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3 Ways To Guard Against Letting Someone’s Betrayal Define Your Life

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Betrayal comes in many variations: a friend gossiping about a secret you shared in confidence; a relative taking advantage of your hospitality to steal from you; a spouse engaging in an affair.

But regardless of what form betrayal takes, the results share something in common.

“Betrayal destroys trust, and since trust is the foundation of all relationships, it’s no wonder that betrayal does such damage,” says Elaine Eisenman, PhD, co-author with Susan Stautberg of Betrayed: A Survivor’s Guide to Lying, Cheating, & Double-Dealing (www.bouncefrombetrayal.com).

These two successful business women say they themselves have experienced betrayal professionally and personally. But the good news, Stautberg says, is that despite the initial trauma, pain, and humiliation, most people survive and recover from betrayal and become stronger and wiser as a result.

“Recovery is not a single point in time; it is an ongoing process,” she says. “One day, you’ll discover there are simply more ups than downs. Hang on to that because it will steer you through darker moments.”

In the meantime, Stautberg and Eisenman offer a few suggestions on how to guard against letting someone’s betrayal define your life:

Listen to your gut. Your gut instinct is an incredible natural warning system, Eisenman says. “It can help you sense a betrayal before it becomes a reality,” she says. Instead of closing your eyes or creating excuses for someone else’s odd behavior, listen carefully to your uneasy feelings. Those nagging doubts can help you avoid a betrayal, or at the very least, lessen the impact of one.”

Hold onto your power. Even while you are navigating through a fog of deception and hurt, you do hold some cards. “You just need to step back and see them,” Stautberg says. For example, you alone decide whether or not to forgive your betrayer. “By recognizing and addressing the new challenges, making decisions about your next steps, and retaining your sense of self, you reclaim your power,” she says. “Those who recover best never relinquish power to the betrayer.”

Have the courage to move forward. It’s important to face the fact you aren’t in control of certain events and you will never create a perfect do-over that will fix everything, Einsenman says. “To begin the act of recovery look the nasty circumstances in the eye and see them for what they are,” she says. “The fallout from betrayal says more about the betrayer’s values than it does about you, so toss the bad stuff in the garbage and put a permanent lid on it.”

“Hurt, setbacks, and diabolical events touch all of our lives; there is no escape,” Stautberg says. “But inside all of us are the keys to unlock our courage and strength, and that’s how we move on and build a better future.”

About Elaine Eisenman, PhD

Elaine Eisenman, PhD, co-author with Susan Stautberg of Betrayed: A Survivor’s Guide to Lying, Cheating, & Double Dealing (www.bouncefrombetrayal.com), currently serves as an independent Board Director for DBI, Inc. (NYSE), as well as for AtmosXR and Miravan, both privately held companies. She is the Managing Director of Saeje Advisors, LLC, an advisory firm for high growth ventures. Former Dean of Executive and Enterprise Education at Babson College, she works closely with CEOs and their executive teams to create cultures that accelerate growth. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of turning risk into opportunity.

 

About Susan Stautberg

Susan Stautberg is Governance Advisor to the portfolio companies of Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm. She is also President and CEO of PartnerCom Corporation and Chair Emeritus of the WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation (WCD). Susan addresses groups around the world, including leading business schools and CEO conferences. She has written or been featured in numerous articles including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times and her on-air experience includes Oprah, The Today Show, CBS Evening News, CNNand many others.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® to Raise $1 Million in One Day For Second Consecutive Year in Support of HBCUs

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Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., presents $1.6 million to Historically Black College and University (HBCU) presidents at Chicago headquarters during February 2019 ceremony.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® seeks to raise $1 million in 24 hours for a second consecutive year during HBCU Impact Day on September 16, 2019.  As part of a four-year $10 million fundraising goal, AKA International President Dr. Glenda Glover is leading the challenge for contributions that can help to secure fiscal sustainability and success across all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

“This year, we are simultaneously launching a ten-month campaign to secure larger corporate giving matches, corporate pledges and donations to our AKA-HBCU Endowment Fund, while continuing our efforts to support these all-important educational institutions,” said Dr. Glover, who is also president of Tennessee State University, and an HBCU graduate.

