Elder Care News 12/2007 (Page 2)

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Child care centers in Franklin County get less state money for needy kids than centers in Benton and Walla Walla counties. (Dec 5, 2007)

Americans age 85 and over now represent the fastest growing segment of the elder population. As this trend continues, experts predict a dramatic rise in elder abuse cases, including physical, psychological and financial neglect or exploitation. (Dec 5, 2007)

VINELAND — Police are attempting to determine if the same man was responsible for robbing two women outside of the Taco Bell restaurant on South Delsea Drive early today and another woman in the parking lot of the nearby Genesis Elder Care Center in Millville an hour later. (Dec 5, 2007)

The rate of visits to U.S. hospital emergency rooms by senior citizens grew faster than that of any other age group between 1993 and 2003, straining the country's already overcrowded emergency care system, according to a study published on Wednesday. (Dec 6, 2007)

Transcript StaffEach year, Home Instead Senior Care teams up with area businesses to sponsor Be A Santa To ... (Dec 6, 2007)

I caught a cab during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. The driver immediately began teeing off on Republicans. The cabbie said that his father told him, "Republicans care about General Electric, and Democrats care about you and me." (Dec 6, 2007)

Forest Lake will get its first town-within-a-town senior housing complex this spring when a 276-unit facility opens in the southwestern part of the city. (Dec 6, 2007)

The Chinese government encourages private capital to invest in services for the elderly as the country feels pressure from its increasing aging population, a senior official said at a national symposium on senior care on Wednesday. (Dec 6, 2007)

POWAY -- The nonprofit organization that runs the Poway Senior Center announced Wednesday that it has hired Siobhan Hancock as the facility's interim executive director. (Dec 6, 2007)

The Shippensburg Senior Activities Center sponsors a wide variety of programs. Upcoming programs are listed below. (Dec 6, 2007)

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 ... (Dec 6, 2007)

VINELAND -- Police are attempting to determine if the same man responsible for robbing two women outside of the Taco Bell restaurant on South Delsea Drive early Wednesday robbed another woman in the parking lot of the nearby Genesis Elder Care Center in Millville an hour later. (Dec 6, 2007)

Review: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney are pitch perfect in a film about two siblings who must deal with their father's dementia. (Dec 6, 2007)

The Atrium Medical Center campus, which opens Sunday near the Interstate 75-Ohio 122 interchange in Warren County, offers facilities including the Dayton Children's Outpatient Center, Ann and Arthur W. Bidwell Surgery Center, a senior housing facility and a YMCA that will create about 200 jobs. (Dec 6, 2007)

Santa and Mrs. Claus, along with volunteers, will gather at 5:30 p.m. at Elmcroft Retirement Community to wrap gifts for area seniors at part of the "Be a Santa to a Senior" program. The gifts will be delivered the week of Dec. 17 by Norfork Fire Chief Frankie Baker and Mrs. Claus in Norfork and Elmcroft in Mountain Home. The program is sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care. (Dec 6, 2007)

Americans are now living longer, and that means more and more of the elderly population is needing care. (Dec 6, 2007)

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Dean Bollinger, 52, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at Elder Care of Marble Hill. He was born Jan. 11, 1955 at Cape Girardeau, son of William D. and Donna Dunn... (Dec 6, 2007)

Home Office work permit rules mean many Filipino care workers in Wales could have to leave the UK. (Dec 6, 2007)

Gerald Kaiser, vice president of senior services for The Long Island Home and administrator of Broadlawn Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Adult Day Care Program has announced that Broadlawn manor was recognized as the best in a survey recently held by The Long Island Business News. (Dec 6, 2007)

Much of the media coverage of the Presidential campaign has focused upon two issues — the war in Iraq and health care. The latter has been particularly prominent in Democratic Presidential debates and upon the campaign trail. (Dec 7, 2007)

POWAY -- The nonprofit organization that runs the Poway Senior Center announced Wednesday that it has hired Siobhan Hancock as the facility's interim executive director. (Dec 7, 2007)

Instead of wearing his heart on his sleeve, Donald G. Jenkins wore it on his hat. The former resident, a World War II veteran who chauffeured generals to inspect troops and deliver secret messages behind enemy lines, died on Nov. 26 in hospice care. (Dec 7, 2007)

The Shippensburg Senior Activities Center sponsors a wide variety of programs. Upcoming programs are listed below. (Dec 7, 2007)

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 ... (Dec 7, 2007)

SPRINGFIELD - The state's new secretary of elder affairs told senior citizens yesterday that he is on a mission to expand efforts statewide to combat elder abuse and exploitation. (Dec 7, 2007)

