REACH Resource Centers on Independent Living

09/13/2022

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09/09/2022

This is a flyer that has green, blue, light blue, purple, white, grey, light purple and black on it. across the top is a purple strip below on three business card size separated and outlined in light purple on a white background is a 3D star in green and also in green text states Area Agency on Aging OF NORTH CENTERAL TEXAS
On the other side on a white background is a blue House with three eves, three windows and three doors with what looks to be like hills of grass, but they are grey and underneath in blue text states NORTH TEXAS and in grey text, FAIR HOUSING CENTER
On the third is a circle made out of different swirls and next to it in black text says North Central Texas Aging & Disability Resource Center an Initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
On a blue rectangle in purple text, FREE Small Group Interactive Clinic
On a white background in purple text, Tenants' Rights Clinic: Join us and get your housing questions answered ***LIMITED TO THE FIRST 30 PEOPLE*** On a blue rectangle in purple text, Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. On a light purple rectangle in purple text, Facilitators: Frances Espinoza, Executive Director - North Texas Fair Housing Center
Dewey Marshall, Director of Community Reinvestment - North Texas Fair Housing Center
On a blue rectangle in purple text, Online Registration Required at: https://tenants_rights_clinic-september_9-28-2022.eventbrite.com
Webinar instructions will be emailed to registered participants one day prior to the webinar. For questions please contact: NCT AAA: Marty Mascari: [email protected] or call 940-202-4500 ext 101

09/07/2022

Photo description: This is a flyer with purple, green, gold, light yellow, white, and black on it. Across the top is a purple line below on the left is a 3D star that says Area Agency on Aging OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
Next to this on the right is a bird in flight and under it says James L West CENTER for DEMENTIA CARE
On a white background in purple text, Dementia vs Depression and Resources for Both
On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Tuesday, September 27th, 2022, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ***Complimentary CEUs available for licensed RNs, LVNs, social workers and LPCs in Texas***
On a gold rectangle in purple text, Presenters: Jamie Cobb, CAEd, Vice President of Dementia & Caregiving Education - James L. West Center for Dementia Care and/or Hollie Glover, MA, LPC, NCC. Director of Education and Family Support Services - James L. West Center for Dementia Care
On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Online Registration Required at: https://dementia_vs_depression_9-27-2022.eventbrite.com
*Webinar instructions will be emailed to registered participants one day prior to the webinar. For questions please contact: NCT AAA: Marty Mascari: [email protected] or call 940-202-4500 ext 101

09/02/2022

Photo description: This is a flyer that has white, purple, yellow, gold, green, and blue.
There is a purple line across the top. Below is a green 3D star and in green txt says Area Agency on Aging OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS on a white background. In a gold rectangle in purple text, you're invited to a FREE webinar for family members and professionals
On a white background in purple text, Probat: What it is, what it Costs, and Can it be Avoided? On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Thursday, September 22, 2022, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ***Complementary (JURSPRUDENCE) CEUs available for Nurses, LPCs, Licensed Social Workers and Assisted Living Facility Managers*** On a gold rectangle in purple text, Presenter: Austin Butts, Attorney - Haiman+Hogue, PLLC
On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Online Registration Required at: https://probate_what_it_is_9-22-2022.eventbrite.com
Webinar instructions will be emailed to registered participants one day prior to the webinar. For questions please contact: NCT AAA: Marty Mascari: [email protected] or call 940-202-4500 ext 101

08/31/2022

Photo description: This is a flyer that has white, purple, yellow, gold, green, and blue.
There is a purple line across the top. Below is a green 3D star and in green txt says Area Agency on Aging OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS on a white background. In a gold rectangle in purple text, you're invited to a FREE webinar for family members and professionals
On a white background in purple text, Psychopath vs Sociopath vs Narcissist: Which of These Best Describes Dad and How Can I Manage it While Caring for Him? On a yellow rectangle in Purple text, Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ***Complimentary CEUs available for LPCs and Licensed Social Workers*** On a gold rectangle in purple text, Presenter: Dr Ron Mottern, PhD, LCDC - Executive Director, Mottern Institute for Mind-Body Wellness
on a yellow rectangle in purple text, Online Registration Required at: https://psychopath-vs-sociopath-vs-narcissist_9-28-2022.eventbrite.com
Webinar Instructions will be emailed to registered participants one day prior to the webinar via Zoom. For questions please contact:
NCT AAA: Marty Mascari: [email protected] or call 940-202-4500 ext 101

