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Taping Doctors' Conversations Helps Parents of Newborns in Intensive Care
THURSDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of infants hospitalized in intensive-care units are often upset and stressed and don't always fully understand what the doctors are telling them. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:02:45 GMT)

Experts Available to Discuss Elder Caregiving Issues
ExpertSource: TOPIC: As the baby boomer generation ages, many are becoming concerned with how our society will deal with caring for the large, elderly population, according to an article by The Morning News. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:16:32 GMT)

Differing health-care visions key to final debate in Alberta Tory leader race
CALGARY (CP) - Alberta Tory leadership candidate Jim Dinning warned Thursday that health care under the privatization plans of rival Ted Morton would see seniors using charge cards to pay for basic care and whole health regions going without staff. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:26:00 GMT)

War-torn families: Family-care plan helpful when parents deploy
The first time 3-year-old Makayla Meals called her “Mommy,” Michelle Butler wondered what to do. Makayla and her younger brother, Hunter, 2, already have a mommy, but the little girl’s confusion was understandable. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:55:47 GMT)

Take 5: Elder care
CLINTON - When Kathryn Johnson discusses elder care, she draws on personal experience. She is caretaker for her 83-year-old mother, Isabel Johnson of Clinton. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:49:30 GMT)

Senior Center more than just activities
The Natchez Senior Citizen’s Multipurpose Center is not only a place for seniors to participate in a broad spectrum of activities, but also a place to form friendships and sometimes find love. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:55:37 GMT)

Provide a gift for a needy senior through local program
Residents may purchase a gift to be given to a local needy senior citizen in the Be a Santa to a Senior program. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:54:36 GMT)

Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Michigan And Blue Care Network Raise Awareness Of Depression And Suicide In Aging Populations
Working to reduce the social stigma of depression and increase Michigan residents' awareness of depression so they can access care, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) and its HMO affiliate, Blue Care Network (BCN) of Michigan, are sponsoring a broad-reaching educational initiative aim [click link for full article] (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:13:18 GMT)

Jail health-care troubles put inmates at risk, report says
King County's watchdog is worried that ongoing problems in jail health care are endangering inmates, and it has sent a damning report to... (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:39:32 GMT)

Attorney to be lauded with humanitarian award
TOMS RIVER — Attorney Robert C. Novy will be honored with a humanitarian award today as part of a luncheon that will also honor the volunteers of the Alzheimer's Respite Care program of Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:34:49 GMT)

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. Terminates Remaining Sunrise Management Contracts
NEWTON, Mass.----Five Star Quality Care, Inc. announced today that it has terminated the seven remaining management agreements under which Sunrise Senior Living Services, Inc. managed senior living communities for Five Star. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:11:00 GMT)

Sex abuse casts shadow on childhood
Sambava, Madagascar _ Thirty miles outside this down-at-the-heels seaside town, Justin Betombo tends his vanilla plants and cheers the local soccer team as if he had not a care in the world. And in fact, what was once his greatest worry has been almost magically lifted from his shoulders. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:02:32 GMT)

Taping Doctors' Conversations Helps Parents of Newborns in Intensive Care
Title: Taping Doctors' Conversations Helps Parents of Newborns in Intensive Care Category: Health News Created: 12/1/2006 2:05:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/1/2006 2:05:28 AM (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:37:33 GMT)

Worship Services
Holy Communion will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Dec. 3. Sunday school for pre-school through fifth grade begins at 9 a.m. After service and coffee hour, there will be a meeting on elder care. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:46:56 GMT)

Pentagon looks to meet needs of autistic kids
The Pentagon needs help from military families with autistic children to create a new segment of its Extended Care Health Option (ECHO) program. (Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:52:36 GMT)

Duel-career military face child care issues when deployed
The first time 3-year-old Makayla Meals called her “Mommy,” Michelle Butler wondered what to do. Makayla and her younger brother, Hunter, 2, already have a mommy, but the little girl’s confusion was understandable. (Sat, 02 Dec 2006 06:56:12 GMT)

Senior Volunteers
Our Place respite care site in Clarke County needs volunteers on Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging and housed in the Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville, Our Place provides a social care setting for adults with Alzheimer’s disease. (Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:06:54 GMT)

