Elder Care News 05/2008 (Page 2)

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PORTSMOUTH — The City Council is expected to sign off on lease terms tonight that will allow the long-vacant Lafayette School to be converted into senior housing. (May 5, 2008)

Recession? Retrenchment? Nah. Not for LTC Financial Partners LLC, one of the nation's most experienced long term care insurance agencies. Known as LTCFP or "The Partners," the firm now has 456 agents, up from 264 last year, 167 in 2006, and 91 in 2005. (May 5, 2008)

Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding whom to let die. (May 5, 2008)

Clients and staff of Bethel Senior Day Care Center Inc. held their first Senior Fun Walk on Tuesday, April 15, at 11 a.m. Clients and staff made imprints of their feet as an arts and craft projects and then used them as a pathway for their walk around the facility. They also collected donations with the March of Dimes footprint squares. (May 5, 2008)

An elderly St. John's man whose campaign for improved home-care services touched a nerve several months ago says the latest Newfoundland and Labrador budget accomplishes nothing. (May 5, 2008)

Children at risk of abuse or neglect face even greater danger because of a new system designed to cut costs and speed up care proceedings, the Government has been warned. (May 6, 2008)

The Home Instead Senior Care office serving Rockbridge, Rockingham and Augusta Counties, has announced Caring Today magazine’s third annual “Give a Caregiver a Break” essay contest to honor family caregivers for their tireless service and dedication. (May 6, 2008)

Across Minnesota nursing homes are in serious trouble. With expenses coming in higher than income month after month a significant number of nursing homes are facing the very real possibility of being forced to close. As the population of elderly grows many are asking who is going to care for them when they're sick and in need. Tonight in a special report Barbara Reyelts looks at a looming "Elder ... (May 6, 2008)

New laws that protect those who can't care for themselves from being bilked by conservators are swamping California's court system amid a lack of state funding that is forcing many courts to tap into already thin reserves to handle the increased workload. (May 6, 2008)

More than 35 vendors will be on hand when East Central College hosts the third annual Senior Health Fair May 9. (May 6, 2008)

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service said it placed Health Net Inc.'s 'Ba2' senior unsecured debt ratings under review for possible downgrade following the California-based health care services provider's first quarter earnings release. (May 6, 2008)

As my senior project nears completion, I look back and realize that, although the project was my doing, it could not have happened without the help of many others. (May 6, 2008)

A co-founder of the New York-based investment company proposing a Bible-based theme park in Rutherford County was once a prolific photographer for Penthouse magazine in the 1970s. (May 6, 2008)

HCR ManorCare Inc., a Toledo company that operates more than 500 nursing home and rehabilitation centers across the country, has named a three-member committee of doctors to advise the private firm’s board on quality-of-care issues. (May 6, 2008)

State Rep. Sean Ramaley won the Democratic primary for the 47th Senatorial District Tuesday, while New Sewickley Township Supervisor Elder Vogel Jr. captured the district’s Republican primary, according to unofficial results from Beaver, Lawrence and Allegheny counties. (May 6, 2008)

Spiraling health care costs and the imperative to improve patient safety and quality performance represent the most important issues on the US health care agenda, according to Gail Wilensky, PhD, a leading health care economist, who delivered the Samuel A. (May 6, 2008)

NEWTON, Mass.----Senior Housing Properties Trust today announced that it has entered into a series of agreements to purchase 48 medical office, clinic and biotech laboratory buildings for $565 million. (May 6, 2008)

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Vikas Sinha, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, will present at the Bank of America 2008 Health Care Conference in Las Vegas at 4:40 p.m., local time on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (May 6, 2008)

Active-duty members overseas who have urgent medical needs can now use Tricare’s overseas contractor facilities, even if they are near a military treatment facility. (May 6, 2008)

Weill Cornell Medical College has been awarded $80,000 to study the creation of a Manhattan Elder Abuse Case Coordination and Review Center (EACCRC), in collaboration with the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale and the New York City Elder Abuse Network. (May 6, 2008)

After Anna G., a 74-year-old New Jersey woman, suffered a stroke, she needed help with bathing, dressing, food shopping, laundry, meal preparation and housekeeping. Her state Medicaid plan covered the cost of a home-health care worker to provide those services, but the local agencies were short-staffed and couldn't send helpers on the schedule Anna needed. (May 6, 2008)

Senior citizens who have been told by a health care professional that they have type 2 diabetes usually feel anxious or uncertain. But if there is comfort in numbers that should know they are not alone – almost 10.5 million adults aged 60 and older in the U.S. have diabetes. (May 7, 2008)

A trend to move senior citizens out of one-size-fits all nursing homes has had strong benefits across the country. But while the trend may be a good one it has created a serious problem for those seniors in need of more intensive nursing care. Experts say more than half of the nursing homes in the Northland are in extreme danger of closing. Barbara Reelts reports: (May 7, 2008)

When Dick Lundgren realized that caring for his wife was taking a toll on his own health, he turned to adult day care. Lundgren, who lives south of Seattle, found a program that catered to patients with Alzheimer's disease and made arrangements for his wife, Dorothee, to go there two days a week. (May 7, 2008)

