Eldercare News

Today's Eldercare News for February 9, 2010

New Study of House Health Reform Bill: Kansas Faces Over $373 Million in Medicare-Funded Nursing Home Cuts Over Ten Year
Proposed Medicare Cuts Estimated to Harm Seniors' Care, Place More than 500 Nursing Staff Jobs in Jeopardy TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new American Health Care Association (AHCA) analysis of the pending U.S. House health reform bill, combined with the impact of a recently-enacted Medicare regulation cutting Medicare-funded nursing home care by $12 billion over ten years, finds ...
NewsBlaze - 2009-08-21 12:02:09

Nursing home shapes-up in Middleton
Spectator NovaNewsNow.com The first of four new neighbourhoods is taking shape in Middleton, making the nursing home dream a reality. Sylvestor Atkinson, chair of Middletons nursing home committee, said that seeing the first stage of construction under way has made the fight to bring the 50-bed unit to Middleton worthwhile. Its eight years to the day when we sat down to have our first meeting, he said ...
Nova News Now - 2009-08-21 09:51:00

Eastern Area Agency on Aging pulling out of assisted living facilities
BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTOS BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS Lori Searls (right) of Camden meets with her parents, Russell Madore (left), 90, and Muriel Madore, 83, in their home at Merry Garden Estates, an assisted living community in Camden, on Thursday afternoon. Like other residents there, the Madores are at a loss as to where they will live after the end of September, which is the cut-off date for Eastern Area ...
Bangor Daily News - 2009-08-21 14:39:04

End nursing home payday lending.
Nursing home payday loans are anything but rare. Officials at one nursing home with 100 employees told the Better Business Bureau that they make 12 to 15 loans per day; another with 63 workers makes eight or nine loans a day. Three years ago, then-Gov. Matt Blunt vowed to shut down payday loan operations in Missouri nursing homes. 'Employers should not be making a profit off the wages they pay their ...
STLtoday.com - 2009-08-21 11:54:01

Former Boxer, 98, Keeps 'Em Laughing At Middletown Nursing Home
Victor Galanto, a 98-year-old former boxer, is not afraid to be a little intimidating at the local nursing home. Galanto, who has volunteered at Middlesex Health Care Center for 20 years, serves coffee Monday through Thursday and hands out about 40 free bananas on Wednesdays. Some call him Vic; others call him the Banana Man. Galanto, who knows some of the residents from his younger days, is not above ...
Hartford Courant - 2009-08-21 08:19:06

Help Wanted - Center for Independent Living
The Center for Independent Living of Central P-A is looking to fill four different positions -- all with the same goal. And that is to assist people with disabilities in their daily routines. CBS 21 caught up with some staff members at the center's office in Camp Hill, Cumberland County, but for the most part the jobs available will be outside of the office at the homes of clients. Chris Rothermel, ...
WHP CBS21 - 2009-08-21 11:17:43

Seattle Assisted Living
Residents of Seattle senior living communities can take advantage of all the trappings of a thriving city: world-class shopping and dining, natural scenic beauty, exciting cultural events, all the while maintaining the intimacy of a close-knit community. Seattle Recreation & Activities Many assisted living facilities in Seattle are conveniently clustered around shopping and recreational facilities ...
Search Articles.net - 2009-08-21 02:01:30

Living with the Horror of Elderly Abuse in Nursing Homes
Jennifer Coldren Takeaways that there is a big problem with elderly abuse in our nursing homes and why? I will never forget the day my mother came to me and told me that she had been up all night at the emergency room at the hospital with my 90-year-old grandmother, who was a resident in a nursing home. My mom through tears stated that my grandmother had claimed she had been raped by an employee. ...
Associated Content - 2009-08-21 13:41:53

Caring for aging parents and financial concerns
** ** ** Copy Article ** - Category Feed Article Summary: It's best to start financial discussions early on with your aging parents. Discussing your parent's financial situation can feel awkward. Estate planning discussions can be distressing for you and your parent. The older generation were raised to not talk about money with other people. They think it a very personal subject. Although it might ...
UPublish.info - 2009-08-21 15:22:28