Council welcomes inspection into adult social care services
East Sussex County Council has welcomed the results of the latest Government assessment of its adult social care services. (02/12/2006 08:11:21) (Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:27:33 GMT)

Health-care changes could affect Ulster County-run nursing home
KINGSTON - On the heels of a state commission report that recommended merging Kingston and Benedictine hospitals, a group of Ulster County legislators is calling for the creation of a blue-ribbon commission to address health-care needs in the county with particular attention to the future of the county-run Golden Hill Health Care Center. (Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:53:35 GMT)

Profile of a Newsmaker: Care worker is 'center of ... department'
In the news : Linda Walsh, patient care services coordinator at Day Kimball Hospital, is the hospital's November employee of the month. The Employee Council selected Walsh after reviewing various nominations from the hospital staff. (Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:16:02 GMT)

Holiday hopes
Home Instead Senior Care is teaming with local retailers and nonprofits on the "Be a Santa to a Senior" program. (Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:33:14 GMT)

Business buzz: Skin and Body Care spa debuts in Bradenton
Advance Skin Body Care Day Spa Hair Studio will mark the opening of its newly built 3,000-square-foot day spa from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at 104 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton. (Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:36:08 GMT)

Be Santa to a senior this year
'BE a Santa to a Senior," the popular nationwide campaign that delivered more than 200,000 gifts to 122,000 needy seniors throughout North America since being introduced by Home Instead Senior Care (Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:32:05 GMT)

Texas eyes elder care, Medicaid
As costs soar, state will encourage residents to plan, buy insurance. (Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:47:51 GMT)

Hospitals, Unions Fault Panel's Plan ; Divisions in Health Care Community Surface at State Senate Hearing
By Tom Precious Union leaders joined with hospitals facing closing or cutbacks Friday, charging that a state commission's recommendation for restructuring the health care industry was based on faulty information and vastly underestimated the costs of shuttering the institutions. (Sun, 03 Dec 2006 03:13:01 GMT)

Medicaid changes spousal limits
Many couples fear the day a spouse will have to enter a skilled care nursing home, in large part, because the healthy spouse may not be able to live... (Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:39:01 GMT)

Woman, 73, takes care of 92-year-old mother
Senior No. 46 -- At 73, this woman can't afford her medicines. Her income is about $600 a month, which she uses to take care of herself and her 92-year-old mother. (Sun, 03 Dec 2006 07:15:29 GMT)

Market shifting away from traditional nursing homes
Almost no one wants to admit to needing long-term care or that it might be needed someday. (Sun, 03 Dec 2006 07:55:00 GMT)

Market shifting away from traditional nursing homes
Almost no one wants to admit to needing long-term care or that it might be needed someday. It's a taboo topic, and that can cause families heartache in the long run, experts say. ... (Sun, 03 Dec 2006 07:56:55 GMT)

Helping Baby Boomers Overcome Holiday Elder Shock
Millions of Baby Boomers will visit aging parents over the holidays and be stricken with Elder Shock, a reaction to indications of parents' decline. Parent Care, a leading eldercare website is providing a practical two-part series with tools to address this holiday malady. (PRWeb Dec 3, 2006) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/ (Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:08:40 GMT)

Pick name, be Santa to an isolated senior
The gift requests are often simple - a blanket, socks or food for their pets. But when local senior citizens in need receive them, it brightens their holiday season and instills a sense of community in those who give. (Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:09:59 GMT)

Helping Baby Boomers Overcome Holiday Elder Shock
San Rafael, CA (PRWeb) December 3, 2006 -- As millions of Baby Boomers begin packing for holiday trips home to visit the folks, many will also carry a heavy load of dread and uncertainty. (Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT)

Fighting 'Rocky' to hear elder tell his stories
At the locker room in the rec center recently, the Rev. Wilfred Lane was putting on his boots as I was unlacing mine. "Sauna's nice and hot," he said, adding that he'd just finished "artificial running." Running outside is better, he said. Up in Point Hope, he used to run in sand. (Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:38:07 GMT)

Women face emotional wounds of war
The nightmares didn't start until months after Alicia Flores returned home. The images were stark and disturbing: In one dream, a dying Iraqi man desperately grabbed her arm. In another, she was lost in a blinding sandstorm. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:57:58 GMT)

