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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. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:50:47 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. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 03:29:51 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. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:28:16 GMT)

Lessons in elderly care from all over the world
THE WORLD is aging as never before. As we approach a new year, we might glance around the globe and view some of the things happening abroad. I recently attended a meeting of interRAI, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster quality care for older people everywhere. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 06:26:33 GMT)

An aging population brings employer elder-care benefits
Patricia and Pat Guadagno were terrified about the prospect of his ailing father going home. For help, Patricia turned to her employer, Prudential Financial Inc. The company helped cover the cost of a geriatric social worker who visited the man, evaluated his needs and helped persuade him to move to an assisted-care facility. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 06:41:10 GMT)

Mids see hopeful signs in defeat
Navy senior safety Jeremy McGown is no fan of moral victories. But after Saturday's heartbreaking 25-24 loss to Boston College in the Meineke Car Care Bowl, McGown talked of a message the Midshipmen had delivered. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:52:47 GMT)

Health Care Providers Feel Pinch: High-Deductible Plans Push Up Unpaid Bills
By Avrum D. Lank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jan. 1--The sharp increase in high-deductible health insurance plans is creating a headache for hospitals and other health care providers who are finding it increasingly difficult to collect the portion of bills due from individuals. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:16:25 GMT)

Enhanced Adult Foster Care offers help to family caregivers
People just want to stay in their homes when age or disability limit how well they can take care of themselves. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:37:27 GMT)

Health and support
Blood pressure screens are provided free of charge (unless noted otherwise) at the following locations. To add a location, call Tom O'Brien, 527-5560. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:37:31 GMT)

New Law in Affect to Protect California's Seniors
SACRAMENTO, Calif.----With the enactment of SB 1018 , which requires all bank employees to report all suspected cases of elder financial abuse going into effect today, the California Bankers Association has compiled a list of tips to help consumers be more vigilant in keeping seniors safe. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:00:00 GMT)

Five children taken into care after abuse alert
Five New Plymouth children have been taken into care after neighbours alerted police to their alleged abuse. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:08:43 GMT)

Health Care Providers Feel Pinch; High-Deductible Plans Push Up Unpaid Bills
By AVRUM D. LANK The sharp increase in high-deductible health insurance plans is creating a headache for hospitals and other health care providers who are finding it increasingly difficult to collect the portion of bills due from individuals. (Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:15:33 GMT)

As midwife, nun brought joy into the world thousands of times
Austin mission honors Sister Pat Elder as she retires from nursing. Near the door to a hall plastered with "thank you" banners and pictures of volunteer activities, Sister Pat Elder stood dressed simply in a navy skirt, black button-down sweater and black nursing shoes. (Tue, 02 Jan 2007 03:45:24 GMT)

Adobe Appoints Former Borland Exec to Senior VP of Worldwide Field Operations
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the appointment of Matthew Thompson as senior vice president of worldwide field operations. Thompson previously served as senior vice president of worldwide operations at Borland Software, a leading provider of application lifecycle management software. (Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:01:00 GMT)

Montoursville Area High student uses senior project to help others
Craig Wertz tackled a senior class project that helped others and provided him with the type of learning process that he could not have imagined. “I didn’t think that many people would care,” said Wertz, a Montoursville Area School District student. (Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:14:30 GMT)

Tabung Haji Accords VVIP Treatment To Senior Citizens
MECCA, Jan 2 (Bernama) -- Forty-four senior citizens in their 70s who performed the pilgrimage here this season were accorded VVIP treatment by the haj management agency, Tabung Haji. (Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:21:36 GMT)

Menu for Meals on Wheels
Elder Care Services' Meals on Wheels lunch menu. All meals include low-fat milk. (Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:10:29 GMT)

Senior Briefs
The Bloom Township Senior Community Lunch program will begin the new year Jan. 16 with a Hawaiian Luau at the Serbian Social Center, 186th Street and Stoney Island Avenue, Lansing. (Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:21:44 GMT)

Support groups
Angel Care Breast Cancer Foundation: Trained survivors offer free emotional support to the newly diagnosed, enhancing emotional recovery while going through treatments. Volunteers will attend consultations, chemotherapy and radiation appointments with you. Call 425-861-5655. (Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:03:51 GMT)

