Elder Care News 07/2008 (Page 2)

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Photo by Keri Wood - Peggy Forseth-Andrews shows the location of 19.78 acres on Poppy Ridge Road that the future Senior Center will be built at the June 23 community meeting at the Jesse Wright Suites. (Jul 5, 2008)

Tammy Duckworth foresees a huge increase in the cost of caring for veterans. As director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and a disabled Iraq War hero, Duckworth is in a unique position to see changing trends in the care of veterans. (Jul 5, 2008)

Though the children would rather have been swimming, their parents were thrilled recently about free dental care from Gator Kids Healthy Smiles. (Jul 5, 2008)

MANILA, Philippines - A pending bill in the House of Representatives seeks to exempt senior citizens from paying expanded value-added tax (E-VAT) for goods and services. (Jul 5, 2008)

Every aging person who needs home care in Ontario will be able to receive it provided they are willing to do one thing. Move out of their homes. (Jul 5, 2008)

FINANCIAL SERVICES Mary Ellen Smiley, SPHR, has joined American Founders Bank as senior vice president, director of human resources. She will oversee human-resources operations at the Kentucky bank's nine locations in Louisville, Frankfort, Lawrenceburg, Lexington and Shelbyville. HEALTH CARE Atria Senior Living Group, a Louisville-based company, has named Chris Culler as video/Web specialist ... (Jul 5, 2008)

AARP will release a new report and convene a panel of experts to discuss Medicaid funding for long-term care (LTC) for older adults and adults with physical disabilities. The report analyzes the progress states are making shifting public funds and the people who rely on them from nursing homes to home and community based services. (Jul 5, 2008)

ADDITIONAL gift for elderly could be underway after a lawmaker from the National Capital Region over the weekend sought for the exemption of senior citizens from the 12-percent expanded value added tax (E-vat) on the services and commodities they patronize. (Jul 5, 2008)

The big issue: I applaud the honesty of the incoming president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (News, leader and special report, last week) (Jul 6, 2008)

A full list 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. Listings for trip reservations will be published well in advance of the... (Jul 6, 2008)

Local residents hoping for jobs and/or training in West Virginia’s expanding health care and human services industry will be able to get information at a career fair on Tuesday. (Jul 6, 2008)

Photo by Keri Wood - Peggy Forseth-Andrews shows the location of 19.78 acres on Poppy Ridge Road that the future Senior Center will be built at the June 23 community meeting at the Jesse Wright Suites. (Jul 6, 2008)

SENIOR HEALTH FAIR | East Chicago We Care from the Heart offers a free senior health fair and nutritious lunch July 9 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Center, 4802 Melville Ave. Wellness checks for such things as blood pressure, blood sugar, bone density, body fat and psychological assessments will be done from 10 a.m. to noon. Lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m. (Jul 6, 2008)

WALLINGFORD — The expansion of Masonicare's campus will continue this summer, as the geriatric health care complex adds independent-living apartments for senior citizens. (Jul 6, 2008)

Assisted living scheme The state has obtained a $8.5 million judgment against owners of a company — Homeward Bound Services of North America — that sold elder Floridians assisted living service contracts then failed to reimburse home health agencies for care. Under the ruling, 555 plan holders should receive $15,000 each. If you think you have been a fraud victim, or want to check a company's ... (Jul 6, 2008)

Advice, resources and how-to tips on elder care for the Bay Area (Jul 6, 2008)

Advice, resources and how-to tips on elder care for the Bay Area (Jul 6, 2008)

The 'gate-keeping' role of family doctors is at the core of primary care services. The government has committed itself to a major reform of primary health care. (Jul 6, 2008)

Adult Day Care Center of Las Vegas Lied/Sinai Campus, 901 N. Jones Blvd., is open 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays (648-3425). (Jul 6, 2008)

(ARA) - Her home used to be spotless, but now Mom has trouble doing the most basic housekeeping tasks. Dad is increasingly absent minded, even forgetting to pay his utility bills. Is it time to find help caring for your aging parent or elderly spouse? (Jul 6, 2008)

(ARA) - Her home used to be spotless, but now Mom has trouble doing the most basic housekeeping tasks. Dad is increasingly absent minded, even forgetting to pay his utility bills. Is it time to find help caring for your aging parent or elderly spouse? (Jul 6, 2008)

Otago people might be surprised to know Age Concern deals with at least one significant case of elder abuse a week, mostly within the Dunedin area, Otago executive officer Susan Davidson says. (Jul 6, 2008)

In the continuing battle against rising health care costs, some employers are finding they can best help themselves by helping others. (Jul 7, 2008)

ALTON - Senior Services Plus has expanded its Wellness Center for people 55 and older. Last October, the Wellness Center was a small fitness room with six pieces of exercise equipment and two exercise classes. (Jul 7, 2008)

Like a family doctor, Dr. Todd Goldberg sees people with a variety of illnesses and chronic diseases. But Goldberg's patients all have something in common: They're 65 and older. (Jul 7, 2008)

Carey Coleman, geriatric care manager/community liaison for Senior Select Home Health Care in McKinney and instructor of the Texercise program in McKinney was one of nine recipients of the DADS Vision Award, presented by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services last week. (Jul 7, 2008)

