Elder Care News 02/2009 (Page 7)

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As the population gets grayer, Senior Center officials and the Council on Aging want to make sure residents know the options available to help them remain healthy and independent. (Feb 25, 2009)

FORT GIBSON — Cherokee Casino Fort Gibson donated 200 coats to Cherokee Nation Indian Child Welfare and Elder Services Program recently. The coats were donated by casino guests during a casino coat drive held in December. (Feb 25, 2009)

An autistic care home resident choked to death on a ham sandwich after being left in the care of an illegal immigrant a court heard yesterday. (Feb 25, 2009)

Deciding on senior care facilities for a loved one is not something many families prepare for before the moment arrives, industry experts say, and family members usually are unsure about differences between various types of senior living. (Feb 25, 2009)

The Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center will host a class titled 'Five Practical Solutions to Help You Improve Your Health this Spring.' (Feb 25, 2009)

MICHAEL CLARKE has critics. He couldn't care less. (Feb 25, 2009)

Nearly half a million elders living alone in California cannot make ends meet, lacking sufficient income to pay for a minimum level of housing, food, health care, transportation and other basic expenses, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Insight Center for Community Economic Development. (Feb 25, 2009)

President Obama's first budget will seek $634 billion over 10 years as a down payment on health care reform, a senior administration official told The Associated Press. The official said Obama's proposal is meant to start a dialogue over coverage for an estimated 48 million uninsured — and about how to slow health care costs. (Feb 26, 2009)

President Obama's first budget will seek $634 billion over 10 years as a down payment on health care reform, a senior administration official told The Associated Press. The official said Obama's proposal is meant to start a dialogue over coverage for an estimated 48 million uninsured — and about how to slow health care costs. (Feb 26, 2009)

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's first budget will seek $634 billion over 10 years as a down payment on health care reform, a senior administration official said today. (Feb 26, 2009)

President Obama's first budget will seek $634 billion over 10 years as a down payment on health care reform, a senior administration official said Wednesday. (Feb 26, 2009)

TRUMAN - At Truman Senior Living - formerly Lutheran Retirement Home - staff and administrators face the same challenges plaguing many other facilities: mounting regulations, patients with more complex health problems and staff cuts. Add to that the financial difficulties under the previous administration and Truman Senior Living, now managed by Elder Care, is doing what it can to remain viable. (Feb 26, 2009)

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's first budget will seek $634 billion over 10 years as a down payment on health care reform, a senior administration official said Wednesday. The official said Obama's proposal is meant to start a dialogue with Congress over how to provide coverage for an estimated 48 million uninsured while also slowing health care costs, which amount to $2.4 trillion a year ... (Feb 26, 2009)

Deciding on senior care facilities for a loved one is not something many families prepare for before the moment arrives, industry experts say, and family members usually are unsure about differences between various types of senior living. (Feb 26, 2009)

The 10-year pro- posal is termed a starting point for health-care reform. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's first budget will seek $634 billion over 10 years as a down payment on health-care reform, a senior administration official said Wednesday. (Feb 26, 2009)

Desert Women for Equality will bring its We Care free mammogram program to Palm Desert from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 11 at the Joslyn Senior Center, 73-750 Catalina Way. (Feb 26, 2009)

The La Quinta Senior Center, 78-450 Avenida La Fonda, is offering free one-on-one consultations today on how to “Navigate Health Care.” (Feb 26, 2009)

Máire Hoctor, Minister for Older People opened the office of Home Instead Senior Care at Racecourse Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Home Instead Senior Care was founded in Omaha, Nebraska in 1994 and in June 1995, the company began franchising. (Feb 26, 2009)

MICHAEL CLARKE has critics. He couldn't care less. (Feb 26, 2009)

LOS ANGELES -- Nadya Suleman apparently has bigger worries than taking care of her 14 children. Talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw says she may have to prove she can handle the load, or else have hospital officials withhold her newborn octuplets. (Feb 26, 2009)

Complaints of abuse at nursing homes throughout the central region has close to doubled over the past five years. However, according to Jan Marie Graham, regional program director for seniors, this in fact isn't a bad thing. (Feb 26, 2009)

Complaints of abuse at nursing homes throughout the central region has close to doubled over the past five years. However, according to Jan Marie Graham, regional program director for seniors, this in fact isn't a bad thing. (Feb 26, 2009)

Complaints of abuse at nursing homes throughout the central region has close to doubled over the past five years. However, according to Jan Marie Graham, [...] (Feb 26, 2009)

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s first budget will seek $634 billion over 10 years as a down payment on health care reform, a senior administration official said Wednesday. (Feb 26, 2009)

MICHAEL CLARKE has critics. He couldn't care less. (Feb 26, 2009)

Complaints of abuse at nursing homes throughout the central region has close to doubled over the past five years. However, according to Jan Marie Graham, [...] (Feb 26, 2009)

