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.
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
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 U.S. Administration for Community Living invites you to join fellow community-based organizations, hospitals and health systems for a peer-based learning webinar series. The monthly meetings will leverage participants’ expertise to develop collaborative approaches to health-related social needs screening within health care settings, connection to community services and supports and transition support pre and post-discharge for older adults and people with disabilities. The series will run from January through August 2024.
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.
