June
Isaacson Kailes (http://www.jik.com)
has a Disability
Policy Consulting practice and is the Associate Director of
the Harris
Family Center for
Disability and Health Policy at Western
University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California. June’s
consulting and publications focus on building actionable disability
competencies in the worlds of health care and emergency management to
ensure
people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs
are
integrated and included in services.
June
is a pioneer, leader, and innovator in the health care
world. June
has over four
decades of health care experience and works internationally, as well as
with
local, state, federal governments and community-based organizations.
Her
breadth and depth of knowledge in access and functional needs and her
work as a
writer, trainer, researcher, policy analyst, advocate and subject
matter expert
is widely known and respected. She has the unique ability to blend and
bridge
two worlds: disability lived experiences and health care.
She
works with a variety of health:
facilities,
plans,
clinics, medical
centers, systems,
government projects
and other consulting firms. in health care. June’s disability
competency workshops
cover the demographics of disability populations (prevalence, causes,
function
versus diagnosis, employment rates, and health disparities) compliance
with the
Americans with Disabilities Act (attitudinal, communication, physical,
medical
equipment and programmatic access), care coordination, long term
support
services and stakeholder engagement.
Her
work offers clarity, precision, and specificity in building
competencies for
inclusive planning and service practices. Examples of her impact,
influence,
and work includes:
Producing
tools to help individuals with disabilities
get the most out of their visits with health care providers. Peer
mentors, counselors,
patient educators, health care navigators, coaches, case managers, care
coordinators, service coordinators, social workers and health care
providers
also use these tools. This material incorporates the specific
realities
of living with disability and functional needs. General
information regarding seeking and getting effective health
care is important for everyone, but information
for the general population is not always equally applicable and usable
by
people with disabilities. Attending to details is a needed survival
skill when
living with functional needs. This detail can be missing when
materials
are produced “for and about” instead “of, with and by,” people with
disabilities. Examples of these
materials are listed below.
Identifying and documenting, in the 1980s that aging with disability issues are not limited to people experiencing post-polio syndrome but are experienced by many who live long term with disability. This real potential threat of a “cascading” or “house of cards effect” related to functional loss and thus loss of independence needed attention. These effects include but are not limited to: increasingl arthritis and pain, deteriorating balance, walking, the threat of falls or injuries, loss of ability to exercise, as well as common age-related changes that everyone experiences. These changes can potentially threaten the ability to drive or operate a mobility device safety. June continues to advocate for essential interventions in the form of periodic assessments that factor in exercise and use of technology be standardized and available
Examples of her
frequently used and cited publications and
materials include:
California Medi-Cal Provider Site Review Tools:
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CV / Resume
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