Elder Care News 03/2009 (Page 3)

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FAYETTEVILLE — Whitney Jones isn’t the type to wear emotions on her sleeve. From her first day at Arkansas to now, Jones has made a name for herself by going out and doing her business without much fanfare. But just because Jones isn’t one to get vocal about the game of basketball, don’t think for a minute she doesn’t care. (Mar 9, 2009)

Kurt Busch can enjoy his off week. He won't have to answer any questions like, "Hey, when are you going to beat your little brother?" (Mar 9, 2009)

SHAMOKIN — In a rapidly changing health-care environment, VNA Health System has remained consistent when it comes to providing quality home health care. While many local businesses are leaving the area or experiencing cutbacks, VNA Health System continues to be a strong part of the community, providing quality home health care to area residents for more than 96 years. (Mar 9, 2009)

DOES the Niger-Delta have enemies? Who are the enemies? How can the people confront them? (Mar 9, 2009)

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that senior management will present at the Cowen and Company 29th Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 9:30 am EDT at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. (Mar 9, 2009)

class customer service and operations for well-known consumer brands (Mar 9, 2009)

HAMPTON, Ga. -- Kurt Busch can enjoy his off week. He won't have to answer any questions like, "Hey, when are you going to beat your little brother?" He took care of that on Sunday. (Mar 9, 2009)

Tevi Troy, a visiting senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, writing on The Fox Forum, the news blog of Fox News, tidily summed up the outcome of the President’s Health Care Summit last week. (Mar 9, 2009)

Fundraising woes and dwindling donations from the community are threatening Coastside senior care centers, leading local nonprofit officials to worry how they will sustain their services in the coming months. (Mar 9, 2009)

Kannapolis, NC - The Kannapolis Intimidators, along with corporate partners, Morningside Assisted Living & Alzheimer's Care, Crescent Heights Independent Retirement Living, Bayada Nurses, Gentiva Healthcare & Allen Tate Realtors- University, have announced that the Senior Club, which debuted for the 2008 season, will return again for the 2009 campaign. (Mar 9, 2009)

One in 10 seniors living in Peel is the victim of abuse, a shocking statistic that makes the Peel Elder Abuse Support Program, offered by Family Services of Peel and Distress Centre Peel, even more essential. The program, funded by The United Way of Peel, recently celebrated its first full year of service. (Mar 9, 2009)

A police investigation into the recent death of a 90-year-old Steger man has not turned up evidence supporting a ruling by the Cook County medical examiner's office that he was a victim of elder abuse, Steger Police Chief Richard Stultz said today. The medical examiner's office last week ruled the case a homicide and said Joseph F. Basile died March 3 from dehydration and elder abuse. But ... (Mar 9, 2009)

GSI Commerce Inc. has appointed Ronald C. Williamson senior vice president of customer care. (Mar 10, 2009)

BEAUFORT - A Carteret County woman charged three months ago in an alleged elder abuse case has been arrested a second time for another offense against the same person. (Mar 10, 2009)

Jennifer Shambaugh, Lawrence, is now a co-owner of Kansas Elder Care, 4733 Moundridge Court. KEC, an in-home care provider serving Lawrence and surrounding areas, has been in business over a year and a half, with Shambaugh becoming part owner the first of the year. (Mar 10, 2009)

WASILLA — The Wasilla Senior Center announced the popular conglomerate meals are to be scaled back and senior day-care program will be cut due to financial problems. (Mar 10, 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 ... (Mar 10, 2009)

Soon, Monument will have the ability to accommodate its elder residents when they move out of their houses. (Mar 10, 2009)

As an Elder Services’ case manager, Kelly Lamb said she used to talk to Jerome "Patrick" McEwen nearly every day. (Mar 10, 2009)

SPRINGFIELD - A program that provides health insurance counseling to Medicare recipients assisted about 320 Springfield senior citizens during the last six months of 2008, helping them realize projected annual savings totaling $1.1 million, officials said. (Mar 10, 2009)

SPRINGFIELD - A program that provides health insurance counseling to Medicare recipients assisted about 320 Springfield senior citizens during the last six months of 2008, helping them realize projected annual savings totaling $1.1 million, officials said. (Mar 10, 2009)

HAMPTON, Ga. — Kurt Busch can enjoy his off week. He won’t have to answer any questions like, “Hey, when are you going to beat your little brother?” (Mar 10, 2009)

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. today announced that Jeffrey H. Cooper, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BioMarin, will present a company update at the Cowen and Company 29th Annual Health Care Conference in Boston on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. (Mar 10, 2009)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Manager for adult social care performance within a large and dynamic county council. You will be instrumental in helping drive forward the improvement of performance and quality of adult social care services. (Mar 10, 2009)