On September 16, as part of the sorority’s recognition of HBCU week, chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will host fundraising events around the globe. Donors can make contributions by texting AKAHBCU to 44321, giving by mail or online at http://aka1908.com/hbcus/donate-hbcu during the 24-hour campaign. Money raised through HBCU Impact Day will assist in providing financial support to these schools over the next three years.

“Last year, our members and supporters surpassed our million dollar goal in one day, and we began distributing funds almost immediately to support HBCUs around the country,” added Dr. Glover.

“This was a historic moment for Alpha Kappa Alpha, but it was also just as historic and meaningful for our HBCU families.”

In February, AKA gifted $1.6 million from their AKA-HBCU Endowment Fund to 32 HBCUs. Presidents from these institutions joined Dr. Glover and sorority leadership at a special Black History Month program at the Ivy Center International Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.

Organizations that provided the largest corporate matches to the AKA-HBCU Endowment Fund in 2018 were Caterpillar, General Electric, Hilton, Houston ISD, IBM, SAP America, State Farm Companies Foundation, UnitedHealth Group, and Wells Fargo Bank.

These endowment funds can help schools reduce student debt through scholarships, fund industry-specific research, recruit and retain top faculty, and much more.  According to The Network Journal, roughly a quarter of all African Americans with bachelor degrees graduated from an HBCU (22%). HBCUs have historically served all people regardless of race or economic standing and continue to do so. These schools are often the largest employer in rural areas, and educate students from pre-K through college via teacher education programs, charter schools and early college high schools housed on their campuses.  AKA believes the importance of these environments of higher learning and the need to support them has never diminished.

For a complete list of institutions funded in the first cycle from the AKA-HBCU Endowment Fund, and more information on the sorority’s commitment to HBCUs, visit our online pressroom at www.AKA1908.com/news-events/.

About Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (AKA) is an international service organization that was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1908. It is the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African-American college-educated women. Alpha Kappa Alpha is comprised of nearly 300,000 members in more than 1,000 graduate and undergraduate chapters in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Liberia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Canada, Japan, Germany, South Korea, South Africa, and in the Middle East.  Led by International President Glenda Glover, PhD., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is often hailed as “America’s premier Greek-letter organization for African-American women.” For more information on Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and its programs, log onto www.AKA1908.com

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month

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Sickle Cell of Georgia Logo (PRNewsfoto/SCFG)

Sickle Cell disease is a condition that affects people around the world. In Georgia, there are more than 7,000 people living with Sickle Cell. “We want to raise awareness about the serious health problems associated with Sickle Cell Disease which is characterized by debilitating pain and life-threatening complications,” said Deborah McGhee McCrary, CEO of the SCFG. “Awareness month is filled with health fairs, fundraisers, information on testing, and the latest research and treatments for Sickle Cell.

The Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia (SCFG) will host the 6th Annual Walk-A-Mile for Sickle Cell in a new historic Southwest side location, along the picturesque Atlanta BeltLine, which stitches together Atlanta’s west side neighborhoods. The Atlanta BeltLine West End Trail offers a bicycle and pedestrian-safe corridor surrounded by mature trees and grasses thanks to Trees Atlanta.

The trail is also home to an art installation honoring the civil rights leadership of the past with a photography exhibition titled, Atlanta Civil Rights Movement 1944-1968.  The community is invited to come out and take a leisurely walk for a great cause and join in on the fun of the day.  Registration is open at www.sicklecellga.org/walkamile.

The Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia (SCFG) is asking all Georgians to get involved and make a difference. SCFG activities include the Annual Walk-A-Mile for Sickle Cell on the Atlanta West BeltLine, a Candlelight Vigil, Volunteer Meet & Greet, Family Game Night, Health Fairs and Free Testing.

To learn more about Sickle Cell Awareness Month or to book an interview, contact the Foundation at 404-755-1641. Media appearances are welcome.

