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A Gift to Your Family: Advance Directives 22 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
In July, my favorite Aunt died. One of the most generous people I knew, my Aunt was kind until the very end. She had left advance directives, that is, a Health Care Proxy form designating her husband ...
ICS Artists Bound for the Bronx! 15 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
Each week, the ICS Brooklyn office transforms itself—into an art workshop, a music hall, or a photography studio, depending on the day—and helps members come together to socialize. And now I’m excited...
Young Women With Disabilities Flaunt Their Fashions! 8 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm
This Saturday, August 10, a group of New York City’s very own “Push Girls”—young, dynamic, beautiful, community-minded women with disabilities—will host their first fashion show to highlight that wome...
ICS VP for Independent Living Urges Rehab Residents to Remember their Mission 1 Aug 2013 | 06:20 pm
In response to a provocative ICS Voices blog by Anna Fay, ICS VP for Independent Living Services, Adrian Cristian, MD, Rehabilitation Residency Program Director at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in ...
ADA Anniversary – Where We’ve Come From and Where We’re Going 25 Jul 2013 | 08:07 pm
July 26 will mark the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Introduced in 1990 to prevent discrimination towards people with disabilities, the ADA was a landmark piece of legi...
At Nonprofits, Women of Color Need to Lean In Too 18 Jul 2013 | 11:14 pm
“I am a Puerto Rican woman, wife, and mother of three. Eleven years ago, I joined the staff of Independence Care System. I came to ICS as Director of Administration; today, I am Chief Operating Office...
Reflections On The Companionship Exemption 11 Jul 2013 | 11:54 pm
These are likely the final weeks before the U.S. Department of Labor issues its final rules, narrowing the Fair Labor Standards Act “companionship exemption” that currently excludes home care workers ...
Happy Fourth of July! 4 Jul 2013 | 12:17 am
We wish everyone a happy and safe Fourth of July! Our offices will be closed on Thursday in recognition of the holiday. We will reopen on Friday.
City Council Funds Greater Accessibility in HHC Facilities, Thanks ICS for its Advocacy 4 Jul 2013 | 12:15 am
Independence Care System (ICS) and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) applaud the New York City Council for supporting accessible care for people with disabilities in the Health and Hosp...
Confessions of a Committed Caregiver 27 Jun 2013 | 08:00 pm
In 1997, Carmen Gonzalez began to notice that something was wrong with her mother. “I was always close to my mom, and one weekend when I went to visit her, she was repeating herself and not making sen...
