Webinar 5/20:
Locating Community-Based Resources
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation's Paralysis
Resource Center (PRC) is offering a free
webinar on the services of the Aging and Disability Networks including n4a
and the Eldercare Locator.
People with spinal cord injury and paralysis are likely to
need community-based services and supports offered through the aging and
disability networks available in nearly every community in the U.S. This
webinar includes an overview of the services provided by the aging services
network that are currently used by people with spinal cord injury
(health/wellness programs, caregiver support, in-home assistance, case
management, transportation, home modification and legal services). Also
covered is the role of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
(n4a) and the Eldercare Locator in connecting people with critical
resources to live independently in their own communities.
Presenter: Hosted by Sara Tribe Clark,
Director of the Eldercare Locator, which is administered by n4a and is a
public service of the U.S. Administration for Community Living. Prior to
her work at the Eldercare Locator Sara spent five years transforming the
District of Columbia’s Aging and Disability Resource Center into an
efficient No Wrong Door access point for older adults and people with
disabilities and focused on building strong partnerships with the
Department of Disability Services, DC’s Department of Health Care Finance
(DC Medicaid), DC Adult Protective Services, and the community-based
organizations that comprised DC’s Aging and Disability Services Network.
She got her start in the field of Aging and Disability services in the
Boston area, working at several Aging Service Access Points between 2002 –
2010.
ACL funds the Paralysis Resource Center to provide
comprehensive information for people living with spinal cord injury,
paralysis and mobility-related disabilities and their support networks.
Resources include information and referral by phone and email in multiple
languages including Spanish; a peer and family support mentoring program; a
military and veterans program; multicultural outreach services; quality of
life grants; and a national website.
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