Merkel's Coalition Delays Vote on Government's Health-Care Bill
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition is taking extra time to ratify planned changes to health-care rules after state authorities demanded a raft of modifications, a senior Christian Democrat lawmaker said. (Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:45:26 GMT)

Senior Whole Health Moves Connecticut's Low-Income Seniors to the Head of Line for Accessing Quality Medical Services
MERIDEN, Conn.----Senior Whole Health, a leading health care plan with a history of specializing in integrated care management services for seniors 65 and older, today announced the availability of its Special Needs Plans to 30,000 Medicare/Medicaid dual eligible and Part D beneficiaries in Connecticut's Hartford, New Haven and Middlesex counties. (Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:21:00 GMT)

Elder Health and Health Partners of Philadelphia Enter Agreement for Elder Health to Acquire Health Partners' Medicare ...
Elder Health Inc. and Health Partners of Philadelphia Inc. announced today they have entered into an agreement under which Elder Health would acquire Health Partners' Senior Partners Medicare line of business in Philadelphia and surrounding counties. (Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:41:00 GMT)

After-hours medical care is on its way
Airdrie Echo — Starting Jan. 15, Airdrie residents will have access to after-hours health care services right on their doorstep. (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:59:08 GMT)

Senior finds social work calling
RINGGOLD, Ga. — When Ringgold resident Sue Long receives her degree in social work from Dalton State College in May and begins to work with senior citizens, she believes she will have some special insight. After all, she is 68 years old herself. (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:51:28 GMT)

Over 50? Get into a plan, author advises
What's on your to-do list for 2007? Let's start with investing, retirement, long-term care and estate planning. You didn't think the year would be easy, did you? (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:34:45 GMT)

For aging and young, a win-win day care solution
Intergenerational day care has benefits for old and young alike, a professor says. (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:12:20 GMT)

Helga
After raising 12 children and helping bring up 50 grandchildren, Lucy Baria still has an endless need to take care of people. At 93, the diminutive dynamo has found her latest niche -- caring for mentally disabled residents at Agnews Developmental Center in San Jose. (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:21:10 GMT)

Somalia faces health catastrophe as war destroys care system
Somalia, where malaria, cholera and tuberculosis are endemic, is threatened by a health catastrophe after 16 years of continuous fighting that destroyed its care system, a senior health official has warned. (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:11:45 GMT)

Elder Health buying a Medicare HMO in Pa.
Baltimore-based Elder Health Inc. announced yesterday the acquisition of another Medicare HMO that will roughly double its size, adding a likely 75 jobs to its 300-person work force here. (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:18:30 GMT)

National Surgical Care Announces Executive Appointments
CHICAGO----National Surgical Care today announced that it has made two key executive appointments. Joining the Company as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is Sami S. Abbasi, while Richard Pence, a co-founder of the Company and its Chief Operating Officer, assumes the additional role of President. (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:30:00 GMT)

Elder Health to double Medicare program members with acquisition
Elder Health Inc. is buying a Medicare health plan in the Philadelphia area. (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:07:33 GMT)

Archer enlightens Kiwanians on JMC’s Senior Care Unit
The Senior Care Unit at Jacksonville Medical Center has only been open for three months, but Jamie Archer said the facility has been a great addition to the community. (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:40:05 GMT)

US urges 'appropriate care' on new Iraq executions
The White House has urged Iraq to handle the execution of two of Saddam Hussein's henchmen "with appropriate care" after the controversy over the ousted dictator's hanging. (Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:13:47 GMT)

Trusts that enable seniors to remain at home
When a senior or disabled individual is receiving Medicaid home care benefits, he/she is entitled to retain $720 of monthly income. In addition to the $720, the individual may retain enough income to pay any additional medical expenses, including health insurance premiums. (Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:27:07 GMT)

Savvy senior - How to find good nursing home care
Can you give me some tips on finding a good nursing home for my 86-year-old mother? She had a stroke a few months ago and has been receiving care at home but it has become too much. (Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:27:17 GMT)

Senior Whole Health Receives Significant Equity Investment to Fuel Expansion
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----Senior Whole Health, a leading health care plan founded in 2003 that provides intensive, integrated case management services to seniors 65 and older, announced a Series B $16M financing led by Flexpoint Partners, Chicago, IL with participation by Council Ventures, Nashville TN; New Capital Partners, Birmingham AL; Noro- Moseley, Atlanta GA; and SSM Partners, Memphis TN. (Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:49:00 GMT)