Following is a reply to the township and to the Township Planner, Mr. Solow, on the need for senior housing in Princeton, as raised by questions posed to you by Daniel A. Harris in his letter of Nov. 18, 2007. (Dec 7, 2007)

The Atrium Medical Center campus, which opens Sunday near the Interstate 75-Ohio 122 interchange in Warren County, offers facilities including the Dayton Children's Outpatient Center, Ann and Arthur W. Bidwell Surgery Center, a senior housing facility and a YMCA that will create about 200 jobs. (Dec 7, 2007)

Shares of health care real estate investment trusts gained Friday, in line with the overall market, after a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst started coverage of the sector, noting it outperforms the overall REIT sector. (Dec 8, 2007)

Robert A. Hawkins made a five-year journey through a maze of juvenile services programs before killing eight people and then himself in an Omaha mall. (Dec 8, 2007)

Although the weather is getting chilly, the Senior Center at Frisco Square is heating up with December activities. The center is at 6670 Moore Street. (Dec 8, 2007)

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 ... (Dec 8, 2007)

"Here I am in the same situation," writes a grandmother from Medford, "very low income, lots of bills, and taking care of the smartest and most tender child I've ever met." (Dec 8, 2007)

New health center offers free prenatal care to pregnant women living in the city's northeast neighborhoods. (Dec 8, 2007)

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill provides for three months of imprisonment for those who are found guilty of abandoning their parents. It also gives no scope for appeal against the punishment. CNN-IBN debates if children should be penalised for not taking care of their old parents. (Dec 8, 2007)

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DANBURY TOWNSHIP --Members of the Danbury Senior Center are sharing the love -- and the goodies -- this holiday season. After several weeks of collecting donations, seniors packed boxes Wednesday to send to military members overseas as part of the center's "Operation Support Our Troops." (Dec 8, 2007)

A program of exercises, crafts, entertainment and education combines with meals served at the Ottawa County Senior Citizens Center and nutrition sites to form the county senior citizens activities program. Suggested donation for lunch is $2.50 for those 60 and older; $5 for those under 60. (Dec 8, 2007)

Instead of wearing his heart on his sleeve, Donald G. Jenkins wore it on his hat. The former resident, a World War II veteran who chauffeured generals to inspect troops and deliver secret messages behind enemy lines, died on Nov. 26 in hospice care. (Dec 8, 2007)

DANBURY TOWNSHIP --Members of the Danbury Senior Center are sharing the love -- and the goodies -- this holiday season. After several weeks of collecting donations, seniors packed boxes Wednesday to send to military members overseas as part of the center's "Operation Support Our Troops." (Dec 8, 2007)

Instead of wearing his heart on his sleeve, Donald G. Jenkins wore it on his hat. The former resident, a World War II veteran who chauffeured generals to inspect troops and deliver secret messages behind enemy lines, died on Nov. 26 in hospice care. (Dec 9, 2007)

Arizona's next generation of leaders is already in place. They are working in fields as diverse as biotech and law-enforcement, small-business development and health care, and they are ready to take on the challenges of their respective field to make the state a better place to live and work for all of us. (Dec 9, 2007)

PHILLIPSBURG | Warren Hospital is building the first adult medical day care center in Warren County. "There is nothing of this kind in the county," said Anne Grogan, the hospital's director of the geriatric services department "It's definitely filling a need. (Dec 9, 2007)

A full listing of senior center and council on aging activities will be published the first Sunday of each month, and a condensed version will be published the remaining Sundays. All overnight trips will be published throughout the month. Listings for... (Dec 9, 2007)

Buckner Westminster Place officials showcased their newest neighborhood additions Saturday, which they say will give elderly residents spacious living with around-the-clock health care. (Dec 9, 2007)

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 ... (Dec 9, 2007)

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The Osceola Council on Aging program makes sure elderly don't feel neglected. For some, the holidays can be a lonely time for seniors without family or friends to share the merriment, so the Osceola Council on Aging steps in with its Senior Santa adoption program. (Dec 9, 2007)

As the developer of Orland Park's new downtown pushes ahead with plans for the Main Street Triangle, a potentially project-derailing impasse is developing: At least three tenants with long-term leases in the shopping center that's to be razed for the new development are threatening not to move out early, complaining the village and developers don't care about their futures and aren't offering ... (Dec 9, 2007)

Gilbert officials are banking on the town becoming a major health care center in Arizona - one that could attract national acclaim for its innovative focus on research-based medicine, women's health care and holistic alternatives. (Dec 9, 2007)

Luis Alvarez, 23, knew little about the Stagg High School Healthy Start Center until his senior year of high school. (Dec 9, 2007)

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