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January 18, 2022
Reminder: Upcoming Joint Meeting
RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council
Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 12:30- 4:30 PM ET
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January 14, 2022
Acknowledging and understanding a person’s racial and cultural identities is essential for providing person-centered supports. However, there are few resources that directly address the intersection…
January 12, 2022
The New York Times (1/12, Chung) reports, “Amtrak has paid more than $2…
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- January 18, 2022Reminder: Upcoming Joint Meeting RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Tuesday, January 25, 2022 12:30- 4:30 PM ET ACL is…
- January 14, 2022Acknowledging and understanding a person’s racial and cultural identities is essential for providing person-centered supports. However, there are few resources that directly address the intersection…
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- January 14, 2022The New York Times (1/14, Garland) reports, “As the population ages, the numbers of people diagnosed” with “chronic illnesses are rising. A diagnosis may be alarming enough, but equally frightening can be the costs for medical treatments, home renovations and other expenses,” and “…
- January 13, 2022Record Number Of US Nursing Home Workers Test Positive For COVID-19. Bloomberg (1/13, Tozzi) reports, “Covid-19 cases among U.S. nursing-home workers jumped almost tenfold in recent weeks as the omicron variant raced through America’s senior-care facilities.” A record number of…
- January 13, 2022Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Large Companies. The New York Times (1/13, A1, Liptak) reports on Thursday, the US Supreme Court “blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a vaccine-or-testing mandate for large employers, dealing a blow to a key…