The elder statesman
San Marcos — To hear fifth-year senior Antwoine Blanchard list the players that have come through Texas State since his arrival is to get an extensive history lesson in the basketball program’s recent past. (Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:12:35 GMT)

Brooke Hogan Tries To Escape Her Dad's Hulking Shadow
When the pair appeared on MTV Live during a press-packed Toronto trip to promote Brooke's Undiscovered debut album, audience members were too busy asking the elder Hogan to rip their vintage Hulkmania shirts to even notice his daughter. (Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:46:52 GMT)

Red Mortgage Capital Arranges Fannie Mae Loan for Senior Citizen Property
JANUARY 04, 2007 -- Vancouver, Wash. -- Red Mortgage Capital Inc., a banking unit of Red Capital Group, has arranged a $3.8-million Fannie Mae first mortgage loan for a memory care addition to an existing senior citizen property in Vancouver, Wash. (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:04:55 GMT)

The Emergence of Tonal Drawing
Inscribed on the seal of the Art Students League of New York, in Manhattan, is the Latin motto “Nulla Dies Sine Linea”, or “No Day Without a Line.” The words come from Pliny the Elder and are part of his account of the industriousness of the great Greek painter Apelles: “In general, it was a standing practice with Apelles never to be so occupied with carrying out the day’s business that he did ... (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:04:55 GMT)

Whole Foods to give 5% of sales to Senior Access
Senior Access, the Novato-based nonprofit that provides day health-care services for seniors with chronic health-care needs, will receive 5 percent of the Jan. 10 net sales from Whole Foods in San Rafael. (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:18:09 GMT)

Virus found at third care facility
El Dorado County public health officials reported Thursday that a third senior care facility in the Placerville area has shown evidence of a norovirus infection. (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:22:53 GMT)

Child care rating system needed / Parents lack adequate decision-making information, report says
Restaurants have ratings systems. Why not day care providers? California licenses about 58,000 child care facilities serving 1.2 million children, but little information is readily available to parents about their safety and quality of care. To... (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:56:10 GMT)

Senior Carer
St Peter's Care Home Ltd 26 St. Peters Road, Margate, Kent FULL-TIME SENIOR CARER Required to work in busy dementia home. Must be able to work a flexible rota. (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:54:01 GMT)

Elder to speak on palliative care at KCH’s HealthTalk
MOUNT VERNON — Palliative care provides comfort for the patient and the patient’s family by relieving the patient’s suffering at any stage of an illness, and in any setting. (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:34:35 GMT)

Senior Care Center Owner Faces Neglect Allegations
Rats in the kitchen, untreated injuries and suicide attempts are just a few of the problems state inspectors said they found at a Salem adult care facility. (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:41:45 GMT)

Religion
The church will host a Martin Luther King Day celebration at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15. All are welcome to come share dinner at 5:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Wallace M. Wright, a retired elder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:58:47 GMT)

Day-care facility to offer services to seniors
An emergency day-care facility for seniors will open in Calgary next week, providing additional support to people caring for their elderly parents. (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:46:44 GMT)

Advocate Health Care looks to build Lake County hospital
Advocate Health Care announced plans Friday for a 144-bed, 300,000-square-foot hospital that officials hope would be approved to be constructed in Round Lake. (Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:29:07 GMT)

Guilty plea by aide in death
A 29-year-old nurse’s aide from Kansas City, Kan., has pleaded guilty to murdering an elderly man who at one time had been in her care. (Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:08:05 GMT)

County backs care site
EDISON — The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders is committed to building a 180-bed, long-term care facility for the Roosevelt Care Center in Old Bridge. (Sat, 06 Jan 2007 09:39:20 GMT)

Sajjad Lone's vision doc also olive branch for brother Bilal
Srinagar, Jan 6: The children of slain Hurriyat leader Abdul Gani Lone seem to have reconciled their political differences with Sajjad Lone acknowledging that his elder brother Bilal took care of his ill son. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:47:14 GMT)

Senior Calendar
CARES CRESCENT ENRICHMENT CENTER: 13906 Fifth St., (352) 518-9300. Adult day care is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:08:29 GMT)