Socialist Price Controls Will Harm American Patients

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Socialist Price Controls Will Harm American Patients
By Sally C. Pipes

The Trump administration is planning one of the biggest changes to Medicare in decades.

The draft rule would effectively bring socialist drug price controls to the United States. The change would threaten patients’ health and discourage companies from funding experimental treatments for deadly diseases.

The rule impacts Medicare Part B, which covers drugs administered via shots and IV drips in hospitals and doctor’s offices. Most cancer treatments, for instance, are covered through Part B.

Part B drugs cost more in America than in countries like Canada and the United Kingdom, which impose strict price controls on prescription drugs. If bureaucratic agencies — such as Canada’s Patented Medicine Prices Review Board — deem a drug too expensive, they refuse to cover it.

Apparently, the Trump administration thinks these countries have the right idea. Officials believe that tying Medicare reimbursements to the average prices paid for drugs in a handful of foreign countries, where price controls are common, would reduce Part B drug spending.

Americans have little to gain and much to lose from statist price controls.

Drug development is risky. It can take decades and cost a staggering $2.9 billion to develop a new medicine. Most experimental drugs never even make it out of the lab. Manufacturers fund future research with the revenue from just a handful of successful products.

The rule would make drug development far less appealing. If the potential return on investment were capped, companies would have little reason to spend billions trying to develop new medicines.

History shows us what happens to drug development when price controls are employed. Europe was a hotbed of drug innovation in the 1970s, producing over half all drugs worldwide. But European nations gradually ramped up price controls in the ensuing decades.

U.S. leaders resisted that temptation — which explains why America now attracts 75 percent of global biopharmaceutical venture capital investments and develops more than half of the world’s medicines, while Europe invents a mere third of drugs.

Price controls may yield some short-term savings, but they would cost patients dearly in the long run.

Sally C. Pipes is president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute. Her latest book is The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care (Encounter). Follow her on Twitter @sallypipes.

Teams from Across North America Selected for Fourth Annual ‘Google for Startups’ Black Founders Exchange

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September Immersion Program Hosted for Companies with High Growth Potential at American Underground Startup Hub

Black Founders Often Isolated in ‘Entrepreneurial Deserts’ Will Connect with Rigorous Programming, Face Business Challenges Head-On 

 

(DURHAM, NC) – September 10, 2019 – American Underground and Google for Startups are excited to announce that from the over 160 applications received, 11 high-growth potential startups have been selected to participate in the fourth annual Black Founders Exchange from September 22-27 in Durham, North Carolina. In addition to welcoming these 11 new startups to the expanding Black Founders Exchange network as the 2019 cohort, American Underground and Google for Startups will also welcome back founders from past cohorts for the first-ever Alumnae Summit.

The 11 participating companies selected for the 2019 cohort have varied and diverse missions – focusing on, among other fields, health care, wealth management, property tech, supply chain software, social media, and renewable energy:

Black Founders Exchange is an intensive immersion program founded in 2016 to further American Underground and Google for Startup’s shared goal to support founders of color. Programming focuses on how to navigate obstacles that are often faced by attendees- everything from what to do when facing racial bias in fundraising or how to build an effective network even if a startup is based in a so-called ‘entrepreneurial desert.’ The full itinerary is here. Photos and other images here.

From 2016 to present, 19 participating companies have collectively raised over $10.8M in funding since completing the program. This includes the 2016 cohort graduate SpokeHub, that completed a historic raise of $2M from primarily Black investors and 2017 cohort graduate Partake Foods, which raised a $1M seed round led by Jay-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners. The goal of the program is for at least half of the startups to be funded within nine months of the program’s conclusion. In past years, many startups reach that goal or have gotten well on their way, thanks to the week’s grand finale event – a Google for Startups Demo Day event where founders pitch to a room of investors and community leaders.

