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CARE auction set for March 3
The CARE Organization will be holding their annual Ladies Brunch and Auction soon, featuring items like a mink coat and a possible stay at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Dallas. (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:43:42 GMT)

Local senior care affiliates supporting Duell legislation
Officials with local senior care facilities are on board with State Sen. Bob Duell’s (R-Greenville) most recent legislation that protects quality nursing home care for seniors. (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:46:10 GMT)

Senior centers reach for new life
At age 57, Kevin Shea is one of the youngest members of the Greenwood Senior Center. It's a distinction he's yet to embrace wholeheartedly... (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:20:05 GMT)

Well-known pizza, stromboli maker ill
Local pizza shop owner and stromboli manufacturer Gene Rohrer, well known for making stromboli and pizza, spent last week fighting for his life in the intensive care unit at Carlisle Regional Medical Center with his family gathered by his side. (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:57:16 GMT)

Primary Care breaks ground
Wiggins Primary Care medical center broke ground Monday on its new 8,000-square-foot facility expected to open this fall. (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:16:04 GMT)

JJC to offers annual free senior expo
Joliet Junior College will host its annual expo for senior citizens March 14 in the cafeteria on the main campus, 1215 Houbolt Road. (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:19:42 GMT)

Commission for Social Care Inspection secures mobile data
Lara Williams, Computing , Tuesday 13 February 2007 at 00:00:00 Oragnisation protects sensitive data The Commission for Social Care Inspection has rolled out a mobile security system to its 1,280 staff as part of a major broadband connection project across the organisation’s nine regions.... > Read the full article (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:49:55 GMT)

Senior Night victory comes at buzzer
ROANOKE RAPIDS -- It may have been senior night at Roanoke Rapids High School, but it was a freshman who was the hero Friday. Brittany Bowser hit a layup as time expired to give the Lady Jackets a 31-29 upset victory over the Bunn Wildcats. (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:39:20 GMT)

What's Going On ... North Central
The San Antonio Women's Connection is presenting a Valentine's Day luncheon. (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:04:30 GMT)

Senior Citizens to See Record Medicare Part B Premium Increase in 2008
Feb. 13, 2007 - Medicare Part B premiums are forecast to increase by $15.90 in 2008, the largest amount in the history of the program, according to a new analysis by TREA Senior Citizens League. Part B covers doctors' visits, tests, and outpatient hospital care. (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:23:17 GMT)

Senior Citizens Rally At Capitol For Elderly Care
More than a thousand senior citizens exercised their independence at the Capitol Tuesday. They gave the legislature a piece of their mind, begging state lawmakers not to forget the elderly. (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:17:00 GMT)

Woman guides elder care
As the elderly population more than doubles over the next two decades, the services they will need will be in great demand. As a result, people in health and human services are becoming specialized and are calling themselves geriatric care managers. Linda Goldsmith is one of those people. (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:22:01 GMT)

Senior Notes
A toenail/foot-care seminar will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at the Senior Recreation Center, 1400 S. College Street. The cost is $15. (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:08:06 GMT)

Senior Notes
The following events are happening at the Frisco Senior Center at Frisco Square or in conjunction with the center. The center is located at 6670 Moore St. For information, call 972-335-5515 or logon to www.FriscoFun.org. (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:10:40 GMT)

Crist names specialist on aging as Elder Affairs secretary
TALLAHASSEE · Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday appointed Douglas Beach, a specialist on aging, as the Department of Elder Affairs secretary. (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:18:59 GMT)

Long Term Care Simplified
Baby boomers are becoming senior boomers. (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:06:00 GMT)

Judge clears way for Irondequoit day care
Karlan Drive neighbors and one Planning Board member still have concerns, which they've expressed in letters to the state Attorney General. (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:14:24 GMT)

Starz Entertainment Names McGee Senior Vice President, Marketing
Starz Entertainment President and Chief Operating Officer Bill Myers today announced the appointment of cable industry marketing executive Nancy A. McGee as senior vice president of marketing for the premium television company. (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:30:00 GMT)

Cancer Patients Nationwide Can More Easily Navigate Health Care System Thanks to the American Cancer Society and ...
AstraZeneca and the American Cancer Society today announced a strategic collaboration to significantly extend the reach of the Society's innovative Patient Navigator Program -- an initiative to assist individual cancer patients in negotiating the health care system. (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:00:00 GMT)