Senior citizens' schedule
SENIOR CENTER - 137 N. Beeson Blvd., Uniontown; phone 724-439-5910. Meals on Wheels - The Uniontown Center is in need of volunteers to deliver homebound meals to the elderly shut-ins, one hour, one day a week. Call 724-437-6050, ext. 243. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 05:22:40 GMT)

'Reform' puts mentally ill in homes for frail elderly
State hospitals are being phased out faster than local care options are being developed. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:45:10 GMT)

EXAMPLES OF ELDER-CARE BENEFITS
EXAMPLES OF ELDER-CARE BENEFITS (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:11:05 GMT)

NJHA's Quality Institute Receives Grant From RWJF To Improve Cardiac Care For Minorities
The New Jersey Hospital Association's Quality Institute has been awarded a $507,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to help reduce disparities in cardiac care for African American and Latino patients. In 2005, the RWJF partnered with George Washington University to establish a national program, "Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care. [click link for full article] (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:16:46 GMT)

Lack of care facilities strain families
Lack of care facilities for the elderly in Klamath Falls is causing some people to move to Medford, Bend or elsewhere, a local administrator says. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:50:22 GMT)

Women won't be fooled on child care: Bishop
In an apparent swipe at the Government, a senior Liberal Party MP has again lashed out over the affordability of childcare services. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:18:00 GMT)

Employers help care for aging parents
More companies are starting to provide elder-care benefits for workers. Patricia and Pat Guadagno were terrified about the prospect of his ailing father going home. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:32:24 GMT)

Women won't be fooled on child care: Bishop
A senior Liberal Party MP has again lashed out over the affordability of childcare services in an apparent swipe at the Federal Government. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:40:11 GMT)

Site makes finding care facility a snap: SNAPforseniors.com lets Web users search for senior housing
Debbie Meyer began her search for a new retirement home for her mother-in-law in the usual ways. "I looked on the Internet. I made phone calls. I drove around a lot. It was all very time-consuming," said Meyer, who lives with her family in Everett. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:19:21 GMT)

Benefits aimed at workers' parents
Elder-care options help ease financial burden of watching over the aging Patricia and Pat Guadagno were terrified about the prospect of his ailing father going home. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:10:07 GMT)

More firms offer elder-care benefits
Patricia and Pat Guadagno were terrified about the prospect of his ailing father going home. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:17:26 GMT)

'Reform' Puts Mentally Ill in Homes for Frail Elderly: State Hospitals Are Being Phased Out Faster Than Local Care ...
By Thomas Goldsmith, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jan. 7--The number of people with mental illness in North Carolina rest homes has grown by 15 percent -- to more than 6,200 -- since 2002. (Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:20:07 GMT)

Nuckle’s 31 points rallies Buccaneers - Senior forward’s 15-of-18 shooting unravels Bulldogs
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — For anyone wondering whether he still has something left in the tank, Brad Nuckles provided an emphatic answer Sunday. The senior forward snapped out of a monthlong scoring slump with a career-high 31 points as East Tennessee State defeated Gardner-Webb 66-63. (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:59:34 GMT)

Nurse's aide admits killing Kansas City man
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A nurse's aide has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2005 stabbing death of an elderly man who had once been in her care. (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:18:12 GMT)

Pete's retirement column: Why I care
People ask me the question all the time, "Why do I care?" Why, after 30 years, do I care about East Stroudsburg University teams? Why, after 30 years, do I care whether the Warriors win or not? Why, after 30 years, does it matter to me how ESU athletes do in more than 400 contests per year? (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:36:48 GMT)

Oregon moves to seize nursing home
The state of Oregon wants to revoke the license of St. Rita's Senior Care Community in northeast Salem. (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:55:15 GMT)

Wyden talk covers Iraq, health care
PHILOMATH — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden held a town forum at Philomath High School on Friday, and the major points of discussion were the Democrat’s plan for a new American health care system and his staunch opposition to the war in Iraq. (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:03:24 GMT)

Bible study group presents Christmas program
Members of the Berean Bible Study Group of Nanticoke presented a Christmas program at Guardian Elder Care Center in Nanticoke. Residents also participated in the program that included hymns and other seasonal songs and characterizations of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, a drummer boy and Frosty the Snowman. Each resident was given gifts handmade by Ruth Briggs. Joel Penor is activities director ... (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:14:21 GMT)

