{"id":2272,"date":"2016-11-22T15:30:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T21:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2017-10-21T17:22:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T22:22:49","slug":"senior-services-for-the-blind-and-the-silver-tsunami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2272","title":{"rendered":"Senior Services for the Blind and the Silver Tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3105\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2272-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Senior_Services_worker_6.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Senior_Services_worker_6.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Senior_Services_worker_6.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Blind Abilities Presents: Senior Services for the Blind and the Silver Tsunami<br \/>\nSenior Services for the Blind is available from your State Services. Paul mattsen, a counselor in the Senior Services Unit talks to us about what they offer and what the future looks like as the Baby Boomer\u2019s Silver Tsunami approaches.<br \/>\nWith the vast number of seniors and the inevitable increase of people seeking blind services, state agencies are looking for ways to take on the challenge. Whether it be groups and organizations or local gatherings, <!--more--><br \/>\nanything to help the seniors gain access and learn about alternative techniques is just one more tool in the tool box as they face the increasing number of clients applying for services.<br \/>\nPete Lane talks about his iAccess group that teaches those in the Jacksonville area about the iPhone and how to use the Voiceover accessibility found in each Apple product.<br \/>\nLori Thompson shares her experience with a seniors group supported by State Services.<br \/>\nVirginia Christianson tells us how she gained confidence while attending a Living with Blindness group.<br \/>\nIf you or someone you know is beginning to have difficulty reading the printed word, seeing at night, or seeing distances, call your state agency and find out what they offer.<br \/>\nYou can go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afb.org\/directory.aspx?action=results\">AFB.org<\/a> and look up the contact information for your state.<br \/>\nIf you are from Minnesota, you can learn more about State Services and what they have to offer, on the web at <a href=\"http:\/\/mn.gov\/deed\/job-seekers\/blind-visual-impaired\/seniors\/\">www.MNSSB.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information and podcasts with a Blindness perspective:<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3107\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2272-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Senior_Services_worker_6.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Senior_Services_worker_6.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Senior_Services_worker_6.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Senior_Services_worker_6.mp3Blind Abilities Presents: Senior Services for the Blind and the Silver Tsunami Senior Services for the Blind is available from your State Services. Paul mattsen, a counselor in the Senior Services Unit talks to us about what they offer and what the future looks like as the Baby Boomer\u2019s Silver Tsunami approaches. With the vast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[310,495,498],"tags":[164,458],"class_list":["post-2272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-independentliving","category-lifeenrichment","category-seniors","tag-interview","tag-services"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-AE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3342,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3342","url_meta":{"origin":2272,"position":0},"title":"Meet Pioneer for Employment and Advocate  Sassy Outwater-Wright and MABVI, First Partners in the Aira Employer  Network","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"February 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Aira presents this Blind Abilities production of an interview with Sassy Outwater-Wright. 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