Long Term Care
Health Day News, March 2nd, 2010People who say their lives
have a purpose are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or its
precursor, mild cognitive impairment,
a new study suggests.
As the population
ages and dementia
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Kaiser Health News, March 7th, 2010Here’s the problem: By the time we need long-term care services we often
don’t have readily available resources to pay for them. Only about
seven million Americans have private long-term care insurance. And, on
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The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, February 28th, 2010Medical and long-term care costs represent a substantial uninsured risk
for most retired households. In 2007, spending on Medicare premiums
and co-payments among married
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The New York Times, February 9th, 2010No one at the hospital noticed that Tina Bell-Jackman was dying.On the night of June 26, 2007, Ms. Bell-Jackman turned restlessly in
her bed in Room 7 at Select Specialty Hospital of Kansas City, a small
medical
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The Seattle Times, February 4th, 2010Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Louise Ryan, an
advocate for the elderly and others in long-term-care facilities,
answered questions Wednesday online about caring for those in adult
family homes and other
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Montana Billings-Gazette, February 4th, 2009A disproportionate number of Montana nursing homes rated below
average by the government are operated by for-profit corporations,
an analysis shows.
Almost 60 percent of the state’s skilled-nursing facilities
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AP Newswire, February 4th, 2009The financial strain of caring for older relatives can be
devastating without proper planning. Here are some online resources for
those who want to put the proper safeguards in place and for caregivers
who may be looking
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The New York Times - January 11, 2010It’s a conversation that most people dread, doctors and patients alike. The cancer is terminal, time is short, and tough decisions loom — about accepting treatment or rejecting it, and choosing where and how to die.
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The New York Times - January 1, 2010“I have something I want to talk to you about,” Jonelle Patrick’s father said partway through a visit to her home in San Francisco. He put a box on the kitchen table.Ms. Patrick wasn’t completely startled when he took
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Time Magazine, December 8th, 2009Tucked deep inside the Senate health reform bill — beginning on page
1,926 — is a plan for a new federal insurance program. Average premiums
could be as high as $180 per month and could be automatically deducted
from
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Frost Illustrated, December 9th, 2009Long-term care issues have been everywhere in the news lately— from
stories of people needing these services to how the government is
responding. But there is also a lot of conflicting, and even mistaken,
information.
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Newsweek, December 7th, 2009Baby boomers who embraced communes back when they were hippies may end
up back where they started: in small, cooperative group homes. This new
model of elder housing is emerging as a more personal—and, often, more
affordable—alternative
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KGO News, November 18th, 2009
Can you afford NOT to have long term care? The long term care crisis and its impact on your family's future financial security.
Long term care crisis: The cost of long term
care can severely impact your family's future
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The New York Times, October 24th, 2009Arthur Ullian is president of the National Council on Spinal Cord
Injury and co-author of two studies in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences on the economics of health care. In a forthcoming
analysis,
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune, August 17th, 2009Three years ago, Tracy Beckman moved out of the house -- five years
after his wife, Janel, was diagnosed with what probably is Alzheimer's
disease.
"I just didn't know how to deal with it," said Beckman, 64,
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