Hospitals whose layouts are meant to improve care
After more than a decade of hospital closures and consolidations, the region's health-care industry is in the midst of a $4 billion building boom, and a new breed of hospital. (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:32:23 GMT)

Senior health-care services on the rise
Daly City, Calif. - A new door to medical care for low-income seniors could open in northern San Mateo County, if plans for a new clinic are pushed through. (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:10:36 GMT)

Governor: Cut welfare to pay for health care
Now comes the hard part. A beaming Arnold Schwarzenegger began his final four years as governor Friday with a grand inauguration befitting what he promises will be an ambitious second-term agenda. But ambitious means expensive, and this week the governor will begin to reveal how he plans to pay for a massive expansion of health care for millions of Californians, as well as billions of dollars for ... (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:21:24 GMT)

APAC Customer Services Awarded Multiple-Year Contract to Provide Customer Care Services for Expedia(R) Corporate Travel
DEERFIELD, Ill.----APAC Customer Services, Inc. , a leading provider of customer care services and solutions, announced today that Expedia® Corporate Travel has selected APAC as its new corporate travel customer care outsourcing partner. (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:00:00 GMT)

Health Care Property Investors Announces the Creation of a $1.1 Billion Senior Housing Joint Venture
LONG BEACH, Calif.----Health Care Property Investors, Inc. expanded its investment management platform by forming a new joint venture for 25 senior housing assets with an institutional capital partner. (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:01:00 GMT)

Fitch Teleconf: 2007 Nonprofit and Health Care Systems Outlook, 1/11/07 2pm ET
On Wednesday, Jan. 10, Fitch Ratings will release its 2007 Nonprofit and Health Care Systems Outlook. In conjunction with the report, Fitch will host a teleconference on Thursday, Jan. 11 at 2:00 p.m. ET. (Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:18:20 GMT)

If you're in your 50s, it's time to plan how you'll pay for long-term care
Getting old is such a drag that most of us don't like to think about it. And we sure don't like to think about who will take care of us if we stumble and break a hip while strutting to our favorite Rolling Stones CD. (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:25:07 GMT)

University receives child care grant
By Kathleen Shoaff Senior Staff Writer The U.S. Department of Education's Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program awarded a $428,000 grant to WVU's Child Development and Family Support Services. (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:51:12 GMT)

Momentum Grows On Health Care
The once-taboo subject of universal health care has picked up bipartisan momentum and is likely to play out as a key domestic issue in the 2008 presidential election. Just yesterday Senator Clinton, speaking at an event convened by the Rev. Jesse Jackson in Manhattan, said, "We must move to a system of universal health care in this country as soon as we reasonably can." Also yesterday, Governor ... (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:40:11 GMT)

Menu for Meals on Wheels
Elder Care Services' Meals on Wheels lunch menu. All meals include low-fat milk. (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:10:43 GMT)

Lesotho Approves Policy To Care For AIDS Orphans, Vulnerable Children
The government of Lesotho has approved a policy to care for orphans and vulnerable children, including those who have lost at least one parent to AIDS-related illnesses, IRIN News reports. The policy, which will cost roughly $1. [click link for full article] (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:14:12 GMT)

Elder daycare opens tomorrow
Baby boomers responsible for looking after their elderly parents have a new short-term care option with the opening of Calgary's first emergency senior daycare tomorrow. (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:05:10 GMT)

Getting tax help to care for your parents
Millions of adult children find themselves looking after aging parents. If you qualify, tax laws offer some help. (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:00:00 GMT)

If You're in Your 50s, It's Time to Plan How You'Ll Pay for Long-Term Care
By Sandra Block Getting old is such a drag that most of us don't like to think about it. And we sure don't like to think about who will take care of us if we stumble and break a hip while strutting to our favorite Rolling Stones CD. (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:19:14 GMT)

State cites problems at care facility
From sanitation issues to patient neglect, a record of problems going back several years led regulators to begin efforts to revoke the license of St. Rita's Senior Care Community in northeast Salem, state records show. (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:05:36 GMT)

Health Care Property Investors Forms 25-Property JV and Yields $726M
Singling out 25 of its senior housing properties, Health Care Property Investors Inc. has struck a deal that has yielded gross proceeds totaling about $726 million. The Long Beach, Calif.-based REIT partnered with an unnamed institutional capital concern to create a joint venture for the properties. (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:11:24 GMT)