Advocates praise Pa. end-of-life law, but want more protections
Advocates for better end-of-life care in Pennsylvania applaud a new law covering decision-making relating to it but say more steps are needed to protect terminally ill individuals from undesired, medically invasive treatment. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:07:30 GMT)

With condo towers, health care flowers
Jim Palermo remembers when health-care development for Charlotte's center city meant trying to recruit drugstores to serve office workers. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:09:52 GMT)

SCV Senior Center Activities
22900 Market Street, Newhall. The SCV Senior Center offers more than 100 educational, recreational and supportive programs on a regular basis. Most activities are for adults 18 and older. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:11:26 GMT)

SENIOR NOTES
Research puts value on family care-giving (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:33:39 GMT)

Capital Senior Living Corporation Closes a Four Community Lease Transaction
DALLAS----Capital Senior Living Corporation , one of the country's largest operators of senior living communities, today announced it has commenced its previously announced lease on four senior living communities that a publicly traded healthcare REIT has purchased from a third party. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:00:00 GMT)

Tesco targets organic market with personal care range
04/12/2006 - UK Supermarket giant Tesco has created an organic personal care line, which aims to help consolidate its lead within the own label industry market. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:12:17 GMT)

Health Fitness Corporation Strengthens Its Senior Management Team
Health Fitness Corporation today announced the formation of a new executive structure to include an Office of the Chairman, effective January 1, 2007. The new structure is intended to strengthen the senior management team's capacity in order to capitalize on the significant growth opportunities in health management, as well as expand and integrate its leading fitness management business with (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:30:00 GMT)

Sage Software Healthcare Division Names Mark Ryan as Senior Vice President of Customer Service and Support
TAMPA, Fla.----Sage Software Healthcare Division, formerly Emdeon Practice Services, today announced that it has named Mark Ryan as the company's new senior vice president of customer service and support. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:00:00 GMT)

Pair safeguard seniors from financial abuse
A new multidisciplinary team, combining the expertise of law enforcement officers, bankers, real estate professionals, physicians and attorneys, recently formed in Solano County to help combat financial elder abuse. The Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST) was founded by Vacaville attorney David G. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:42:32 GMT)

Aegin Place, the Cost Effective Alternative to Nursing Homes, Begins New Madison, WI Franchise
MADISON, Wis., Dec. 4, 2006 -- Aegin Place has created an option for seniors to stay in the comfort of their own homes at an affordable cost. A money-saving alternative to typical institutional elder care, Aegin Place adds a new dimension to growing old -- comfort and contentment in familiar surroundings. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:06:34 GMT)

NHP closes $148.6M senior communities sale
Nationwide Health Properties has closed on its agreement to sell 30 senior living properties to Brookdale Senior Living for $148.6 million, the company said Monday. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:29:23 GMT)

Local News Restrictions at another senior's facility
Another gastrointestinal outbreak at a Thunder Bay senior's facility has resulted in visiting restrictions. The District Health Unit says it's investigating an outbreak at the South James Street Interim Long-Term care facility. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:50:45 GMT)

Coventry Health Care to Host Investor Day
BETHESDA, Md.----Coventry Health Care, Inc. announced today that it will host an Investor Day on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 in New York City. Senior management will offer a comprehensive look at Coventry's financial and operational performance, strategic outlook, future positioning and expectations for the coming year. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:14:00 GMT)

Medicare Making Changes, Expanding Preventive Care Services to Fight Diabetes
December 4, 2006 – Medicare has announced expanded preventive services and other changes beginning January 1, that will affect millions of senior citizens battling diabetes. (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:44:32 GMT)

Came to Mumbai from Jalgaon, loved shayari
Anis Patel loved to take care of his plants. His family also knew him to be a shayar - writing couplets on current affairs whenever an idea got to him. But four months after he died in the 7/11 blasts, they just can't get over his last verse: Aaj kal jo beej boye jameen mein, ped pur ugte hai bomb hi (These days, whatever you sow in the soil, the trees somehow end up bearing bombs)." "He would (Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:47:51 GMT)

CapitalSource completes purchase of 77 long-term care facilities
Chevy Chase, Md.-based CapitalSource has completed sale leaseback transactions for 77 long-term care facilities in 22 states, for $462 million. The facilities are subject to triple-net leases with a nearly 9.5-year weighted average term and are managed by 29 different operators. (Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:08:38 GMT)