Forty-seven percent of California's older residents cannot afford to pay for basic necessities, including health care, food and housing, according to a report released on Tuesday, the San Jose Mercury News reports (de Sa, San Jose Mercury News, 2/24). (Feb 26, 2009)

If there is community support for the project, the New Canaan Elder Care Council is advocating for Waveny Care Center to build a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Waveny Park to help make it possible for senior citizens to stay in New Canaan as they grow older and their health needs become more intensive. (Feb 26, 2009)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Senior legislative budget writers agreed to restore cuts to health care, including a boost for a program for the mentally disabled. (Feb 26, 2009)

In a shut-out against 90-year-old plaintiff Sally Herriot, a federal judge has ruled that Palo Alto senior-living community Channing House may move her against her will from her independent-living apartment into assisted-living care. by Sue Dremann (Feb 27, 2009)

Throughout her career, Penny Ralston has held various leadership positions. Now she's working to help people lead healthier lifestyles. (Feb 27, 2009)

Deciding on senior care facilities for a loved one is not something many families prepare for before the moment arrives, industry experts say, and family members usually are unsure about differences between various types of senior living. (Feb 27, 2009)

The man tasked with taking forward changes to day care services in Aberdeen promotes the alternatives. (Feb 27, 2009)

Cooperative Elder Services, Inc, an adult day health and Alzheimer’s day program that offers services in Wilmington, provides respite care and a safe, structured environment for elders. (Feb 27, 2009)

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced today that the company will be webcasting its presentation at the Cowen & Co. 29 th Annual Health Care Conference scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 10:15 am Eastern. A member of the company’s senior management team will provide a corporate overview, including a discussion of product development programs, recent corporate activities and ... (Feb 27, 2009)

Ross officials got their first look last night at a master plan for developing a "continuum of care community" on the site of the Kane Regional Center on McIntyre Road. (Feb 27, 2009)

Much of the fate for seniors on home care waiting lists depends on funds from the $787 billion federal stimulus bill, top House and Senate lawmakers said Thursday. Over 200 advocates for elder care packed Nurses Hall, chanting, “Home Care First” as lawmakers pledged their support but noted the tough fiscal climate engulfing Beacon Hill. (Feb 27, 2009)

Senior Virginia legislative budget writers agreed to restore cuts to health care, including a boost for a program for the mentally disabled. (Feb 27, 2009)

Retirement is usually referred to as "the golden years." For victims of elder abuse, however, it can be a much darker period in life, one marked by monetary ruin and even terror. (Feb 27, 2009)

After meeting privately with representatives from the Waveny Care Network and the New Canaan Elder Care Council on Wednesday, residents in opposition to the groups’ plan to build a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) on Lapham Road have assembled and come out forcefully against it. (Feb 28, 2009)

The Obama administration's move to rescind broad new job protections for health workers who refuse to provide care they find objectionable triggered an immediate political storm yesterday, underscoring the difficulties the president faces in his effort to find common ground on anything related to... (Feb 28, 2009)

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's move to rescind broad new job protections for health workers who refuse to provide care they find objectionable triggered an immediate political storm Friday, underscoring the difficulties the president faces in his effort to find common ground on anything related to the explosive issue of abortion. (Feb 28, 2009)

Special to The Tribune Reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predict an increase in the personal and home care aides job category. The statistics forecast the category to be the second-fastest growing job group in the nation over the next decade. But the rapid growth in this job group may not be fast enough. One local senior-care provider — Home Instead Senior Care — said the ... (Feb 28, 2009)

Deciding on senior care facilities for a loved one is not something many families prepare for before the moment arrives, industry experts say, and family members usually are unsure about differences between various types of senior living. (Feb 28, 2009)

Her friends say she was a woman of grace, dignity and almost immeasurable courage during the years she spent on the Peninsula. Pearl Carey was a Central Coast icon. Mrs. Carey, a longtime Seaside resident, was 96 when she died Monday at an elder-care center in Carmel. (Feb 28, 2009)

DUBAI - The Abu Dhabi Department of Planning '&' Economy (DPE) was declared the winner of the 3rd Middle East Customer Care Excellence Award by the Middle East Excellence Awards Institute, a leading regional institute that recognizes both business and government organizations that display exceptional commitment, leadership and innovation in customer care and service. (Feb 28, 2009)

DES MOINES (AP) — A governor-appointed task force on Friday said it will urge "swift and thorough action" from the state in preventing future abuses as it examines Iowa’s laws and regulations on the care and employment of mentally disabled adults. (Feb 28, 2009)

CHATHAM TWP. – Senior Services of the Chathams is asking the public for donations to help make a difference in a senior’s life. (Feb 28, 2009)

February brought two noteworthy authors to the University of Texas campus, one fairly young and the other something of an elder statesman. (Feb 28, 2009)

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