Elder-affairs chief named
Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday named Dr. Doug Beach of Winter Springs the new secretary of the Department of Elder Affairs. (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:11:13 GMT)

Long Term Care Simplified
ONTARIO, Calif., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Baby boomers are becoming senior boomers. One out of four baby boomers is age 50 or older and retirement is looking you straight in the eye. According to Frank N. (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:13:55 GMT)

Senior calendar
PACE Program - Elder Service Plan of the North Shore's PACE Program (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) is available to serve residents of Cape Ann. PACE coordinates and provides all needed preventive primary, acute and long-term care services so individuals age 55 and older, who are certified to need nursing home care, can live safely and independently in their homes with support ... (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:20:16 GMT)

Neglect charged at Pennsylvania nursing home
The former nursing director of an assisted-living facility was accused of neglecting a patient's head wound for so long that it filled with maggots, and of trying to conceal the poor care by altering records. (Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:48:25 GMT)

Health Care Property Investors Offers to Acquire Sunrise Senior Living REIT for Cdn$18.00 Per Unit in Cash
LONG BEACH, Calif.----Health Care Property Investors, Inc. today announced that it has submitted a proposal to acquire the assets of Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust in a transaction that values each Sunrise REIT unit at Cdn$18.00. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT)

Health Care Property Bids for Sunrise
Health Care Property Investors Inc., a real estate investment trust that invests in health care facilities, on Wednesday made a bid for Canada-based Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust, topping a rival bid for the company. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:25:29 GMT)

Health Care Property Bids for Sunrise
Health Care Property Investors Inc., a real estate investment trust that invests in health care facilities, on Wednesday made a bid for Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust, topping a rival bid for the company. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:32:32 GMT)

Ventas has rival bidder for Sunrise Senior Living
Health Care Property Investors Inc. today said it was offering 20 percent more than Louisville-based Ventas to buy Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust of Toronto. HCP said its offer values Sunrise at about 1.4 billion Canadian dollars, or $1.2 billion. HCP told Sunrise that it raised $760 million last month on top of $2.4 billion it raised last year and that it is confident it can ... (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:34:25 GMT)

HCP offers to buy Sunrise Senior Living
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Health Care Property Investors Inc. late Wednesday said it has offered to buy the assets of Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust for C$18 ($15.44) a unit. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:24:06 GMT)

Baby Boomers Struggle To Care For Parents, Kids
People are living longer than many imagined and many are becoming parents later in life, and that?s putting some Baby Boomers in a sandwich between their care-dependent parents and their children. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:39:04 GMT)

Senior Notes
A toenail/foot-care seminar will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at the Senior Recreation Center, 1400 S. College Street. The cost is $15. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:25:39 GMT)

Nurses won’t lose jobs in case of elder abuse
NEW GLASGOW — Two nurses who taped the mouth of an elderly New Glasgow nursing home resident and then drew a happy face on it have been disciplined but will keep their jobs. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:14:26 GMT)

Gregoire: Health care a national issue
Nearly 200 seniors brought their health-care concerns to the Capitol on Wednesday, only to hear Gov. Chris Gregoire say that the solutions for many funding problems are in the other Washington. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:20:03 GMT)

More Philadelphia News
The day care center offers additional upside potential, he says. “A better, future use of the land might be a bank branch,” he suggests. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:09:24 GMT)

Senior Expo opens Friday in Marion
MARION - Need the blood pressure checked? How about the blood sugar? Or perhaps some heart-healthy food tips from local health care professionals? Those questions and more can be answered at the Senior Retirement and Lifestyle Expo this weekend at the Illinois Centre Mall in Marion. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:47:08 GMT)

Sunrise Senior Wants More Details to Weigh HCP Buyout (Update1)
Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust said it won't consider a C$1.4 billion ($1.2 billion) buyout offer from Health Care Property Investors Inc. until it receives further information on the bid. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:31:27 GMT)

Sunrise Senior Living Hits New High
Shares of Sunrise Senior Living Inc. sailed to a new all-time high Thursday as a pair of companies competed to buy the long-term care provider's real estate investment trust. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:35:42 GMT)