Coventry Health Care to Host Investor Day
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE:CVH) announced today that it will host an Investor Day on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 in New York City. (Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:12:48 GMT)

Senior Center in need of computer whizzes
NATCHEZ — The Natchez Senior Citizens Multipurpose Center is wishing for volunteers with computer skills to donate their time this Christmas. (Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:47:08 GMT)

American Realty Advisors Hires Senior Manager, Marketing and Client Service
American Realty Advisors is pleased toannounce that Richelle Hayes has joined the firm as Senior Manager,Marketing and Client Service. Based in Orlando, Florida, Ms. Hayes will beresponsible for developing and expanding client and consultantrelationships for American's commingled fund clients. American welcomesMs. Hayes to enhance the firm's depth of resources as the firm's clientbase continues (Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:20:30 GMT)

Flu shots available at Maury County Senior Citizens Center
Maury Regional Hospital will be offering flu vaccines for the community from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Maury County Senior Citizens Center. The cost is $25; however, Medicare will be filed for seniors. (Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:24:04 GMT)

Menu for Meals on Wheels
Elder Care Services' Meals on Wheels menu. All meals include low-fat milk. Today: Battered fish, baked beans, green beans, coleslaw, bun, apple crisp. (Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:09:49 GMT)

ASTOR SON IS CLEARED
Anthony Marshall was cleared of "elder abuse" allegations in the Brooke Astor case - but had to repay his 104-year-old mom $11 million, it was revealed yesterday. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice John Stackhouse found that there was no... (Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:42:34 GMT)

Home care business expands
Home Instead Senior Care, a provider of nonmedical, in-home services to seniors, is opening a new franchise in Clackamas. (Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:48:34 GMT)

Senior died of bowel disease, pathologist confirms
A senior who died after waiting hours for care at the Saint John Regional Hospital in 2005 succumbed to bowel disease and likely would not have survived treatment, an Ontario pathologist confirmed Tuesday. (Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:47:29 GMT)

Thomas de Zengotita: Why Big George Broke Down Sobbing Today Over Medium George
Down in Florida today, in case you missed it, Bush #I broke into tears while talking about his elder son Jeb's stoicism in the face of an election defeat--back in 1994. Why break down and cry about that little piece of ancient history? Perhaps this is a clue: his moment of cracking came as he said that the "true measure of a man" is how you handle "victory and defeat." Well, obviously, he (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:00:19 GMT)

Group brings joy into homes
The knock on Masalean Salter's door was the highlight of her day. Oberley Brown, 83, and her daughter, Lou, 57, opened Salter's front door toting a small covered meal courtesy of Elder Care Services. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:04:57 GMT)

A financial plan for senior citizens
Daljeet Mongia and his wife sold their house and moved to a senior citizens' home as advancing age had made it difficult to live alone. Here's a financial plan for them. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:03:44 GMT)

Astor deal makes blue blood boil
The court battle over Brooke Astor's care may be over, but the nasty family feud was still raging yesterday. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:29:44 GMT)

Senior Whole Health to offer care
An organization offering managed health care to poor seniors will begin operations in Worcester County starting Jan. 1. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:52:10 GMT)

Maxwell-Gunter Digest
Thursday Health Consumers Advisory Council: The quarterly meeting of the Health Consumers Advisory Council will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the 42nd MDG Commander's conference room, third floor, building 760. This meeting is open to all parties interested in health care and improving the delivery of health care to the Maxwell/Gunter community. SAT exam: The SAT exam will be given 7:45 a.m. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:01:39 GMT)

Think healthy for holiday gifts
Sometimes giving is receiving. After Julie Wyatt and her 8-year-old daughter, Olivia, danced their hearts out at a friend’s house – trying to stay in step with the video game “Dance Dance Revolution” – the elder Wyatt knew what she was getting. That is, for her daughter. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:07:10 GMT)

KL City Hall Spares Senior Citizen's House From Demolition
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 (Bernama) -- Sabirin Tahir, 72, has struck a sympathy chord in the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), which decided to spare the senior citizen's house from being levelled to pave the way for a highway project. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:38:53 GMT)

Health of prisons a work in progress Prison health care a work in progress
Changes in nursing staff and pharmacy operations will save California millions on prison health care, but state officials and labor unions still must do more to reform the shoddy system, a federal (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:52:44 GMT)