The predicted boom in the personal and home care aides field is a double edged sword for the area’s job market. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts an increase in this career field, forecasting it to be the second fastest-growing job group in the nation over the next decade. (Mar 10, 2009)

Things are changing at Emery County Care and Rehab in Ferron, and it is beginning with a new administrator. Colleen Chauvet, who is originally from the Salt Lake valley, began working as the administrator during the second ... (Mar 10, 2009)

WASILLA — The Wasilla Senior Center announced the popular conglomerate meals are to be scaled back and senior day-care program will be cut due to financial problems. (Mar 10, 2009)

Fundraising woes and dwindling donations from the community are threatening Coastside senior care centers, leading local nonprofit officials to worry how they will sustain their services in the coming months. (Mar 11, 2009)

A registered nurse in Novato pleaded guilty to felony elder abuse Tuesday over a massive dose of morphine injected into her 80-year-old mother. (Mar 11, 2009)

Community versus Catholic social justice. Historic preservation versus enhanced senior care. Promises versus pragmatism. Those thorny subjects, placed uncomfortably at odds over CHRISTUS St. (Mar 11, 2009)

HAMPTON, Ga. — Kurt Busch can enjoy his off week. He won’t have to answer any questions like, “Hey, when are you going to beat your little brother?” (Mar 11, 2009)

IOWA CITY and#8212; More than 40 of the most senior management leaders at University of Iowa Health Care will take voluntary pay reductions of 5 percent through June 2010, under a three-prong initiative that should save $2.6 million.Positions include vice president for medical affairs, dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine and chief executive officer of UI Hospitals and Clinics, as well as ... (Mar 11, 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 ... (Mar 11, 2009)

Soon, Monument will have the ability to accommodate its elder residents when they move out of their houses. (Mar 11, 2009)

LEAGUE CITY — If UT regents move the medical branch off the island, League City would gain jobs, new businesses and top-notch health care. (Mar 11, 2009)

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International today announced members of its senior management team will make a presentation at the Cowen and Company 29th Annual Health Care Conference on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 2:25 p.m. (Mar 11, 2009)

The new relationship will provide the more than 114,000 WITI members with the opportunity to join Care.com at a discounted rate and find quality local caregivers. For WITI's members located across the United States, Care.com's national network of caregivers will help them find child care, special needs care, tutoring, senior care, pet care, housekeeping, and more. (Mar 11, 2009)

Fundraising woes and dwindling donations from the community are threatening Coastside senior care centers, leading local nonprofit officials to worry how they will sustain their services in the coming months. (Mar 11, 2009)

Out of your pocket. Medicaid. Other options are long-term care insurance and a reverse mortgage. (Mar 11, 2009)

Tips from the author of "20 Common Nursing Home Problems—and How to Resolve Them." (Mar 11, 2009)

Local senior care company and fraud experts say the stakes are high when criminals target older adults (Mar 11, 2009)

WASILLA — The Wasilla Senior Center announced the popular conglomerate meals are to be scaled back and senior day-care program will be cut due to financial problems. (Mar 12, 2009)

Santa Monica accuses Clean Dry USA of Woodland Hills of grand theft, false advertising and elder abuse. A lawyer for the owner calls the allegations 'completely unfounded.' The Santa Monica city attorney's office has filed a 16-count criminal complaint against the owner of Clean Dry USA, a Woodland Hills carpet-cleaning company, alleging grand theft by false pretenses, false advertising and ... (Mar 12, 2009)

The fifth annual Senior Congress, hosted by the Conejo/Las Virgenes Future Foundation, focused on memory, Executive Director Karen Malatesta recalls. The event, titled "Thanks for the Memory: Understand It, Care for It and Improve It," was at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in Westlake Village last month and attended by 300 senior citizens in the region. (Mar 12, 2009)

DEARBORN -- One day after former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich visited Michigan to discuss the nation's health care system, another group of prominent politicians that includes a senior Obama official will take its turn at a health reform forum today. (Mar 12, 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 ... (Mar 12, 2009)

New York Safety Net, a website of information and resources for the citizens of New York, has released a new program in its series "Spotlight on Aging and the Elderly" featuring interviews with Nurse Katherine O'Brien. (Mar 12, 2009)

The Springfield Department of Elder Affairs' SHINE (Serving the Health Information Needs of Elders) program is a shining example of what a team of volunteers can do to help older citizens navigate the confusing health insurance landscape. (Mar 12, 2009)

Making good on its promise to “use every tactic possible,” a group in opposition to the location of a proposed Continuing Care Retirement Community in Waveny Park has sent a letter to State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal as a preemptive move in their campaign to preserve the site for passive recreation. (Mar 12, 2009)

Officials from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries will be banned from certain gift-giving, required to disclose marketing payments to health care practitioners, and must comply with a state “code of conduct” under rules given final approval on Wednesday by public policymakers. (Mar 12, 2009)

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