Health Care Property joins the bidding war for Sunrise REIT
TORONTO — Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust said Thursday it has received a buyout offer from Health Care Property Investors Inc., a deal the U.S. property company says is worth $1.4-billion, and which could create a bidding war for the Canadian seniors housing operator. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:54:39 GMT)

Teen victim 'somewhat responsive'; family hopeful
Posted: 11:57 AM- Alan Walker is still in serious condition in the intensive care unit at University Hospital with brain trauma, but he is "somewhat responsive" according to family spokesman Mark McDougal. "He's talking a little. We're hopeful at this point," he said. Known as A.J. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:21:07 GMT)

Prosecutor targets elder abuse cases
"Elder abuse is where child abuse was 30 years ago -- under-reported and under-investigated," said county Prosecutor J. Patrick Barnes. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:10:11 GMT)

Benefits of Long-Term Care Insurance
As part of a comprehensive elder law plan, we often recommend various courses of action to our clients. In certain instances, we may instruct clients to make direct gifts of their assets to their children. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:24:53 GMT)

Sunrise Senior Living REIT gets $18 per unit offer from Health Care Property
David Friend February 15, 2007 - 5:47 p.m. (Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:49:02 GMT)

Elder abuse sickening
Michael Harris (Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:36:06 GMT)

Senior Center Working To Gain Recognition
Christine Washington, director of the Friendship Center, is spreading the word about her specialized senior care facility in Springfield Gardens. In the main hall of Springfield Gardens’ Friendship Center last week, a 20 person discussion group conducted memory strengthening exercises. (Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:12:14 GMT)

Attorney indicted over probe at church that elder Bush attended
A prominent Greenwich defense attorney was charged Friday with obstructing justice and destroying evidence in a probe of child pornography involving the music director at a church where former President Bush once worshipped. (Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:13:19 GMT)

Hospital tax plan would shift costs of care
Gov. Jim Doyle's proposal to increase federal funding for state health programs through a tax on hospitals would shift some of the cost of providing care for the poor and the uninsured to many of the state's most profitable hospitals. (Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:43:22 GMT)

Senior facility influx causes EMS scramble
POST FALLS -- The influx of senior care facilities planned for Post Falls has the emergency response agency scrambling to prepare for the expected future demand. (Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:12:22 GMT)

Health Care Property Investors "hold," estimates raised
NEW YORK, February 16 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus & Company maintain their "hold" rating on Health Care Property Investors Inc ( HCP.NYS ), while raising their estimates for the company. (Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:46:28 GMT)

State briefs
An amended complaint filed Friday charges two adult care workers with multiple felony counts, including hate crime charges, for allegedly videotaping themselves slapping disabled patients at a vocational academy. (Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:09:15 GMT)

Elder complex woes blamed on roof; Residents return home after being evacuated when water pours in
ROCKLAND - A faulty roof, improperly installed more than a decade ago, is to blame for this week’s evacuation of an elderly housing complex in Rockland, the housing authority’s executive director said yesterday. (Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:17:55 GMT)

Two Elder Sources Worth Reading
Resources for caregivers keep getting better. Two books that recently attracted my attention should become classics for anyone hoping to improve the lives of their senior loved ones and themselves. (Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:33:11 GMT)

Senior center plans still a mystery
Proposed plans that switched what was to be a senior center into a "multi-generational" facility drew fire during the Dare County Board of Commissioners' public comment period during its meeting on Monday. (Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:56:56 GMT)

N. Idaho emergency responders pressed by growing senior population
POST FALLS, Idaho - Emergency responders in this northern Idaho town favored among retirees say additional senior care facilities planned for the area have them racing against time to bring in more paramedics. (Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:56:51 GMT)

Valentine's Day: Youngsters to celebrate with senior citizens today
A group of city residents aged below 25, Jajabors, organises cultural programmes for the senior citizens here. While talking to Newsline Gurjot Shaan, organisor with Jajabors said, "We organise all these cultural programmes to let senior citizens know that they are not neglected by any youngster, rather we care for them." The youngesters working with this group come from different walks of ... (Sat, 17 Feb 2007 21:56:45 GMT)