Reforms a start in controlling prison health care costs
Changes in nursing staff and pharmacy operations will save California many millions on prison health care, but state officials and labor unions still must do more to reform the shoddy system, a federal receiver reported Tuesday. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:10:35 GMT)

Volunteers sought for senior program
Audubon Area Senior Service Corps is seeking volunteers for two new senior programs. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:15:06 GMT)

Virus strikes senior center
More than half the residents and some workers at Faith Haven Senior Care Center have fallen ill to a nasty stomach virus in the past two weeks. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:48:28 GMT)

Major Structural Reform of Health Care Needed to Meet Growing Needs of Older Americans
December 6, 2006 – The U.S. health care system is not meeting the needs of senior citizens and a new policy report by the International Longevity Center-USA calls for major reforms to make it "proactive, rather than reactive" to meet the special - and mostly unmet needs - of older adults in an aging population. (Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:44:31 GMT)

Obituaries in the news
Merlin K. DuVal (Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:20:04 GMT)

Senior nurses to get 19pc pay rise
Senior nurses are to get a pay rise of 19 per cent in an agreement covering 2500 nurses working for 580 employers struck today. (Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:55:32 GMT)

2006 award for elder care launched
The 2006 Nazzareno Vassallo Award for Initiatives in Elder Care has been launched. (Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:33:03 GMT)

Long-awaited senior center opening tomorrow in Wales
WALES - The Council on Aging invites the public to the grand opening and dedication of the new Senior Center at 85 Main St. (Route 19) from 1 to 3 p.m. tomorrow. (Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:48:09 GMT)

UA College of Medicine founding dean dies
Dr. Merlin K. "Monte" DuVal, the founding dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine and an advocate for health care access, died Tuesday at 84. (Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:06:04 GMT)

UN ought to include 'Elder Care' in Human Rights.
Due to advances in medical science, which has increased life expectancy, the population of old age people has increased world over. (Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:19:13 GMT)

Obituaries in the news
Kevin Berry (Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:51:47 GMT)

Much hyped health plans lead some to cut care: study
People with high-deductible health plans designed to raise awareness of costs and reduce unnecessary care are causing consumers to scrimp on health care, according to a study released on Thursday. (Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:18:38 GMT)

Pooled trusts help seniors remain at home
By Ronald A. Fatoullah, Esq. Clients who require care at home and have assets below the allowable Medicaid resource level (currently $4,150) often apply for community Medicaid benefits to cover the cost of care. (Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:43:24 GMT)

Kings Park land swap could save woodland
In an effort to save pristine woodland on the property of a nursing home that borders Sunken Meadow State Park, State Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) has suggested the organization swap some of that land for a parcel in nearby Kings Park Psychiatric Center to build a proposed comprehensive care facility. (Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:54:33 GMT)

Medicaid Funded Elder Care Program To Pay Massachusetts Family Caregivers Up To $18,000 Per Year To Care For Their
Caregiver Homes announces participation in a new Enhanced Adult Foster Care Program begun in Massachusetts on Dec 1, 2006. The new program - enacted by the state Executive Office of Elder Affairs and the Office of Medicaid - aims to ease the financial burden on care giving families by paying a family (or non-family) caregiver to care for an elderly or disabled adult at home. The program provides (Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:40:10 GMT)

Food and Care Coalition seeks approval
The Food and Care Coalition is thisclose to getting started on its new home. That home, to be on a 17,475-square-foot property in southeast Provo, will go before the Planning Commission Wednesday. The $11.2 million building means more room for the coalition, which currently provides meals, training, dental services and more in a downtown building that's rapidly becoming cramped. (Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:10:48 GMT)

Senior Angel Tree in Sixth Year
The senior citizen angel tree has been bringing joy to the faces of Culpeper's less fortunate elderly and disabled citizens for the past six years. This year, Director Doris Clatterbuck of Culpeper Human Services believes that the tree will be the biggest yet. (Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:48:40 GMT)

Health-Care System Hires Ethics Officer: He Will Examine Financial Deals Made By the New Leaders of the North Broward
By Buddy Nevins, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Dec. 8--Broward County's biggest public health-care system, whose past business practices are being investigated by a state grand jury, has hired a high-profile ethics officer to oversee all future contracts. (Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:13:38 GMT)

