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Santa's presents not just for kids
WASHINGTON | Sometimes the holiday season can heighten the isolation of elderly men and women living alone, some with no families. "Elder orphans" is the term some social service agency workers use to describe them. (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:17:40 GMT)

Duke expands health care division; N.Y. firm acquires Oldsmar center
Duke Realty Corp. seeks to grow development opportunities in the health care arena by establishing a new division office in Tampa. (DRE) (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:18:38 GMT)

More seniors seeking dental-care assistance
Senior No. 21 -- This 74-year-old woman is one of several senior citizens waiting to receive dental services through the Seniors Fund. The waiting list for dental care can be as long as a year, since that is one of the most requested services. (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:23:41 GMT)

Senior trees go up
Home Instead Senior Care is sponsoring a program, “Be a Santa to a Senior,” to give older adults who live alone holiday gifts. Christmas trees are being put up at local Kmart stores and the Cumberland Area and Perry County agencies for aging will help identify senior citizens who qualify for the program. Their first names will be put on ornaments with lists of their gift requests. Store patrons ... (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:27:48 GMT)

Be a Santa to a Senior
Jacinthe Jarrit is a no-nonsense senior citizen, who once served in the Marines. But that doesn't mean she doesn't enjoy the holiday season. JJ, as she is called, just likes to get practical gifts. (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:28:34 GMT)

Malpractice curbs hailed, faulted
HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE, Texas - For Dr. Theodore G. Belitsos, the move from Maine to Texas this year offers hope of a financial bonanza. His medical malpractice insurance alone was cut to $5,031 in Texas, from $11,300 in Maine last year. (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:29:17 GMT)

No major injuries as senior citizens evacuate building afire
LYNDHURST, N.J. - Officials are blaming a candle for a fire at a Lyndhurst senior center that forced the evacuation of more than 100 residents. (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:18:50 GMT)

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Piper Jaffray 19th Annual Health Care Conference
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that a member of Lexicon senior management will present at the Piper Jaffray 19th Annual Health Care Conference at The Pierre Hotel in New York, New York on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:15:00 GMT)

Elder care outside the office often provided free
Geriatricians spend a significant amount of uncompensated time outside of office visits providing care for chronically ill patients, study findings suggest. (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:44:02 GMT)

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Piper Jaffray 19th Annual Health Care Conference
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX ) today announced that a member of Lexicon senior management will present at the Piper Jaffray 19th Annual Health Care Conference at The Pierre Hotel in New York, New York on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time . (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:23:44 GMT)

A Common Casualty of Old Age: The Will to Live
When someone says life isn?t worth living, pay attention. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:17:30 GMT)

Residential care homes provide more intimate setting for frail seniors
When Lynn Piccola's elderly parents couldn't care for themselves anymore, she began searching for a better place for them to live. She quickly passed over large assisted-living centers in favor of a more intimate place that resembled her parents' own house. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:54:48 GMT)

Grass-roots program helps seniors stay independent
Dear Savvy Senior I recently read an article about a new community-based elder care program called "villages" that provide in-home services to seniors that helps them remain living in their own home. My husband and I are retiring in a few years and are interested in starting up a program like that in our small town. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:10:29 GMT)

Program helps preserve independence
Dear Savvy Senior: I recently read an article about a new community-based elder care program called "villages" that provide in-home services to seniors that helps them remain living in their own home. My husband and I are retiring in a few years and are interested in starting up a program like that in our small town. What can you tell us? -- Retiring Homebodies (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:07:16 GMT)

Santas for seniors
"Be A Santa To A Senior," the third annual volunteer holiday program organized by a Grayslake-based business, will provide Christmas gifts to approximately 450 senior citizens, many of whom live alone at home. "People think of children at Christmas, but seniors are a huge group of really needy people," said Denise Trinka, co-owner of the franchise Home Instead Senior Care. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:07:46 GMT)

Manor Care buyout decision imminent
MADISON Questions of financial liability and patient care were raised at a public hearing Monday on a proposed $6 billion buyout of Manor Care Inc. nursing homes. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:12:32 GMT)

Stamford Hospital eyes space in Norwalk for ambulatory care center
In a market-share challenge to Norwalk Hospital, Stamford Hospital plans to put a 75,000-square-foot ambulatory care center at the former Vectron International plant at 166 Glover Ave. in Norwalk by the end of next year. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:25:12 GMT)