WOMAN FOCUSES ON ELDER ABUSE
“I believe if we really get together and do this all over the city, all over the county, do the same thing in Lincoln County and in Pulaski County, it can spread all over the state. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:56:20 GMT)

Workshop series focuses on chronic disease
NORTHAMPTON - Highland Valley Elder Services will begin a free series of workshops for people with chronic diseases or their caretakers this week. The workshops, which take place each Wednesday for six weeks, are based on programs affiliated with the Stanford University School of Medicine. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:19:56 GMT)

DCF now accepting child and elderly abuse reports online
They already get many of the cases too late. Sometimes it’s deep bruises, sometimes broken bones. Sometimes it’s beyond that. Sometimes the victim is already dead. The Department of Children and Families recently started accepting reports of child and elder abuse online, hoping the ease of the Internet will reach some witnesses who wouldn’t otherwise come forward. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:28:21 GMT)

N. Idaho emergency responders pressed by growing senior population
POST FALLS, Idaho - Emergency responders in the northern Idaho town of Post Falls say additional senior care facilities planned for the area have them racing against time to bring in more paramedics. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:29:52 GMT)

Senior Activities
The senior centers will be closed on Feb. 19 in observance of Presidents Day. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:51:13 GMT)

Tax break available for elder care
If you care for an aging parent, you're not alone. The National Alliance for Caregiving and the AARP estimate that 21 percent of American adults care for other adults. Seven million Americans take care of someone 55 or older and live at least an hour away, a Pew Center study reports. And that number is expected to double within 15 years. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:09:05 GMT)

Woman pleads innocent to elder abuse, ID theft
CASTRO VALLEY — Dawna Smylie went to Greece with her daughter, bought a car, bought several thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise online and, in total, ran up more than $40,000 in credit (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:00:46 GMT)

Business will deal on health care
Is momentum building in efforts to overhaul the ailing U.S. health care system? I'm inclined to say yes. That's not to say we're close to a workable solution (or any solution). But it's increasingly clear that major employers recognize a tipping point... (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:00:08 GMT)

Atlanta is not ready for senior boom
Atlanta is getting grayer, but it's not the haze across the city that's alarming planning officials. It's the rapid growth in senior citizens expected over the next 26 years, a boom that the metro area is not ready for, the head of the region's planning agency said Saturday. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:48:08 GMT)

On The Move
Kristina Behrman was promoted to manager of client relations at Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region.Pat Benfield was promoted to data analyst II at Grogan Associates. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:58:32 GMT)

Atlanta is Not Ready for Senior Boom
ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta is getting grayer, but it's not the haze across the city that's alarming planning officials. It's the rapid growth in senior citizens expected over the next 26 years, a boom that the metro area is not ready for. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:42:03 GMT)

Meeting the challenges of home care arrangements
THE MOST common challenge for participants in our recent elder care seminars was how to arrange successful, ongoing home care service. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:26:49 GMT)

Elder-care agency's funds still up in air
The fate of the Southwest Washington Area Agency on Aging remains uncertain as agency officials await a decision by the state department that funds the programs. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:07:49 GMT)

Klobuchar meets with families about elder care issues
WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. U-S Senator Amy Klobuchar will be in West St. Paul tomorrow, meeting with families who are caring for aging relatives. (Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:58:37 GMT)

Area partnership aims to curb elder abuse
Social workers, police and prosecutors in Albemarle County are teaming up to help protect elderly and disabled residents from physical, sexual and financial abuse in a new program seeking to open the lines of communication among investigators. (Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:57:35 GMT)

Senior Center offering short-term care program
Tuscarawas County Senior Center has introduced Helping Hands, a new short-term care program. The program provides assistance and supportive services on a short-term basis to seniors in their home after hospitalization, nursing home dismissal or acute injury or illness. (Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:50:35 GMT)

They're working for a smile
Doctors with Dentistry From the Heart provide free care for folks who can't afford it. Not many dentists have a long line of patients waiting for them when the sun rises -- especially patients who are so eager for a filling that they've been camping out in the cold since 2 a.m. (Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:32:07 GMT)

Elder care can't afford break time
Blanche Fay is 84 years old. She lives in the Hooper Street apartment complex in Worcester and gets along reasonably well with everyone. In fact, family members described her as an angel. (Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:45:52 GMT)