Medicaid Funded Elder Care Program To Pay Massachusetts Family Caregivers Up To $18,000 Per Year To Care For Their
Boston (PRWeb) December 8, 2006 -- Caregiver Homes will provide its programs to frail elders and disabled adults participating in a new Medicaid funded Enhanced Adult Foster Care Program in Massachusetts. (Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT)

Senior at T-ville High School to get help from locals
The people in Thompsonville take care of their own. Ross Heern, an 18-year-old Senior at Thompsonville High School, began feeling pain in his chest earlier this year. He also had some trouble breathing. (Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:23:53 GMT)

Help gather gifts for senior citizens
Community resident Mayra Valencia is seeking help gathering gifts for seniors in area care facilities. In 2003, Valencia raised enough money to buy 100 small gifts for residents of the Corvallis Caring Place and Samaritan Heart of the Valley. (Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:12:11 GMT)

Santa for Seniors Program Underway
Martin's Supermarkets team up with Home Instead Senior Care to offer a better holiday to Michiana Seniors. (Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:27:06 GMT)

Senior events
CHATHAM: Senior Dining, noon, Township Hall, call 439-5360. 2721. (Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:51:16 GMT)

Land swap may save woodland
In an effort to save pristine woodland on the property of a nursing home that borders Sunken Meadow State Park, State Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) has suggested the organization swap some of that land for a parcel in nearby Kings Park Psychiatric Center to build a proposed comprehensive care facility. (Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:24:23 GMT)

Woman's fall sparks state probe
TEXAS CITY — The state is investigating a Thanksgiving weekend incident in which an 82-year-old woman fell from the second-floor window of a senior care facility. (Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:33:41 GMT)

Spirit-filled game
Shaw High senior Darrin Marshall says he doesn't care much for football. Why then was he dancing deliriously in the aisles of the Georgia Dome on Friday morning? Comment? (Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:07:03 GMT)

Help bring Christmas joy to a lonely senior in need
Be a Santa to a Senior in the Community is a program that joins Home Instead Senior Care with area retailers and non-profit agencies to make sure seniors won't be alone and will receive a present for the holidays. (Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:41:05 GMT)

'Seeds' planted by gardener grow for OLV
The seeds of a gardener's labor decades ago have yielded an almost $700,000 bequest to Our Lady of Victory Homes of Charity. (Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:51:30 GMT)

Elderly woman's fall from care facility window sparks probe
The state is investigating a Thanksgiving weekend incident in which an 82-year-old woman fell from the second-floor window of a senior care facility. (Sat, 09 Dec 2006 17:46:06 GMT)

30 Seconds: Please make sure to take care of your outside pets now that winter is here
Now that winter is here again, please, please, please, take care of your outside pets. They deserve to be warm, too. If you don’t want to take care of them, then don’t keep them. More and more of us are watching out for these pets. (Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:29:58 GMT)

NextSteps: Doctor should give more information to puzzled elderly patients
Q: My mother and father, both in their early 80s, recently began going to a new doctor since their primary-care physician of many years has refused to accept Medicare. Dad has been getting more forgetful, but he is managing and seems very happy. (Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:28:12 GMT)

Virus leads to quarantine at Belmont senior center
The San Mateo County Health Department slapped a quarantine on a Belmont senior center Saturday because of a rapid outbreak of norovirus, which causes diarrhea, vomiting and other gastrointestinal problems. (Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:29:53 GMT)

Day-care provider pleads not guilty in baby’s death
A Dupree woman has pleaded not guilty in the death of a Dupree infant. (Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:56:56 GMT)

Newport Twp. Community group, care center hold tea party
The Newport Township Community Organization and the Guardian Elder Care Center at Sheatown hosted an English Tea Party on Nov. 5 at the center. Murph Fletcher and Mary Kashatus coordinated this cultural-social event. Kashatus representing the Community Organization welcomed the guests who included residents of the center and township girls, ages 8 and 9. A history of the Victorian Tea Party was (Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:05:46 GMT)

Belleville High day care unit a boon to students, parents
For a couple of hours a day next semester, Belleville High School will once again transform itself into a day care center run by students. (Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:15:15 GMT)

Health care: Limited access for undocumented immigrants
Of the many federal benefits available, the undocumented can access only emergency care and pregnancy delivery. Riverside County Medi-Cal health care costs for undocumented immigrants are expected to exceed $41 million for fiscal year 2005-2006. Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid. (Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:04:45 GMT)

