office jobs. And, while it's true that sitting for prolonged periods is bad [...]

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Filed Under: Disability Issues, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, institutions, Japan, Medicaid, Obanacare, Paralympics, sedentary lifestyle, sterilization

What We’re Reading: August 13, 2018

August 13, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Counter-Protesters Flock to Downtown D.C. to Oppose White Supremacists | Washington City Paper In a powerful rebuke to the Nazis and white supremacists rallying in D.C. near the White House on August 12 for the one year anniversary of the violent "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, thousands of counter-protesters took to the streets [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Diversity, Election Issues, Employment, Events, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging parents, Bankruptcy, Disability in Egypt, Hollywood, Medicaid, Social Determinants of health, Straw ban, swimmers with disabilties, Unite To Right Rally, Walgreens

What We’re Reading: March 12, 2018

March 12, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

How architecture can create dignity for all | Ted.com Link directly to the article and transcript above or watch the video below If architect and writer John Cary has his way, women will never need to stand in pointlessly long bathroom lines again. Lines like these are representative of a more serious issue, Cary says: [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Support Communities, What We're Reading Tagged With: 3-D Scanners, accessible homes, accessible travel, African Americans, aging brains, aging parents, architecture, capital punishment, dementia, elderly rights, falls, Heart disease, HR 620, Independent Living, India, John Cary, living at home, Medicaid, Paralympics, retirement, retirement crisis, schools, silent disability

What We’re Reading: February 5, 2018

February 5, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Teaching People With Intellectual Disabilities How To Protect Themselves From Assault | Spokane Public Radio Earlier this month, NPR aired a series of stories detailing sexual harassment of people with intellectual disabilities. The network told stories about caregivers and others in positions of authority who raped women. The Arc of Spokane operates a program that [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Election Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Nursing Homes, Social Activity, Social Security, Support Communities, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: abortion, Accessible gaming, accessible medicaiton, accessible ride share, accessible taxis, accommodations, Amazon Health care, artists with disabiliteis, Bexos, California mudslides, disability in Gaza, Disabiltiy fashion, FCC, HndsOff, Maureen Black, Medicaid, Paraclimbing, prescription drug reading devices, Ribert Reich, Sexual assault, voters with disabilites, voting, working too long

What We’re Reading: January 16, 2018

January 16, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

MLK 2018 Round-Up January 15 is our annual celebration of the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and recognition of the contribution that he made to enhancing freedom for all Americans. For many this day serves as more than a holiday or a time to catch up on sleep or family activities. [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Issue Spotlight, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: autism in school, Cougars, Id/DD, Louisville, Martin Luther King Jr., Medicaid, Medicare, MLK, Sexual assault, SSDI, SSI

What We’re Reading: January 9, 2018

January 8, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

PCA's Joe Snyder, an expert on aging, retires - and finds applying for Medicare 'maddening' | Philadelphia Inquirer After his childhood best friend Cecil Green Jr. died in May, Joe Snyder realized he was done working. Green’s passing at age 62 occurred “even though he ate right and worked out all the time,” said Snyder, [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible homes, ADA, Aging in Place, aging parents, air quality, Amazon, autism, Developmental Disabilites, Disability employment, Emily Harvey, financial planning, George HW Bush, Id/DD, Law Enforcement, Medicaid, Medicare, older americans, Paralympics

What We’re Reading: December 11, 2017

December 11, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

As Hearing Fades With Age, Dementia Risk May Rise | U.S. News and World Report Age can often bring a loss of hearing, and for some, mental decline in the form of dementia. But are the two linked? New research does suggest that hearing loss raises the odds for dementia, but the jury is still [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: 2017 Tax Bill, aging parents, dementia, disability rights, Doctors with disabilties, health insurance, Health Spending, Hearing Loss, Holidays, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Overbilling, Millennials, School VOuchers

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