08/29/2022

Photo description: This is a flyer that has white, purple, yellow, gold, green, and blue.
There is a purple line across the top. Below is a green 3D star and in green txt says Area Agency on Aging OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS on a white background. In a gold rectangle in purple text, you're invited to a FREE webinar for family members and professionals
On a white background in purple text, Codependency: Why Can't the Person See it and What can I do to Help? On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
***Complimentary CEUs available for LPCs and Licensed Social Workers*** On a Gold rectangle in purple text, Presenters: Dr. Ron Mottern, PhD, LCDC - Executive Director, Mottern Institute for Mind-Body Wellness
On a yellow background in purple text, Online Registration Required at: https://codependency_9-14-2022.eventbrite.com
Webinar Instructions will be emailed to registered participants one day prior to the webinar via ZOOM. For questions please contact: NCT AAA: Marty Mascari: [email protected] or call 940-202-4500 ext 101

08/25/2022

Photo description: This is a flyer with purple, green, gold, light yellow, white, and black on it. Across the top is a purple line below on the left is a 3D star that says Area Agency on Aging OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
Next to this on the right is a bird in flight and under it says James L West CENTER for DEMENTIA CARE
On a white background in purple text, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy), Normal Pressure Hydro-cephalus, Epilepsy and Seizures : How They Affect the Brain
On a yellow background in purple text, Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. **Complimentary CEUs available for licensed RNs, LVNs, Social Workers and LPCs in Texas
On a gold background in purple text, Presenters: Jamie Cobb, CAEd, Vice President of Dementia & Caregiving Education - James L. West Center for Dementia Care and/or Hollie Glover, MA, LPC, NCC, Director of Education and Family Support Services -James L. West Center for Dementia Care
On yellow background in purple text, Online Registration Required at: https://tbi_cte_nph_epilepsy_seizures_9-13-2022.eventbrite.com
**Webinar instructions will be emailed to registered participants one day prior to the webinar. For Questions please contact: NCT AAA: Marty Mascari: [email protected] or call 940-202-4500 ext. 101

08/24/2022

Photo description: This is a flyer that has white, purple, yellow, gold, green, and blue.
There is a purple line across the top. Below is a green 3D star and in green txt says Area Agency on Aging OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS on a white background. In a gold rectangle in purple text, you're invited to a FREE webinar for family members and professionals
IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENTS EVERY ADULT NEEDS
On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
***Commentary (JUEISPRUDENCE) CEUs available for Nurses. LPCs, Licensed Social Workers and Assisted Living Facility Managers***
On a gold rectangle in purple text, Presenter: Fred Haiman, Attorney & Partner - Haiman+Hogue, PLLC
On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Online Registration Required at: https://imprtant_legal_documents_adults_need_8-30-2022.eventbrite.com
Webinar Instructions will be emailed to registered participants one day prior to the webinar. For questions please contact: NCT AAA: Marty Mascari: [email protected] or call 940-202-4500 ext 101

08/04/2022

New Ability Tools Weekly!

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Accessible Fashion: Clothing

Fashion and Assistive Technology might seem like a bizarre intersection, but for most people with disabilities, it makes complete sense.

Adaptive clothing can help people with a variety of disabilities manage their clothing independently throughout the entire day. Just as there is a myriad of disabilities, there is also a myriad of adaptive clothing needs. You might need clothing that is easier to put on in a sitting position, that can accommodate limb difference, allow for medical device access, doesn’t require fine motor skills to interact with or offers smaller size options for adult styles of clothing. On top of these need related differences, the number of considerations increase exponentially when choice of adaptation comes into play like: magnetic vs Velcro closures; back, side and hidden access openings; designs that are toileting-friendly; provide seated comfort; offer step-in options; grant easy access points; or soft/sensory-friendly material types. All of this comes into play, many times, before the user’s sense of taste is even brought into the picture. That is why Where It’s AT is here with a current set of adaptive clothing options and vendors. That way, your clothes are not only functional for your needs, but are also the form of self-expression they should be.

 Tommy Hilfiger has an adaptive clothing line, with adaptive features like easy open necklines, magnetic buttons and pull up loops. They have their offerings broken into a women’s adaptive line and a men’s adaptive line.

