Roll Up Those Sleeves: Implementing an Age and Disability Friendly Initiative

Written by V. Coleman on February 8, 2019. Posted in Blog

This past January, we wrapped up the first year of a three year implementation cycle with the Age and Disability Friendly initiative. After an incredibly rewarding and challenging year long needs assessment process, which included:

• coordinating over 20 professionals, experts, and community members

• across eight domains,

• while also conducting dozens of interviews,

• reviewing hundreds of reports, research, and topic related analysis,

• All synthesized into informative and action oriented, domain specific memos

(Phew! Even typing that made me tired)

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Movie Review:

Written by V. Coleman on December 17, 2015. Posted in Blog

As part of the Ombudsman* volunteer training, they had us watch a compelling documentary about assisted living facilities (ALF). The short documentary, The Thin Edge of Dignity, is specifically told from the perspective of one man, Dick Weinman; injured in a car accident, Dick went from being an extremely active, independent, and outdoors oriented guy, to a severely disabled patient living in an assisted living facility, with very little autonomy or privacy. You can watch the short film HERE.

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