This is also the first year that programming will include an Alumni Summit designed to continue support founders from past cohorts with the knowledge, connections, and resources as they are looking to expand their businesses to new markets. Alumni schedules will include one-on-one sessions focused on operational feedback from regional and national business experts, technical insight from Google employees, and opportunities to connect with investors from around the country. In addition to attending the Alumnae Summit, select companies will offer insights and lessons learned to the new cohort of startups.

Follow Black Founders Exchange at the following social media handles and through the hashtag #BlackFoundersExchange: Instagram: @AmerUnderground, @GoogleForStartups, Facebook: /AmericanUnderground, /GoogleForStartups, Twitter: @AmerUnderground, @GoogleStartups

Quotes

  • Molly Demarest, General Manager, American Underground

    • “The American Underground believes that economic opportunity increases when there is a diverse and inclusive startup ecosystem. Our Black Founders Exchange program is uniquely designed to both address the challenges and celebrate the experiences of being a Black founder in tech. The traction and success delivered by the alumni to date is evidence that this is the premier program for early-stage, Black founders nationally. We are excited to continue our partnership with Google for Startups in welcoming our fourth cohort.”

  • Nicole Froker, Partner Manager, Google for Startups

    • “Supporting the growth and success of underrepresented founders is core to Google for Startup’s mission. This program has proven its success year after year in equipping founders with the resources, networks, and expertise needed to scale their companies to the next level. ”

About American Underground
Dubbed the “Startup Hub of the South” by CNBC, American Underground [AU] is one of eleven Google for Startups Tech Hubs in North America. Based in Durham, NC, and supporting 325+ startups and scaleups across the Triangle Region, American Underground designs for any founder building a product towards scale, with an emphasis on those currently underrepresented in tech. Today, over 50% of American Underground companies are led by a woman and/or persons of color. With over $211 million in funding raised and 3,100+ and counting net new jobs created, American Underground companies continue to exemplify that startups increase and diversify economic opportunity, but require cultivation. Through connections, content, and workspace that tap the region’s ecosystem of experts, American Underground’s community of 32,000+ is the Triangle’s front door to the resources startups, founders and their employees need.

About Google for Startups
Google for Startups brings the best of Google’s connections, products, and best practices to startups to help them grow. Through six international campuses, 11 tech hub partnerships in the United States, and 50+ partner organizations, Google for Startups builds thriving communities of top startups and connects them to each other and to Google, recognizing that having the right connections is key for success. To learn more about Google for Startups, visitstartup.google.com or follow us on Twitter (@GoogleStartups).

The Strong America Tour Is Coming to Seattle. Here’s Why It Matters.

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The way we build our cities is fundamentally flawed, says Chuck Marohn, founder and president of Strong Towns. Come hear him speak on why we need a bottom-up revolution…and what you can do to make a difference.

Charles L. “Chuck” Marohn, Jr., founder of Strong Towns, will be coming to Seattle, Washington, as part of his coast-to-coast Strong America Tour. He will be speaking at 12th Avenue Arts from 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. PDT. (To register for the event, which is free and open to the public, visit www.strongtowns.org/eventspage/2019/9/12/seattle-wa.)

Marohn’s tour kicks off the release of his new book, Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity (Wiley, October 2019, ISBN: 978-1-119-56481-2, $25.00). But the bigger reason for the event is to set in motion what he calls a Strong Town Revolution—and we need citizen and government leaders if we want to get it done.

“All across North America, cities and towns are realizing they need a new approach to growth,” he says. “It’s more than a trend; it’s an international movement.”

Marohn is traveling to dozens of communities across North America—big cities and small towns alike—to share the ideas in his book and give audiences a new way to think about how they approach revitalization and growth.

Since World War II, our cities and towns have been built in a way that is fundamentally flawed. We’ve paved endless roads, raised countless buildings, and put more and more infrastructure in the ground, while giving almost no thought to whether future generations will be able to afford to maintain the world we’ll leave them with—or how what we are building makes our communities worse places to live today.

Strong Towns aims to help communities break this cycle by shifting to a radically new way of thinking about the way we build our world—or, more accurately, a way of thinking that seems radically new but is actually rooted in ancient wisdom.