 JCPenny has an adaptive clothing line that sports tons of adaptive features, such as; Hook and loop fasteners, tag free clothing, flat seams, hook and loop flys and seated rises. Not only this, but they also offer their adaptive clothing line in plus sizes, showing that they understand that the disability community is diverse and intersectional.

 Silverts offers clothing options covering a wide range of needs, from Assisted Dressing to Self Dressing to Recovery Wear.

 IZ is a clothing line dedicated to creating clothes that are accessible for wheelchair users, offering options like seamless back jeans, no rear pockets, or pull tabs and are cut for a seated frame. .

 Kathy D Woods has a clothing line tailored for little people. Despite the modest selection, what she does have is absolutely gorgeous. Her dresses, blouses and blazers are absolutely stunning and you will want them in your closet immediately.

 Seven7 offers premium denim jeans with a great adaptive line. Their clothes have faux front flys, Velcro and magnets to simplify fastening and Velcro fastening at side hems to accommodate leg braces and orthotics.

 Reboundware designs their clothes to be fashionable and functional. Their tops have strategically placed 2-way zipper openings at shoulders, side seams, front that provide access for heart monitors, ports, infusions, and facilitates shoulder surgery recovery. Their bottoms have strategically located side seam zippers that provide access to the waist, hips, upper and lower leg, pull loops to minimize bending, they eliminate the need to fully undress for physical therapy treatments, icing, and medical exams, can accommodates casts, boots, braces, prosthetics, and external fixation devices, and support recovery after hip or knee surgery.

 Zappos has a small sizes guide that can be very useful for people of short stature.

 Professional Fit Clothing has jumpsuits, elastic waisted pants, and body shirts. They also have a line of Pica behavior clothing that is made out of an outdoor waterproof polyester that will hold up to aggressive picking.

 Ministry of Supply offers Kinetic Adaptive Pants for wheelchair users that have darted knees, reinforced inner waistband grab handles, and low-profile pockets

 Joe & Bella have adaptive clothing options like pants with long, easy-to-grab pull tabs on side zippers that run from from waist to knee and a third zipper that allows the full front to be opened and tops with magnetic snap closures and snaps at shoulders to avoid pressure points.

 MagnaReady® sells casualwear, activewear and sleepwear that are made more accessible by magnetically infusing the garments for ease of dressing.
 Able2 Wear promotes that they are the “UK’s leading supplier of wheelchair clothing and adaptive clothing”, offering waterproof wheelchair items, Velcro fastening shirts and elasticated waist trousers.

 One Stone Clothing is a very limited clothing line, but is specifically designed for little people.

 Alter UR Ego sells some fantastic jeans for wheelchair users, sporting features like pockets on the thighs, an elastic high-back waistline, and pull straps and please don’t navigate away from this shop without taking a look at their “I’m in it for the parking” and Literally can’t stand it” t-shirts. I can’t get enough of this shop.
 Adaptive Clothing Showroom has a clothing shop that includes anti-strip jumpsuits, back snap t-shirts and boxers with side snap and hook and loop closures.

 Unhidden carries a small selection of contemporary clothing that features concealed chest openings, side openings for tube access, and concealed popper tape on sleeves.

 Although Slick Chicks is primarily known for their accessible underwear options, they have a very stylish loungewear line, with raised back and lowered front waists, full zipper openings along side seams, dropped armholes, and openings designed for the purpose of tube routing.

 Easy Access Clothing has a clothing line with they have pants that can lay flat and open, requiring no lifting, allowing you to dress in a wrap around method. Some clothes have reinforced wrist loops for lifting while dressing. They offer pants that have a wider cut and higher rise in the back for comfort and coverage. They even have bodysuits with scooped necklines that leave room for a trach and have snap access to help the bodysuit stay tucked in while still providing easy access for toileting.

 No Limbits clothing line was created with amputees, wheelchair users, and those with limited dexterity and sensory sensitivities in mind. They offer pants with reinforced materials that help to prevent ripping and have hidden zippers on the inseams of both legs so to provide access to your prosthesis.

 It Actually Fits is a clothing line for little people with great semiformal dresses, tops, and bottoms.