Congress protects miners' health-care benefits
The roller-coaster ride for more than 3,500 Southern Illinois coal miners in jeopardy of losing health care benefits hit a high point during the final hours of this year's legislative session when Congress passed sweeping reforms that will provide funding to cover health care costs. (Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:30:00 GMT)

November 2006 glimpses
Here is a closer look at many of the U.S. military personnel killed in November because of the conflict in Iraq. (Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:10:25 GMT)

To buy or not to buy long-term care insurance
With about 75 million baby boomers rushing toward retirement age, there is a push within the insurance industry to get more of them to buy long-term care insurance. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:51:26 GMT)

Senior briefs
The Silver Belles & A Beau will perform at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Charles Gardens. They will also perform at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Mascoutah Senior Center and at 1:30 p.m. Friday at New Bethel Methodist Church in Glen Carbon. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:03:45 GMT)

Tess strolls around the care center much to the delight of her audience
Everybody likes Tess. That's clear from the reactions of a wide range of humans and the critters they care for. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:34:02 GMT)

Care close to home
MILFORD - Cancer patients facing weeks of daily, sometimes difficult treatment want to get their care close to home. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:35:28 GMT)

Huskies take care of Pack
Cameo Hicks and Stefanie Clark provided the scoring and Emily Florence took care of the basketball. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:50:41 GMT)

Business Objects Names Marge Breya Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Business Objects, provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, has announced that Marge Breya, 45, has been appointed senior vice president and chief marketing officer. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:05:04 GMT)

Study warns of harm caused by runaway health care costs
Illinois families are paying more for health care, but receiving less in coverage as their earnings lag, according to a report to be released today by consumer health organization Families USA. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:29:19 GMT)

THE CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND / The simple pleasure of taking a shower can mean so much
Mauricio Ramirez, a 28-year-old who is debilitated by muscular dystrophy, has a simple desire: to take a shower. But Ramirez's muscles are so weak that he can't sit or stand on his own, so he gets bathed by his mother in his bed. Now Ramirez,... (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:51:01 GMT)

Iraq Study Group gives grim picture today
The Iraq Study Group's long-awaited report on the war in Iraq was released Wednesday to worldwide scrutiny and its recommendations are already being debated by lawmakers and, in some cases, rebuked by President Bush. Like the 9/11 Commission and the Warren Commission before it, the 10-member group is a bipartisan panel of respected elder statesmen and women put together by Congress to bring (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:11:23 GMT)

Study: State's health costs would fall if graduations rose
Ohio could save money in health-care costs if more students graduated from high school, a new report says. If every high-school senior graduated in 2006, the state could save $502 million in lifetime health costs, according to figures by the Alliance for Excellent Education. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:20:41 GMT)

Senior doctors 'happier at work'
Job satisfaction among senior doctors has risen substantially in the last five years, researchers have said. There has also been a fall in the number of doctors complaining that their workload is damaging patient care, while consultants and GPs are spending more time with patients. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:40:24 GMT)

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Senior Care Leader Challenges Society to Be More 'Creative and Responsive' in Caring for Alzheimer's Patients
In the wake of a just-released report citing the alarming rise in the death rate from Alzheimer's in Los Angeles County, one of the nation's leading visionaries on senior care has challenged the nation's healthcare community to be more creative and responsive in caring for those suffering from this disease. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:00:00 GMT)

Senior Whole Health Expands Corporate Footprint: Launches Special Needs Plans for Medicare/Medicaid Dual Eligibles in
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----Senior Whole Health, a leading health care plan providing intensive, integrated case management services to seniors 65 and older, today announced the launch of its portfolio of Special Needs Plans to Medicare/Medicaid dual eligible and Part D beneficiaries in Connecticut's Hartford, New Haven and Middlesex counties. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:31:00 GMT)

Giving care: A full-time job; Hanover wife gets by without much help from state
Elsa Hart got her hopes up when she read that Massachusetts will now pay family caregivers. ‘‘My elation didn’t last long,’’ said Hart, who is 71 and has provided round-the-clock care for her 84-year-old husband, Vartan, since his massive stroke four years ago. (Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:48:13 GMT)