Cancer care network established
A network is set up to ensure equal care for cancer patients across the North of England. (Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:28:39 GMT)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles ( First Impressions )
"We wanted to do an expansion that took the best parts of what people experienced in Oblivion, but give them an entirely new setting that looked and felt very different from anything they did in Oblivion," says Pete Hines, Bethesda's vice president of PR and marketing. (Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:29:39 GMT)

Ventas Responds to Conditional HCP Proposal and Sunrise Senior Living REIT Announcement
Ventas, Inc. today responded to the Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust announcement that it has received an amended, conditional proposal from Health Care Property Investors, Inc. . (Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:40:00 GMT)

Long Beach investor offers Sunrise Senior Living buyout proposal
Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust said Monday that Health Care Property Investors Inc. has provided specifics about its acquisition proposal. (Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:53:13 GMT)

Region News in Brief
LAWRENCE - The SHINE (Serving the Health Needs of Elders) program at Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley is recruiting people to become certified SHINE counselors who provide no-cost health care information, assistance and counseling to Medicare beneficiaries of all ages (older adults, or younger disabled adults). (Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:13:31 GMT)

Nursing-care facility suspected of restraining residents
URAYASU, Chiba Prefecture--An unregistered nursing-care facility here is under investigation for confining a brain-damaged resident in a space surrounded by bars and binding others to their beds, officials said Tuesday. (Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:30:00 GMT)

Senior Help
Support for care-givers (Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:17:24 GMT)

Former caregiver faces elder abuse, ID theft counts
Dawna Smylie went to Greece with her daughter, bought a car, bought several thousand dollars' worth of merchandise online and, in total, ran up more than $40,000 in credit card bills by the time she turned herself in to police. (Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:26:15 GMT)

Cancer Patients Nationwide Can More Easily Navigate Health Care System
AstraZeneca and the American Cancer Society has announced a strategic collaboration to significantly extend the reach of the Society's innovative Patient Navigator Program â€" an initiative to assist individual cancer patients in negotiating the health care system. [click link for full article] (Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:04:34 GMT)

PRICE HIKE ROBS OAP OF DAY CARE
A DISABLED pensioner faces having to give up social services day care because she cannot afford to pay more. Cumbria County Council voted last week to increase its charges from £3.30-a-day to £13.30. (Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:52:26 GMT)

Half Of All Seniors' Consumption May Soon Be Health Care
DALLAS (February 20, 2007) - In less than two decades, half of everything seniors consume may be health care, according to a new study by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). For today's oldest seniors, this has already happened. (Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:22:06 GMT)

Senior Care Expert
Horizon Bay is a senior retirement living company that believes in improving the quality of every single life we touch. We operate several types of communities including continuum of care retirement, freestanding assisted living and independent living communities. (Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:11:34 GMT)

Bank announces senior crime program
AMARILLO -- FirstBank Southwest has announced that it will invest $1 million in the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation, which operates a successful crime prevention program for nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. (Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:47:35 GMT)

Blind pooch awaits return of missing pal
BOX ELDER — Buddy, an endearing blue heeler, never had a clear picture of his best friend — a loveable golden retriever named Sadie. Yet Buddy, blinded by cataracts, knew when Sadie went missing last fall. (Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:14:56 GMT)

Get input from potential clients
Question : My wife has worked as an elder-care provider for a number of years. We'd like to start a business that serves the nonmedical home-care needs of seniors. How do I find out how large the demand is locally and who would be our main competitors? (Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:32:54 GMT)

Union treasurer under scrutiny
Leaders of TriMet's transit union have accused the union's treasurer of embezzling a "significant amount of money" from an account for elder and child care expenses to feed a gambling addiction. (Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:33:04 GMT)

Torrington boys take care of business on Senior Night
TORRINGTON Ã¢Â€Â” After beating Holy Cross 11 days ago to re-forge a three-way tie in the Naugatuck Valley League, Torrington High boys basketball coach Tony Turina circled Tuesday night's game with Seymour as the biggest impediment to his team's history-making season. (Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:01:47 GMT)

Health-Care Spending in U.S. May Be $4.1 Trillion by 2016
Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. health care costs may almost double over the next 10 years to $4.1 trillion annually, or 20 cents of every dollar spent, according to a study by federal economists and actuaries. (Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:19:18 GMT)