Shippensburg Senior Center events
The Shippensburg Senior Activities Center sponsors a wide variety of programs. Upcoming programs are listed below. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:25:12 GMT)

Sean Taylor Dies in Miami
MIAMI, Nov. 27 -- Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died early Tuesday from the gunshot wound he suffered a day earlier in his Miami home. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:46:23 GMT)

Rezoning hearing on controversial Suwanee senior complex postponed
The Snellville City Council on Monday postponed a hearing on the zoning request of a controversial senior citizens development. Discussion of the rezoning request of the Orchards Development, a 55-and-over community planned for 1520 Tree Lane, was rescheduled for Jan. 28. Jason Thompson, the city's acting director of planning and development, said the developer asked for the delay so the firm ... (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:49:07 GMT)

Visiting Aging Parents Over the Holidays: Elder Care Expert Encourages Boomers to Move Beyond Denial
With the Holiday season upon us, Boomers will be spending more time with their aging parents. Elder care expert Esther Koch encourages Boomers to be more aware of their parents' needs. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:08:00 GMT)

Former Senator Bill Frist goes to private equity
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will join newly private equity firm Cressey & Company LP as a partner, the firm said on Tuesday, in charge of making new investments in health care companies and providing expertise to portfolio companies. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:33:55 GMT)

Pacific Growth boosts health care team with new hire
Pacific Growth Equities, a San Francisco investment bank, said Tuesday that it hired Caroline Corner as a senior research analyst covering regenerative medicine and convergent technologies. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:37:14 GMT)

Work begins on senior-care project
Brinkmann Constructors has broken ground on the 200-unit, $40 million Sunrise of Broomfield senior-care facility in Broomfield. (Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:55:39 GMT)

Astor's son accused of stealing from her
The son of philanthropist Brooke Astor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he looted his mother's $198 million estate and conspired to have the Alzheimer's-stricken socialite sign a new will leaving her vast fortune to him. (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:57:47 GMT)

Astor’s Son Appears in Court and Denies Charges
Anthony D. Marshall and one of his mother’s former lawyers, Francis X. Morrissey Jr., were charged with numerous crimes in an 18 count indictment. (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:55:49 GMT)

More day-care programs going beyond holding pattern for kids
Providing day care was once seen as a way to get low-income parents into the workforce, but now, using child care to pull future generations out of poverty is capturing the imagination of government and businesses alike. From St. Paul's North End to north Minneapolis to Wayzata to Blue Earth County, a number of projects aim to get more daycare workers introducing 3- and 4-year-olds to what ... (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:02:22 GMT)

Cardiac care in region rated among U.S. best
Several hospitals in the region have been named as among the country's 100 Top Hospitals for cardiovascular care. ... (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:22:47 GMT)

Cigna's senior unsecured debt rating affirmed at 'Baa2' - Moody's
BANGALORE (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service said it affirmed its senior unsecured debt rating on Cigna Corp at 'Baa2' after the company said it would acquire the health care operations of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co (GWLA). (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:27:00 GMT)

Cigna's senior unsecured debt rating affirmed at 'Baa2' - Moody's
BANGALORE (Thomson Financial) - Moody's ( Nachrichten ) Investors Service said it affirmed its senior unsecured debt rating on Cigna Corp ( Nachrichten ) at 'Baa2' after the company said it would acquire the health care operations of Great-West Life&Annuity Insurance Co (GWLA). (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:36:16 GMT)

Report links suicide to lack of health care
The higher the percentage of residents in a state who say they can't afford health care, the greater the prevalence of serious depression and the higher the suicide rate in that state, suggests a new report released to USA TODAY. (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:08:28 GMT)

Shippensburg Senior Center events
The Shippensburg Senior Activities Center sponsors a wide variety of programs. Upcoming programs are listed below. (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:23:32 GMT)

New program targets elder isolation
LAKE PLACID -- Listening, says Ruth Tarlton, is an important skill. "It begins with conversation, though I love to play games, checkers, Parcheesi, any board games," said the retired X-ray specialist. (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:42:01 GMT)

Senior Tree
Be Santa to a senior this year and help the Home Instead Senior Care Center make this Christmas a bright one for needy senior citizens. (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:18:01 GMT)

Senior Whole Health expands offices in Cambridge
Senior Whole Health signed a lease for 47,912 square feet with BioMed Realty Trust Inc. (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:37:54 GMT)