Photo by Keri Wood - Peggy Forseth-Andrews shows the location of 19.78 acres on Poppy Ridge Road that the future Senior Center will be built at the June 23 community meeting at the Jesse Wright Suites. (Jul 7, 2008)

n the surface, slain rapper Tupac Shakur and the deeply alive actor Meshaun Labrone Arnold would seem to have little in common. Shakur's mother was a member of the Black Panthers when he was born in 1971, later becoming a crack addict and welfare mom as she struggled to raise her son. Arnold's father, Elder Frazier Arnold Jr., is pastor of Miami's Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church; his mother ... (Jul 7, 2008)

The Florida Justice Institute in partnership with the law firm Carlton Fields recently released the fifth edition of Older Floridians Handbook . The handbook provides Florida citizens over 60 years old, and their families, agency resources, financial assistance information, public benefits, health care, housing, and planning, including sections on wills. Funds for printing came from Florida's ... (Jul 7, 2008)

Kay Paggi says her job title could be less confusing if she just called herself "a surrogate daughter." She's a geriatric care manager – that is someone who steps in to help overwhelmed sons and daughters with their elderly parents' needs. (Jul 7, 2008)

Wishes on Wheels makes available electric power wheelchairs to non-ambulatory senior citizens ages 65 and older and the permanently disabled of any age, if they qualify. (Jul 7, 2008)

Responding to 'Our vision for Primary and Community Care', published by the Department of Health as part of the Next Stage Review of the NHS, chief executive of The King's Fund Niall Dickson said: ' We welcome this strategy - patients place enormous value on the care they receive from family doct (Jul 7, 2008)

EpicenterSpark Living Group, a provider of hospitality-based development, planning, marketing and operations services in the senior living industry, today announced the official partnership of Don Gorsuch and Scott Bunce. (Jul 7, 2008)

An innovative program promises to help primary care physicians improve the care they provide for school-aged children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The study is the first to intervene with an entire community of primary care physicians and help them more accurately diagnose and effectively monitor treatment response of their patients with ADHD, said Jeff [...] (Jul 7, 2008)

(ARA) - Her home used to be spotless, but now Mom has trouble doing the most basic housekeeping tasks. Dad is increasingly absent minded, even forgetting to pay his utility bills. Is it time to find help caring for your aging parent or elderly spouse? (Jul 7, 2008)

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL) praised Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) for urging that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the exception process to Medicare Part B therapy caps. (Jul 7, 2008)

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) – Police and prosecutors say elder abuse cases are among the most difficult they handle. "When you talk about elder abuse, people say, This is terrible. We need to protect the elderly," said Tim Kaltenbach, McCracken County commonwealth's attorney. (Jul 7, 2008)

The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Home Instead Senior Care, 1675 E. Seminole St., Suite G-200. (Jul 7, 2008)

For several months, senior leadership at Anthem Blue Cross has been actively working on a settlement agreement with the California Department of Managed Health Care to bring closure to all issues relating to previous rescissions. (Jul 8, 2008)

KUALA LUMPUR: As a father, he was supposed to care for his daughters. Instead, he chose to rape and molest them. The 42-year-old soldier pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court yesterday to three counts of rape, four counts of molest and two counts of violating his two daughters aged 12 and 11. (Jul 8, 2008)

KUALA LUMPUR: As a father, he was supposed to care for his daughters. Instead, he chose to rape and molest them. (Jul 8, 2008)

The Mae Volen Senior Center in Boca Raton is busy on several fronts. (Jul 8, 2008)

Like a family doctor, Dr. Todd Goldberg sees people with a variety of illnesses and chronic diseases. But Goldberg's patients all have something in common: They're 65 and older. (Jul 8, 2008)

Carey Coleman, geriatric care manager/community liaison for Senior Select Home Health Care in McKinney and instructor of the Texercise program in McKinney was one of nine recipients of the DADS Vision Award, presented by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services last week. (Jul 8, 2008)

Christian Care Centers, a faith-based, not-for-profit provider of senior housing, care and services, announces three promotions. (Jul 8, 2008)

A major health care workers' union is running Web ads accusing Lazard kingpin Bruce Wasserstein and his firm of exploiting the elderly in pursuit of profits. The spots, created by the Service Employees International Union, blame a Lazard Ltd... (Jul 8, 2008)

Donna Smallwood, of Parma, and Eleanor Warner, of Cleveland Heights, recently were inducted into the 2008 Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame. Smallwood has been a community activist since 1965, serving as director of the Parma Senior Center and starting the Parma Commission on Aging. (Jul 8, 2008)

Medshire International Engineering Technologist has assured the ministry of health and sanitation of his organization's commitment to improve the health delivery system in Sierra Leone Addressing the health minister and senior officials of the ministry, Dr. Mike O' Rear said their mission is dedicated to bridging the gap between surplus and need to improve health care and the environment in the ... (Jul 8, 2008)

Tuesday, July 8 Kilauea — Outreach: Garden Isle Healthcare. Kapa‘a — Japanese Dance, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; ‘Ukulele Outreach, Wilcox Adult Day Care, 10 a.m. (Jul 8, 2008)

Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced the retirement of two executives and several resulting senior management appointments that demonstrate the company's depth of management expertise. These new appointees will play key roles as the company executes its strategy that is expected to result in a doubling of its earnings per share over the next five years. (Jul 8, 2008)

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