The Importance of Tech Education for Older Adults | U.S. News & World Report
The Onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in the use of digital health care, including among older adults. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has expanded the list of telehealth services reimbursable by Medicare, and seniors are using them. According to a survey from Deloitte, more Medicare Advantage members said they used telehealth or virtual health through the first four months of 2020 than during all of 2019.
The Crown’s learning disability storyline highlights painful lack of progress | The Guardian (UK)
There are 1.5 million learning disabled people in the UK, but they are rarely seen or heard from. Little is spoken of this demographic of people, who in many cases completely rely on others in order to live. Unless you’re a family carer or professionally involved, you may not know or have regular contact with any learning disabled people.
Most Americans Over 50 Would Get COVID Vaccine: Poll | U.S. News & World Report
The majority of older Americans say they’re likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but many would want to wait a bit before getting the shot, a new survey reveals.
In National Anthem, Photographer Luke Gilford Captures the Radical Inclusivity of the Queer Rodeo | Vogue
On a fire-starting hot October day, filmmaker and photographer Luke Gilford sits on a bench in Southern California at Will Rogers State Park taking in acres of green and gold terrain as a horse whinnies behind him. “I’ve always been drawn to nature and wide-open spaces,” he says.
The park is located just beyond the blue of the Pacific, down a dusty tree-lined Los Angeles County road. Here among the deep rolling hills is the one-time ranch of Will Rogers, a 1920s and ’30s Old West star who could make rope spin and dance in his hands. The park still houses a riding ring, stables, corrals, and wide swaths of rugged country—and it’s the type of cowboy landscape that feels like home to Gilford.
People with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in India | Observer Researh Foundation
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the biggest social and economic crises of our generation, which has systematically exposed and exacerbated the exclusion of marginalised communities. The unprecedented public health emergency and the subsequent lockdown and recovery measures have disproportionately impacted people with disabilities, who are one of the groups most vulnerable to neglect and exclusion in times of unrest and crisis.
Dave Prowse: Darth Vader actor dies aged 85 | BBC News
Dave Prowse, the Bristolian former bodybuilder best known for playing Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died aged 85.
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