Growth in U.S. Health Care Spending Slows
TUESDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The growth in U.S. health-care spending has declined to its slowest rate since 1999, largely because of a dramatic dip in the growth of prescription drug spending, government economists reported Tuesday. (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:02:27 GMT)

More firms offer elder-care benefits
Patricia and Pat Guadagno were terrified about the prospect of his ailing father going home. (Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:28:45 GMT)

Senior Shoppers: Be On the Lookout For...
Two of suspects have been targeting female senior citizens in local supermarkets in the Santa Clarita Valley, prompting Sheriffs officials to caution seniors to take extra care while grocery shopping. (Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:13:46 GMT)

Patients Get Extension on Senior Services Care
By Daniel Connolly, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Jan. 9--The state cannot transfer low-income elderly and disabled clients from a program run by Memphis home health care firm Senior Services until Feb. 5 at the earliest, U.S. District Judge William J. Haynes Jr. has ruled. (Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:18:05 GMT)

Day-care safety bill to be signed
Gov. Jon S. Corzine is scheduled to sign legislation Thursday that would require the state Department of Health and Senior Services to create regulations and procedures to ensure child-care centers and schools are safe from dangerous contaminants. (Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:12:24 GMT)

Law changes will affect people applying for help to pay for nursing home or other long term care services
On Feb. 8, 2006, new laws were enacted which affect folks who transfer assets without receiving adequate compensation, and then apply for Medical Assistance (MA) to help pay for nursing home or other long term care (LTC) services. (Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:36:31 GMT)

Missouri care facilities’ fire safety tracked
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.— About two-thirds of Missouri’s licensed residential care facilities were cited for at least one fire safety violation over the past four years, an Associated Press analysis shows. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition) (Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:24:20 GMT)

Novo Nordisk Appoints Nathaniel Clark, M.D., as Senior Medical Advisor - Diabetes
Novo Nordisk, the world's leading diabetes care company, today announced the appointment of Nathaniel Clark, M.D., as senior medical advisor in the company's U.S. diabetes division. (Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:06:00 GMT)

Calgary elder day-care facility launches today
An emergency day-care centre for seniors launched in Calgary today, designed to help employees struggling to balance work and family obligations. (Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:32:46 GMT)

Big corporations eye elder day care as population continues to age
CALGARY (CP) - The doors opened Wednesday on what's being billed as Canada's first "backup elder care" facility, a place aimed at providing extra support to working people who are trying to look after their aging parents. (Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:22:00 GMT)

The Savvy Senior
Stiffer Medicaid rules on nursing-home coverage Dear Savvy Senior: What are the rules and eligibility requirements to get Medicaid coverage for nursing-home care? (Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:15:18 GMT)

Simple and Affordable Senior Health Care
The Health Insurance Store has made choosing an affordable, comprehensive senior health insurance plan simple. (PRWeb Jan 11, 2007) (Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:16:26 GMT)

Wildcats are taking care of business
It's a grind, but a good kind of grind, these early January compulsories. Last Saturday, Kentucky traveled to Mississippi and took care of its Southeastern Conference opener. (Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:18:35 GMT)

Big companies get behind elderly day care
The doors opened yesterday on what's being billed as Canada's first "backup elder care" facility, a place aimed at providing extra support to working people who are trying to look after their aging parents. (Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:31:37 GMT)

Health care plan to cover immigrant children finds support
Local health care providers welcome Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposal to expand health care to immigrant children regardless of their legal status, saying uninsured, sick kids end up raising the cost of care for everyone else. (Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:44:49 GMT)

Day-care bill will be signed at high school
FRANKLIN -- Gov. Jon S. Corzine is scheduled to sign legislation Thursday that would require the state Department of Health and Senior Services to create regulations and procedures to ensure day-care centers and schools are not contaminated. (Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:08:09 GMT)

Architecture offers new vistas in patient care
After more than a decade of hospital closures and consolidations, the region's health-care industry is in the midst of a $4 billion building boom and a new breed of hospital. (Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:17:15 GMT)

Tribal officials say elder program cut for lack of money...
AP-NDTribal Program Cut,0137 Tribal officials say elder program cut for lack of money NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) Officials of the Three Affiliated Tribes say a program serving more than 700 elders is being eliminated because of a lack of money (Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:04:02 GMT)