Community, senior center has rooms with a view in Silver Springs
The Silver Springs community celebrated Tuesday as they opened the doors to a new senior and community center. (Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:12:45 GMT)

City halts plan on senior fees
City-instituted changes in the way the Visalia Senior Center has been used are on hold indefinitely after more than 100 Visalia seniors voiced overwhelming opposition to the moves at a heated Visalia City Council meeting Tuesday night at City Hall. (Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:16:29 GMT)

Elder Care Pays Off For Everyone
As health care costs rise, some companies are finding it pays to spend money to save money. Some progressive companies are helping employees care for an aging parent by providing elder care benefits, Kelly Wallace reports. (Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:30:06 GMT)

Maine needs to address rising elder care needs
At the request of State Representative Bruce MacDonald, Richard Erb, President/CEO of Maine Health Care Association (MHCA), discussed the long-term care issues facing Maine at Bay Landing on Friday, Feb. 16. About 15 people attended the event, which was filmed by BRCTV Channel 7. (Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:56:08 GMT)

Nursing home accused of elder abuse
LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE - A senior-care facility and its locally based parent corporation are being sued for elder abuse and negligence. The latest litigation comes less than a year after the company settled a state lawsuit over inadequate service at its more than two dozen California locations. (Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:05:35 GMT)

Senior care center closes
A senior care center has closed despite efforts to keep it open. (Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:37:04 GMT)

Pitfalls, resources of home care
LAST week we presented ways to access ongoing home care for an older relative. (Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:27:06 GMT)

Sandisfield Elder care home sold
SANDISFIELD — Sheehan Health Group, whose co-owner has an interest in seven other elder care facilities in the Berkshires and outside Boston, has purchased the former New Boston Nursing Home, a 55-bed care facility. (Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:01:09 GMT)

A Major Study Using Daxor's BVA-100 Blood Volume Analyzer Reported at the Annual Society of Critical Care Medicine ...
Daxor Corporation -- The study entitled "Does Hematocrit Reflect Red Cell Volume when Adjusted for Plasma Volume" involved 370 patients who had a total of 689 separate blood volume measurements in the intensive care units at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Senior authors of the study were Dr. (Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:30:00 GMT)

UF-affiliated senior community makes the grade without classes
Oak Hammock residents live it up -- and skip the studies. At 72, Don Collier has senior rank in his German class at the University of Florida. (Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:48:29 GMT)

Kaiser names new senior vice president and CIO
Kaiser Permanente named Philip Fasano as senior vice president and chief information officer at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, replacing short-timer Bruce Turkstra, who had worked as interim CIO since November. (Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:04:14 GMT)

Local Corporation Accused of Elder Abuse
A lawsuit seeking unspecified damages has been brought forth by an 81-year-old woman who accuses Pleasant Care Convalescent of Riverside of elder abuse and negligence. (Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:50:55 GMT)

Senior recovering after school bus crash
A Poudre High School senior is recovering from serious injuries today after the school bus she was riding early Monday was involved in a one-vehicle crash west of Windsor. (Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:13:10 GMT)

Lawmaker To Focus On Elder Abuse Issues
HOLIDAY - State Rep. Tom Anderson plans to introduce a bill to strengthen the laws on elder abuse when the Legislature opens its annual 60-day session March 6. (Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:23:18 GMT)

Augusta area Alzheimerâ€™s care and support
AUGUSTA â€” According to Kathryn Pears of the Alzheimerâ€™s Association, Maine Chapter, the Pine Tree State is way ahead of the rest of the country in meeting the needs of people with Alzheimerâ€™s disease or related dementias. The following is an overview of some of the services available within the Augusta area, all of which employ staff that are trained in dementia care. (Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:28:11 GMT)

Menu for Meals on Wheels
Elder Care Services' Meals on Wheels lunch menu. All meals include low-fat milk. (Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:00:38 GMT)

Thunderbirds take care of Titans
In a rematch of one of the most bizarre state tournament games in recent memory, highlighted by a 41-point fourth quarter by Olympus, the Titans came oh-so-close to duplicating the dramatic feat in Monday's 4A first round at the Dee Events Center. (Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:34:12 GMT)