 Patti + Ricky have a substantial line of adaptive clothing that includes seated skirts, treatment wear, sensory friendly pieces, and seated wear.

 Buck & Buck sells “clothing that promotes independent dressing, or styles that make dressing a loved one easier”. They have a wide variety of options like coats, pantsuits, sweatsuits, and vests.

 Rolli-Moden has cool clothing items for wheelchair users like dress jackets with features like short lapels, short cut fronts and short cut backs that only go to the seat and tops that are short in the front and longer in back with wider necks for easier dressing.

 Authored has a small line of clothing that sports features like side-zip pants and collar line zip tops.

 And if you still just aren’t able to find what you are looking for, you can always utilize services like Custom Adaptive Clothing by Cover Up Shop where you can buy off the rack in their adaptive clothing shop, or send in your own clothing items to be tailored to your needs by their expert staff. To that point, you can always look around to find out if there any local tailors who can make alterations as needed.

08/04/2022

Adaptive Clothing Shop | Adaptive Accessories | JCPenney

Adaptive clothing can help people with a variety of disabilities manage their clothing independently throughout the entire day. Just as there is a myriad of disabilities, there is also a myriad of adaptive clothing needs. You might need clothing that is easier to put on in a sitting position, that can accommodate limb difference, allow for medical device access, doesn’t require fine motor skills to interact with or offers smaller size options for adult styles of clothing. On top of these need related differences, the number of considerations increase exponentially when choice of adaptation comes into play like: magnetic vs Velcro closures; back, side and hidden access openings; designs that are toileting-friendly; provide seated comfort; offer step-in options; grant easy access points; or soft/sensory-friendly material types. All of this comes into play, many times, before the user’s sense of taste is even brought into the picture. That is why Where It’s AT is here with a current set of adaptive clothing options and vendors. That way, your clothes are not only functional for your needs, but are also the form of self-expression they should be.

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08/04/2022

Medicare Monday - Medicare Options and Solar Sales Scams

This is a flyer with purple, gold, white, green, blue, yellow, and black. Across the top is a purple line, under this is a gold rectangle and in purple text states MEDICARE MONDAYS
In green on a white background is a 3D star next to it says Area Agency on Aging OF NORTH TEXAS
On the right side of this is side on a white background outlined in light-yellow, in black text says TEXAS then there are to people figures the big one is in light green with its arms in the air as if they were saying Tada, the smaller person figure is in blue with the same stance as the bigger one, above them are big and little stars some light green some blue, total is 8 stars. Next to it says in green and blue text SMP
Below on a gold rectangle out lined in purple, also in purple text says FREE WEBINAR for consumers, family members and professionals
On a white background in purple text, Medicare Options and Solar Sales Scams
On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Monday, August 8, 2022, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. OR 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
***Complimentary CEUs available for licensed social workers and LPCs in Texas***
On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Online Registration Required at: https://medicare_mondays_8-8-2022.eventbrite.com
*** 3 p.m. session will be a recording of the 10 a.m. session with live answers to questions. **Webinar login instructions will be emailed to those registered, via ZOOM from [email protected] 1 hour prior to the event (NOT FROM EVENTBRITE) **
For questions please contact: NCT AAA: Marty Mascari: [email protected] or call 940-202-4500 ext 101

FREE webinar for consumers, family members and professionals

07/14/2022

Photo description: This is a flyer that has white, purple, yellow, gold, green, and blue.
There is a purple line across the top. Below is a green 3D star and in green txt says Area Agency on Aging OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS on a white background. In a gold rectangle in purple text, you're invited to a FREE webinar for family members and professionals
On a white background in purple text, borderline personality disorder: Causes, Treatments and How Loved Ones Can Help
On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Wednesday, July 27, 2022
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ***Complimentary CEUs available for LPCs and Licensed Social Workers***
On a gold rectangle in purple text, Presenters: Dr. Ron Mottern, PhD, LCDC - Executive Director, Mottern Institute for Mind-Body Wellness
On a yellow rectangle in purple text, Online Registration Required at: https://borderline-personality-disorder_7-27-2022.eventbrite.com
Webinar Instructions will be emailed to registered participants one day prior to the webinar via Zoom. For questions please contact: NCTAAA: Marty Mascari: [email protected] or call 940-202-4500 ext 101
Funded, in part, By Texas Health and Human Services