Sprint Nextel Names New Senior Customer Care Executive as Part of Company's Commitment to Customer Satisfaction
RESTON, Va.----Sprint Nextel announced another step in its commitment to enhancing its customers' experience, naming industry veteran Bryan DiGiorgio as senior vice president for Customer Care. (Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:50:00 GMT)

Poor Ward Care Is Harming Patients
Poor ward care is harming patients, warns a senior doctor in this week's BMJ. (Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:28:26 GMT)

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A campaign targeting fraudulent investment and tax schemes is being launched in the London area by the Ontario Securities Commission. Representatives from the Check Before You Invest campaign will be handing out information at the Elder Care Expo which starts at Western Fair's Canada Building today. (Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:35:54 GMT)

Sprint taps exec for customer care
Sprint Nextel Corp. has a new senior executive to help the company provide better service to customers. (Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:28:58 GMT)

Death in care home fire spurs lawsuit
Three daughters of an 80-year-old woman who died in a November fire at a Citrus Heights residential care home are suing the facility's owners. (Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:23:17 GMT)

Nurses accused of putting paperwork before care
Patients are being put at risk by appalling conditions on hospital wards, a senior consultant warns. (Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:51:46 GMT)

Nurses accused of putting paperwork before care
Patients are being put at risk by appalling conditions on hospital wards, a senior consultant says today in the British Medical Journal. Katherine Teale, a consultant anaesthetist at Hope hospital in Salford, Greater Manchester, accuses some nurses of neglecting basic care in favour of paperwork. (Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:55:00 GMT)

Coventry Health Care Announces Intent to Redeem Outstanding Senior Notes
BETHESDA, Md.----Coventry Health Care, Inc. announced today that it will redeem all $170.5 million of its outstanding 8.125% Senior Notes on February 15, 2007. Coventry will redeem the Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 104.063% of the principal amount plus any interest accrued and unpaid to the redemption date. (Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:00:00 GMT)

Yolo County Identifies Norovirus Outbreak at Senior Care Facilities
Norovirus outbreaks have been identified in three senior care facilities in Yolo County, according to the Yolo County Health Department. (Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:29:23 GMT)

Death in Care Home Fire Spurs Lawsuit
By Ramon Coronado, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Jan. 12--Three daughters of an 80-year-old woman who died in a November fire at a Citrus Heights residential care home are suing the facility's owners. (Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:12:45 GMT)

Senior events
CHATHAM: Senior Dining, noon, Township Hall, call 439-5360. 2721. (Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:23:21 GMT)

Elder abuse: Signs to look for, action to take
Knowing more about elder abuse and when to call for assistance can help you protect your loved one. (Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:42:26 GMT)

Senior Volunteers
Our Place respite care site in Berryville needs volunteers 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, Our Place provides a social care setting for adults with Alzheimer’s disease. (Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:08:26 GMT)

AMENDED LAW TO PROVIDE BETTER CARE FOR ELDERLY: MOI
Taipei, Jan. 13 (CNA) Ministry of the Interior (MOI) officials said Saturday that the passage of an amendment to the Senior Citizen's Welfare Law will help facilitate government's efforts to take care of the elderly. (Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:24:19 GMT)

Revival for Health Care, Biotech
Moves by Congress and proposed universal health care for California spur the sectors. (Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:54:41 GMT)

Poor Ward Care Is Harming Patients, UK
Poor ward care is harming patients, warns a senior doctor in this week's BMJ.Recent figures show that three of the four commonest causes of delayed discharge are associated with inadequate care on the ward: pressure sores, healthcare acquired infections, and medication errors. [click link for full article] (Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:14:04 GMT)

Senior Calendar
CARES CRESCENT ENRICHMENT CENTER: 13906 Fifth St., (352) 518-9300. Adult day care is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. (Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:08:19 GMT)

Retiring councilman to press medical care issues
Town Councilman Allen Wyett, whose 12-year tenure ends Feb. 12, will be remembered as an early, passionate advocate of beach restoration and improved health care for town residents. (Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:25:43 GMT)

Home care from the heart
Kim Kreber brings a special perspective to her new business, which provides non-medical care to anyone requiring help to stay in their homes. (Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:36:45 GMT)