PLATTSBURGH -- There will be a support group for all unpaid caregivers on Thursday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the United Way Building, 45 Tom Miller Road, Plattsburgh. As in the past, these groups are open to anyone providing unpaid care to an aging family member or friend. (May 7, 2008)

More than 35 vendors will be on hand when East Central College hosts the third annual Senior Health Fair May 9. (May 7, 2008)

LODI - A meeting to prevent financial abuse of senior citizens Tuesday drew agencies and advocates devoted to helping seniors in San Joaquin County. (May 7, 2008)

A child care referral organization that started at Cloud County Community College more than a decade ago and has grown to cover 19 counties is celebrating the opening of its Salina office on Friday. (May 7, 2008)

Procurement Commercial Contract - My client is the home of the largest IT programme in Europe with the task of improving patient care and choice for the NHS in England and Wales. (May 7, 2008)

Weill Cornell Medical College has been awarded $80,000 to study the creation of a Manhattan Elder Abuse Case Coordination and Review Center (EACCRC), in collaboration with the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale and the New York City Elder Abuse Network.Funded by the Fan Fox & Leslie R. (May 7, 2008)

With construction well underway in the background, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held Wednesday for the 124-bed Senior Care Health and Rehabilitation Center in Decatur. (May 7, 2008)

Sunnyside Community Services is offering a free, three-session workshop on string quilting in collaboration with instructors from Elder Craftsmen, Inc. The workshop began on Friday, May 2, and will continue on May 9 and 16 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Each participant will create their own quilted pillow. (May 8, 2008)

The Mayor's Campaign for Healthier Vineland and Garden AHEC will host a conference on immigration and health care on Wednesday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at Centerton Country Club. (May 8, 2008)

Health care is a human right, not a "commodity or a privilege," Dr. Julio Frenk, a former health secretary of Mexico, said Wednesday at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. (May 8, 2008)

I n less than a month Clackamas County voters will be marking their choices for general election candidates. Amid the welter of campaign promises, I have listened but heard little said about the looming crisis in elder care all Oregonians will soon face. (May 8, 2008)

LOCKPORT — The Town Board unanimously voted Wednesday to allow the developer of a proposed $37 million senior citizen housing community to modify the planned development and add a 4z-acre parcel to the Bowmiller Road neighborhood. (May 8, 2008)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Community Board 2 and the Staten Island Family Health Care Coalition are sponsoring a public forum on health care needs on May 13 at 7 p.m. in Colony Hall at Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home. (May 8, 2008)

MIDDLESBORO — Middlesboro Health Care and Rehabilitation facility administrators are asking that Middlesboro High School prom attendees give the gift of something inevitably fleeting to everyone, a few minutes of time. (May 8, 2008)

Senior Living Concepts has been good to husband. (May 8, 2008)

An elder care advocate said in a CBC Radio One program that caregivers from Third World countries must be background-checked "to death." (May 8, 2008)

An elder care advocate said in a CBC program that caregivers from Third World countries must be background-checked "to death." (May 8, 2008)

The Elizabethton-Carter County SALT (Seniors and Lawmen Together) will sponsor a CARE program information and sign-up session on Monday, May 12, at 10 a.m. at the Elizabethton Senior Citizens Center, 428 East G St. (May 8, 2008)

No one likes to talk about elder care. Almost no one plans enough for getting older. (May 8, 2008)

No one likes to talk about elder care. Almost no one plans enough for getting older. And no one wants aging to happen to them. During Mother's Day weekend, Minnesotans will have the opportunity to give mom (and dad) the best gift ever -- a conversation about aging. A gift that doesn't wilt. Elder Care Expo 2008 provides to the more than half-million Minnesota caregivers the elder care ... (May 8, 2008)

A local health group is opening the first-ever "haven" in the Capital Region to stop elderly abuse. The Eddy Elder Care Group in Troy is opening the "Eddy Haven for Abused Elderly People" today. It's only the third program of its kind in the country. (May 8, 2008)

NORWALK, Conn.----IMS Health , the world's leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced that Leslye Katz, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will speak to investors and analysts attending the Bank of America 2008 Health Care Conference, to be held at The Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, NV May 13-15, 2008. (May 8, 2008)

IMS Health (NYSE: RX), the world's leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced that Leslye Katz, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will speak to investors and analysts attending the Bank of America 2008 Health Care Conference, to be held at The Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, NV May 13-15, 2008. (May 8, 2008)

Long Term Care Group , the nation's largest administrator of long-term care products announced that it has hired Paul Kay as Senior Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, effective May 19th. (May 8, 2008)

Citing the potential benefits to the health and well being of senior citizens, 69 state legislators, including Senator Brian Joyce D-Milton, have petitioned the Ways and Means committees of the General Court to increase funding for elder home care. (May 8, 2008)

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 8, 2008 -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that a member of Lexicon senior management will present at the Bank of America Health Care Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. (May 8, 2008)

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