“Only when we embrace the lessons our ancestors learned over thousands of years of trial and error can we restore strength and stability to our communities and stop the long, slow decline we’re experiencing,” says Marohn.

He says that in order to truly thrive, cities and towns must turn back the clock and:

  • Stop valuing efficiency and start valuing resilience;
  • Stop betting our futures on huge, irreversible projects, and start taking small, incremental steps and iterating based on what we learn;
  • Stop fearing change and start embracing a process of continuous adaptation;
  • Stop building our world based on abstract theories, and start building it based on how our places actually work and what our neighbors actually need today;
  • Stop obsessing about future growth and start obsessing about our current finances.

“We believe that Strong Citizens from all walks of life can and must participate in a Strong Towns approach—from citizens to leaders, professionals to neighbors, and everyone in between,” says Marohn. “And if you are reading this, that means we need you.”

Thursday’s presentation will begin by showcasing why so many towns in North America are struggling financially despite decades of robust growth. Marohn will then invite the audience to “choose their own adventure” from a range of presentation tracks and go deeper into just one area where their unique community can make a change today. Designed to be dynamic and bespoke to each town, the Strong America presentation is part community conversation, part lecture from an expert, and the catalyst you need for your place to become financially stronger.

In every stop on the tour, a Strong Towns staff member will write an essay about the stories they find there. Then, Marohn will put all of the essays together in a new e-book that paints a portrait of what a Strong America looks like today. It will include photos, profiles of local advocates doing what they can to make their own towns stronger, tour diary updates from the road, and great writing from Strong Towns advocates from across the country.

Seattle also will be featured in other Strong Towns content and on Strong Towns social media feeds, which reach an international audience of millions of readers annually.

Marohn says he was thrilled by the hundreds of requests for proposals to host Strong America Tour stops.

“It’s clear that cities and towns of every size are hungry for a new approach that can help them grow financially strong and resilient,” he says. “Every time I visit a different town, I am gratified to see how passionate and smart and creative people can be. Meeting people, hearing their stories, and exchanging ideas is my favorite part of the job.”

To see some of the other towns that are on the Strong America Tour, visit www.strongtowns.org/events.

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About the Author:
Charles L. “Chuck” Marohn, Jr., is the founder and president of Strong Towns and the author of Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity. He is a professional engineer (PE) licensed in the state of Minnesota and a land use planner with two decades of experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s of urban and regional planning, both from the University of Minnesota. Marohn hosts the Strong Towns Podcast and has presented Strong Towns concepts in hundreds of cities and towns across North America. He is featured in the documentary film Owned: A Tale of Two Americas, and was named one of the Ten Most Influential Urbanists of all time byPlanetizen.

About Strong Towns:
Strong Towns is a national media organization whose mission is to advocate for a model of development that allows America’s cities, towns, and neighborhoods to grow financially strong and resilient. Strong Towns began in 2008 as a blog written by Charles Marohn. Today, it is a nonprofit publishing daily content by dozens of contributors, sharing weekly podcasts, and giving presentations around the U.S. and Canada. Strong Towns reaches an audience of more than 1.5 million readers per year and has over 2,900 members. Learn more at www.strongtowns.org.

About the Book:
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity (Wiley, October 2019, ISBN: 978-1-119-56481-2, $25.00) will be available at bookstores nationwide, from major online booksellers, and direct from the publisher by calling 800-225-5945. In Canada, call 800-567-4797. For more information, please visit the book’s page on www.wiley.com.

Small Business Matchmaking Made Simple @ Sea-Tac Airport

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Car rental diversity outreach event at Sea-Tac, 30 April 2019.

We would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming Airport Dining and Retail Small Business Vendor Fair. The goal of the event is to provide small minority and women-owned business the opportunity to showcase their products and services to current Airport Concession Operators in an effort to form potential business partnerships. Get your seat at the table by registering.

