Even as Americans live longer and healthier lives, how we think about aging has not changed. Ageism and implicit bias toward age continue to impact our society, including how senior centers are perceived.
We know that your time is valuable. As Area Agencies on Aging (AAA), Centers for Independent Living (CIL), Community Care Hubs (CCH)/networks and other aging and disability community-based organizations (CBOs), you spend your time serving older adults, people with disabilities, and other populations with complex care needs.
Through the Looking Glass (TLG) wants to find out about the current strategies and supports that are used and needed by parents and caregivers who have physical disabilities or are blind or have low vision.
Rural areas represent 97 percent of the U.S. land mass and 20 percent of Americans live in rural communities. Much of our nation’s food, affordable energy, clean drinking water and outdoor recreation opportunities come from rural America. Despite the positive contributions of rural Americans, 80 percent of people living in rural communities are medically underserved. This means few primary care providers, high infant mortality and poverty rates and an increasing number of people needing health care reside in rural areas.
The Center for Transition to Adult Health Care for Youth with Disabilities, a national resource center funded by ACL’s Administration on Disabilities (AoD), has