Microsoft moves into health care services
NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. made its first foray Monday into the growing consumer health care market with its acquisition of Medstory, a closely held company that is developing an Internet search engine for health information. (Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:24:22 GMT)

Senior Whole Health's Integrated Care Management Successfully Addresses Medicaid/Medicare Budget Challenges, Captures ...
Amid sobering news of proposed deep cuts to Medicaid and Medicare budgets, Senior Whole Health (SWH) cites its intense integrated care management strategy as a fiscally sound approach that can be replicated nationwide to deliver quality services at reasonable costs. (Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:18:20 GMT)

Office seeks senior jobs
Seattle's Office for Senior Citizens offers a program that helps place seniors in jobs that can earn them earn extra money and a second chance at a career, but many active seniors in Ballard are looking for opportunities closer to home. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:34:59 GMT)

Donation to help advance senior center
The Deer Creek Fund, part of the Idaho Community Foundation, has awarded a $75,000 grant to the Croy Canyon Ranch Foundation to fund architectural plans for Croy Canyon Ranch, a continuing care facility that will replace Blaine Manor. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:19:25 GMT)

More News
Wisbey received the offer Feb. 15 in a phone call from Elder Thomas Mostert, the chairman of the Board of Trustees of La Sierra University, a Riverside, Calif.,-based school. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:13:42 GMT)

Working-class struggle: More families living near poverty level
Christy and Robert Christol thought they were doing well financially. The Box Elder family had carefully established good credit scores, recently bought a surplus home from Ellsworth Air Force Base through a Rapid City bank and mortgage company and had received raises at their workplaces. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:45:07 GMT)

Stricter elder care bill set for vote
Administrators at the New Dimensions Home Healthcare Plus in Pasadena were impressed with the nursing assistant who recently interviewed for a job — until they did a criminal background check. The woman, they discovered, had been convicted three times for shoplifting, once for prostitution and twice on felony drug charges. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:52:07 GMT)

SENIOR NOTES
A free fitness orientation will take place from 1:30 to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Senior Recreation Center, 1400 S. College Street. Advance sign-up is required. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:06:55 GMT)

A Failure to Care: Special Investigation: A dysfunctional system
Daniel S. Paglione lived through gun battles with the Japanese navy as a young sailor in World War II. He died, at age 80, after two miserable years at a Bucks County assisted-living facility where he was sometimes left to lie in his own feces, his family says. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:27:35 GMT)

Overtime loss blemishes Murphy's Senior Night
It was a bittersweet Senior Night celebration for DeeDee Murphy on Monday. After a 64-61 overtime loss to UMKC, the senior hugged her mother, who made the trip from Detroit, waved to the crowd and stepped off the court at Western Hall for the final time. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:39:14 GMT)

Nursing home can't just transfer patients
Q:Our mother, who suffers from moderate Alzheimer's disease, has lived in a local nursing home for nearly three years. Our father died prior to her admission, and we have used the money and assets he left her to pay for her care privately at the rate of more than $6,000 monthly. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:59:24 GMT)

Deadline to Meet Goals Extended as District Promises Better Foster Care
The District's foster care system continues to shortchange children in its care by failing to provide full medical and mental health services and sufficient caseworker visits, a children's advocate said yesterday in U.S. District Court. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:11:33 GMT)

Council member honored by Elder Affairs
City Councilwoman Sharon Copeland received an award Feb. 21 honoring her advocacy on behalf of seniors in the Mandarin area, courtesy of the Duval County Council on Elder Affairs. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:27:12 GMT)

GEORGETOWN: Police probe new complaint of elder abuse
For the second time in two months, Georgetown police have been called to investigate a complaint of elder abuse at a Georgetown nursing center. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:26:49 GMT)

Health Care Software System, Subject of Lawsuit, Becomes Open Source
Medsphere hopes to capitalize on a successful deployment at the VA hospital system by adapting its software to the community hospitals and private health care providers. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:00:00 GMT)

Senior calendar
PACE Program - Elder Service Plan of the North Shore's PACE Program (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) serves eligible residents of Cape Ann. PACE coordinates and provides all needed preventive primary, acute and long-term care services so individuals age 55 and older, who are certified to need nursing home care, can live safely and independently in their homes with support services. (Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:20:23 GMT)