Accessible Garden Takes Root
The Buehler Enabling Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden enhances how older adults and people with disabilities experience the outdoors. Fact checked by Jim Lacy The space opened in 2000 with support from the Buehler Family Foundation. It builds on an original garden dating to the 1970s that served rehabilitation patients and people with disabilities. […]
7 Resources for Veterans Available Now
More than 550,000 veterans live in Illinois, according to the most recent numbers from the U.S. Census. That’s a lot of people who could benefit from programs specifically for veterans. Yet, many are unaware of the available benefits, says Jay Latona, chief of the Specially Adapted Housing program for the Veterans Benefits Administration. The Department of […]
Caregiver Compensation
Many veterans’ caregivers qualify for compensation with a little-known Veterans Affairs program. When Kathy Parker became the primary caregiver for her husband, an Army veteran with stage-four kidney failure, she felt confused, scared, and alone. She didn’t know exactly how to take care of him and felt she wasn’t getting the help they needed from […]