Addressing the housing affordability crisis, and more work ahead

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You’ve likely heard me say that Washington is facing an affordable housing and homelessness crisis—every district, every county, every community is experiencing this crisis. Despite efforts and resources to date, we simply do not have adequate housing options across income levels and across specialized needs in order to keep Washingtonians housed.​ This crisis also impacts people differently. Renters, LGBTQ people, people of color, and older Washingtonians are more likely to be overburdened by housing costs and/or other barriers, and are at greater risk for displacement.​

That’s why increasing affordable housing stock and mitigating the factors that lead to homelessness were top priorities for Democrats in the 2019 legislative session.

Our work isn’t done, and I need to hear from you to help me prioritize our affordable housing, homelessness, and tenant protection agenda for 2020. Please take a moment to complete my very brief, one question survey (it should take you less than one minute).

Here’s a brief overview of the progress we made this year to increase the supply of housing, protect tenants, reform our broken eviction system, ease homelessness, and address the intersection of behavioral health (mental health & substance use) and homelessness.

Mayor Durkan signs City Council legislation to invest $50 million in permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness. This was made possible by legislation we passed this year allowing cities to implement a local option sales tax bond. But our work isn’t done, and I need to hear from you! Since the 2019 legislative session ended, I’ve continued meeting with constituents, tenants, advocates, and local leaders from around the state to prioritize our efforts at making additional progress to ease our housing affordability and homelessness crises. Here’s where I need your help: please take a quick moment to complete my one-question survey that will help me prepare ahead of the 2020 legislative session to take on powerful special interests, reduce homelessness, protect tenants, and make it possible to find an affordable place to live.

 

Washington health care advocates demand Trump and Congress lower prescription drug prices and cut Big Pharma giveaways in revised NAFTA Deal

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Washington health care advocates will hold a rally at the Jackson Federal Building in Seattle calling on Congress and the Trump Administration to take on big pharmaceutical companies with bold legislative action to lower drug prices rather than more tweaks, half-measures and promises. Activists will demand a comprehensive plan to hold drug makers accountable, end drug monopolies and guarantee all patients can get affordable medicines they need.

Constituents will also urge lawmakers to vote no on the revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deal that President Trump signed last year unless terms locking in high U.S. medicine prices are eliminated.

 

This event is part of  the “People Over Phrama Profits” National Day of Action with thousands of activists across the country demanding President Trump and Congress hold prescription drug corporations accountable.

 

What: Rally calling on President Trump and Congress to lower drug prices

When: 12 pm, Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Where: Jackson Federal Building, 2nd Avenue Plaza, Seattle

Who: Health care advocates from Washington CAN, PSARA, Health Care is a Human Right coalition, Health Care for All Washington, Physicians for a National Health Program

 

Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 deal includes new monopoly powers for pharmaceutical corporations so they can charge more in the United States, Canada and Mexico. After failing to deliver on his 2016 campaign promise to bring down medicine prices, Trump’s new NAFTA could raise some drug prices here and undermine Trump’s recently announced proposal to import cheaper drugs from Canada.

U.S prescription drug prices jumped 10.5 percent over in just the first six months of 2019–the increase is four times faster than inflation.  These  increases are not just for specialty drugs: the cost of the four most popular types of insulin tripled over the past decade. This kind of price gouging kills patients. When people cannot afford medicine, they are often forced to make the painful choice to not take it–turning a routine illness into a life-threatening condition.

Warning Signs of an Unsafe Elderly Driver

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We’ve all heard stories about the dangers of elderly drivers. Driving helps older adults stay mobile and independent, but the risk of being injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash increases as people age. Not only can an unsafe driver kill or injure themselves while on the road, but they can also seriously endanger other drivers and pedestrians.

According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), older drivers are more likely than younger ones to be involved in car accidents. In fact, approximately 500 older Americans are injured every day in crashes. For these reasons, it is imperative for families to keep a close eye on their aging loved ones’ driving abilities and habits.

* What are some of the warning signs that show an elderly person may not be fit to drive?

* What are the ways you can go talk about the situation?

* Is there a certain age when elderly drivers begin to break down?

* What made you become an advocate for the senior community?