3:43 p.m. Rep. Boyda meets talks Medicare with senior citizens
COLUMBUS, Kan. — U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., met today with around 50 Kansas senior citizens about their problems and positive experiences with the Medicare prescription drug plan and other health care issues. (Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:00:01 GMT)

Safeguard Your Loved Ones
Six things you need to know when hiring a home health-care worker. (Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:14:46 GMT)

Holiday Stress and Aging Parents: Elder Care Expert Has Prescription for Relief
Elder care expert Esther Koch provides insight into how Boomers can bring the joy of the Holiday season to their elder care experience. (Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:01:00 GMT)

Officials report on adult day care
The Manassas Senior Day Program, which offers day care for senior citizens who are unable to stay at home alone, was threatened during the last round of budget cuts. But the Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted to fund the program for another year after several months of hard lobbying by a vocal group of program supporters. In March the board appointed a task force to recommend ways ... (Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:18:11 GMT)

Artist with Alzheimer's forges bond with a lonely foster girl
For Sissy Spacek, the story of a woman with Alzheimer's and a lonely girl's struggle in foster care "is really about finding home." (Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:19:34 GMT)

Shippensburg Senior Center events
The Shippensburg Senior Activities Center sponsors a wide variety of programs. Upcoming programs are listed below. (Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:24:14 GMT)

Sky-high worries over senior home
(Juan Carlos Pometta Betancourt/Special to The Examiner) Burlingame resident Katie Treu, left, says that a proposed senior care facility will block out her view of the sun. (Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:51:17 GMT)

Elder Abuse
Every year, between 1 and 2 million Americans age 65 or older are injured, exploited or otherwise mistreated by someone they depend on for care or protection, federal authorities said. (Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:51:47 GMT)

ADK Mercy Care provides friendship to elderly in Tri-Lakes
LAKE PLACID —A recent assessment of living situations conducted by members of the Sisters of Mercy on elder care and nursing homes in the Adirondacks showed that elders who chose to stay at home for longer periods of time rather than seeking assisted or alternative living situations may be isolated and lonelier than those who move into nursing or assisted living facilities. (Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:53:14 GMT)

Caregivers spend $5,500/yr. out-of-pocket
Tens of millions of U.S. adults who provide elder care for a spouse or parent spend an average $5,500 annually in out-of-pocket expenses, a study found. The survey, conducted by MetLife Mature Market Institute, found 37 percent of family caregivers -- one... (Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:31:18 GMT)

Bring holiday cheer to an area senior
A national nonprofit program that has brightened the lives of hundreds of thousands of older adults with gifts and companionship is being organized for a fourth year."Be a Santa to a Senior," sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care, provides presents to seniors who otherwise might not be remembered this holiday season. (Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:29:15 GMT)

Cabinet approves Enactment of Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill, 2007
New Delhi, Nov 30 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for moving official amendments in the 'Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill, 2007' in Lok Sabha. The Bill will provide effective care and protection to the senior citizens and provide speedy and inexpensive legal framework to grant maintenance to them. The Bill proposes to cast an obligation on the ... (Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:12:26 GMT)

SENIOR CALENDAR
Community Action Southwest, Senior Services Program, Waynesburg, has announced the schedule of activities at Greene County's senior citizens centers for the week beginning Monday. (Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:50:48 GMT)

Panthers take care of Flyers
When the gym lights come on and an NCAA Division II team hits town, the Drury Panthers know how to take care of business. (Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:26:15 GMT)

Murkowski eyes care for Alaska veterans
FAIRBANKS -- U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski will host a hearing today in Anchorage on the health care needs of veterans, especially those veterans returning to Alaska from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:53:32 GMT)

Senior calendar
Albany Senior Center -- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. 846 Masonic Ave. Papier mach, bridge, chess, needlecrafts, world events, literature, writing memoirs, line dancing, exercise and art. (Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:16:59 GMT)

Nigeria: Awoniyi's Death - FG, Obasanjo Mourn
Reactions came in torrents yesterday over the death of elder statesman and Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Chief Sunday Bolorunduro Awoniyi, 75, who passed away in a London hospital on Wednesday. (Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:22:36 GMT)

Holiday Tipping Grows More Generous; Child-Care Providers, Housekeepers and Teachers Among the Most Tipped
Consumer Reports offers advice for tipping etiquette (Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:50:03 GMT)

Grants give health care in Lawrence a shot in the arm
* Recruiting and mentoring Latino high school students to become registered nurses, in order to increase diversity in the health-care work force. (Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:17:06 GMT)