Elder Care News 11/2009 (Page 8)

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In 2008, more than 750 gifts were distributed to needy seniors in the Abilene area through the Be a Santa to a Senior program. This year, the need is greater.The program, sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care, works with Adult Protective Services, Meals on Wheels and the Texas Department of Aging in finding needy seniors.The agencies identify needy and isolated seniors. Gift suggestions are ... (Nov 29, 2009)

WASHINGTON - For years, small businesses have sought a solution to rising health care costs. Now with the Senate ready to consider a reform bill that attacks the problem and expands insurance coverage, many small firms haven't signed on to the answer. (Nov 29, 2009)

It was announced Wednesday that the Senate plan is estimated to extend coverage to 94 percent of eligible Americans at a cost of $849 billion. The Associated Press reported that a senior Democratic aide cited a Congressional Budge Office estimate that the bill would achieve cuts of $1 trillion over a decade in projected health care costs. (Nov 29, 2009)

Congressman Vic Snyder told a few hundred senior citizens Monday that the projected cutbacks in the Medicare program described in the health care bill under debate in the Senate have been exaggerated. (Nov 29, 2009)

The popular campaign that in the past three years has delivered more than 375 gifts to local needy seniors is being planned again this holiday season. Area retailers, along with agencies that serve older adults, have partnered with a local senior-care service to make sure that isolated seniors receive gifts and companionship through the Be a Santa to a Senior program. (Nov 29, 2009)

The Better Business Partners Serving Seniors started up in the spring and has grown to about 20 members that span from nursing home administrators to providers of group home security systems. They meet once a month to refer business and discuss industry trends. (Nov 29, 2009)

Woodland Community Care Car will resume its regular operation Monday.Care Car was idle last week since the Community/Senior Center was closed for the Thanksgiving holidays.Seniors 55-over wishing transportation may call 662-7800 to make reservations at least one day in advance. (Nov 29, 2009)

Every year, Upper Salford resident and Souderton Area High School senior Shannon Gular, 18, and her family send a care package to the troops, but this year’s a little bit different. (Nov 29, 2009)

LONG HILL TWP. -- The Long Hill Senior Club hosted veterans from the Veterans Administration Hospital at Lyons its regular meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Senior Center, Valley Road, Gillette. (Nov 29, 2009)

Every year, Upper Salford resident and Souderton Area High School senior Shannon Gular, 18, and her family send a care package to the troops, but this year’s a little bit different. (Nov 29, 2009)

As the long battle over health care is rejoined in the Senate this week, experts remain deeply divided over whether the legislation would rein in soaring health-care costs or simply add millions of people to a system that is already driving the nation toward bankruptcy. (Nov 30, 2009)

Editor's note: The following is the first in a six-part series highlighting major issues in the revised Portsmouth zoning ordinance scheduled to be adopted before year's end. (Nov 30, 2009)

Senior No. 21: This 69-year-old woman needs help with vision and dental care which, she said, will help her feel more independent. (Nov 30, 2009)

Jerry Sprute, a former Edmonds resident, has returned to the city as an attorney for the new Edmonds office of Johnson & Nagaich, an elder-law and estate-planning law firm serving the Puget Sound region. The office is at 100 Second Ave. S., just south of Main Street. (Nov 30, 2009)

A t 84, John G. is feeling his age. The arthritis in his hands makes it impossible to button his shirt or hold a razor to shave. Even if the arthritis weren't so bad, John has only periods of lucidity in which he can even remember how to button or shave. (Nov 30, 2009)

Procter and Gamble has launched the ‘Always Care Programme’ at St Mary’s Senior High School, Accra. (Nov 30, 2009)

LONG HILL TWP. -- The Long Hill Senior Club hosted veterans from the Veterans Administration Hospital at Lyons its regular meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Senior Center, Valley Road, Gillette. (Nov 30, 2009)

Sen. Tim Johnson is being targeted with critical advertising by a conservative group that opposes a Democratic health-care reform plan in the U.S. Senate. (Nov 30, 2009)

Congressman Vic Snyder told a few hundred senior citizens Monday that the projected cutbacks in the Medicare program described in the health care bill under debate in the Senate have been exaggerated. (Nov 30, 2009)

DALLAS -- For small businesses that care for older adults, networking is more than a buzzword. It's the only way to survive and thrive. (Nov 30, 2009)

Michael Lawson, president of the Half-Way-Tree Community Development Committee, feeds 83-year-old Clifford Laws, a resident of Glenholm Senior Citizens' Home in Eastwood Park Gardens, Kingston yesterday. (Nov 30, 2009)

The U.S. Senate is now formally beginning debate on a plan to reform health care in America, but most voters remain opposed to the plan working its way through Congress. (Nov 30, 2009)

Every year, Upper Salford resident and Souderton Area High School senior Shannon Gular, 18, and her family send a care package to the troops, but this year’s a little bit different. (Nov 30, 2009)

Barry Berman, of Boxford, was recently presented with the Community-Based Organization Person of the Year award from the city of Chelsea due to his not-for-profit work in the senior healthcare industry as CEO of the Chelsea Jewish Foundation. (Nov 30, 2009)

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