ELF News Archives
March 2007
- Staffing Health and Elder Care Industry, High Turnover Diminishes Quality of Life -
Staffing turnovers within the health and elder care industry has increased at an alarming rate...From the point of view of an advocate for senior citizens, this is a larger problem then just filling staff vacancies. High turnover impacts the daily lives of the senior citizen under their care and literally alters the perception of safety, security, and quality of services.
American Chronicle 03/30
- AARP Meeting Highlights Senior Housing Choices -
Housing is a hot topic for Loudoun seniors, who are becoming increasingly concerned about what's available in this affluent county at a price they can afford.
Leesburg Today 03/30
- Saving Money and Saving Lives in Nursing Homes -
While more than 3,200 Americans have died in Iraq since the United States invaded that nation in March 2003, about 120,000 Americans have died in their own country during the same period after losing battles to a microscopic enemy -- the influenza virus.
Washington Post 03/30
- Aid for nursing homes -
Nursing homes don't have the funds they need to hire more staff to ensure quality care for residents. Nurse aides often have to take care of 14-15 residents at a time, which doesn't give them the time to provide the care or attention that vulnerable residents need and deserve.
West Seattle Herald 03/27
- New program helps keep elders out of nursing homes -
After her mother died last May, Susanne Kimball began to care for her 88-year-old father, Manuel Silva, full time at his house in Bayview.
Gloucester Times 03/27
- Study finds state seniors struggling -
Many unable to afford basics because of costs
Telegram 03/27
- On the Light Side -
Three sisters, ages 92, 94 and 96, live in a house together. One night
the 96-year-old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses. She yells to the
other sisters, "Was I getting in or out of the bath?"
The 94-year-old yells back, "I don't know. I'll come up andsee." She
starts up the stairs and pauses "Was I going up the stairs or down?"
The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to
her sisters. She shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that
forgetful, knock on wood." She then yells, "I'll come up and help both of you
as soon as I see who's at the door."
Poking Fun At Ourselves 03/27
- Look closely at nursing homes -
Families who care and are vigilant when placing family members in such a place will learn of the horrific conditions victims of old age and Alzheimer's disease have to endure.
Montgomery Advertiser 03/26
- Elderly Drivers: Stop or Go? -
She drove with what she knew to be the utmost caution. . . .never exceeding 30 miles per hour, even on I35! She expected, even demanded that traffic would give way to her like the seas parted for Moses. Sometimes, it did. But mostly, driving with her was a harrowing experience with no end in sight. So, when do the elderly become a menace on the roads?
Car Junky 03/26
- Fewer People To Go Into Nursing Homes -
"Many older adults and people with disabilities overwhelmingly prefer to get care in their home or community," said Secretary Hayden. "We are committed to providing people a choice about where they live, while making sure they get the care they need. The nursing home diversion program has been highly successful and counties are able to serve more people who were on their waiting list to receive community care."
EMax Health 03/26
- Frail patients 'endure agony in care homes' -
Two in five people in care homes say they are in constant agony and others have admitted to having suicidal thoughts. The research, conducted confidentially among pensioners whose average age was 82, reveals the extent to which the frail and vulnerable are made to suffer unnecessarily.
The Argus 03/23
- Kernel Editorial: Elder Care program should be a model for other organizations -
According to a recent study, UK's Elder Care program, a program that allows faculty and staff to use a range of programs that support them if they are caring for an elderly person, is one that many UK employees say they would use.
KyKernel 03/23
- Staff in nursing homes fail to relieve residents’ pain, says study -
Nursing home residents are suffering from chronic pain in silence, causing depression and reducing quality of life...
Community Care 03/22
- GE Healthcare Finalizes $160 Million Mortgage for Senior Housing Properties -
GE Healthcare Financial Services has structured a $160 million senior-secured, 10-year first mortgage for Wakefield Capital...Wakefield Capital LLC was created in May 2006, as a joint venture between Chain Bridge Capital and NorthStar Realty Finance Corporation -- a publicly traded REIT. Currently Wakefield owns over 80 senior housing properties nationwide.
Web Wire 03/22
- Nursing home alternative urged -
Advocates argued Wednesday for a law that would let elderly and disabled Medicaid recipients use their benefits to remain at home or live in small, private group homes rather than Medicaid-approved nursing homes.
Huntsville Times 03/22
- Elder Abuse: a Deepening Current Social Issue -
People are living longer and longer lives; many requiring ongoing, long-term care. Current events show that more elder abuse cases are being reported than in years past, and many experts believe that the actual number of cases will increase in the years ahead as older Americans constitute a larger proportion of the U.S. population than ever before. One of the pressing social issues of our time is elder abuse, which can include physical harm, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, financial or material exploitation, and intentional or unintentional neglect.
PR Web 03/21
- 13 south state nursing homes face suit about patients' care -
Life Care Centers of America sites are accused of elder abuse and fraud
Contra Costa Times 03/21
- It takes a community to care for the elderly -
Elderly care will have to change with the aging of society. This could be done by having the elderly live close to their families and letting the families and society share the burden of care, or by providing the assistance that would allow the elderly to continue live on their own. The government's "Big Warmth" plan includes an item for strengthening elderly care services by focusing on community care.
Taipei Times 03/21
- Protecting the Elderly: ForAccess.com adds GROW Coalition link on site -
There are approximately 1.5 million frail, elderly, and disabled residents currently living in America’s nursing homes. For many adult children, placing mom or dad in a long term care facility remains a difficult and exhausting decision. Concerns about the quality of care, the level of attention, the overall quality of life and the cost to provide such care weigh heavily on those caring for elderly family members.
Open PR 03/21
- Home care an alternative to nursing homes -
Mary C. Mahoney's ideas about home care ("Costs of home care go beyond money," Perspective, March 4) demonstrate how government needs to make investments in the system and how desperately the public needs information regarding long-term care.
Times Union 03/14
- Benefits for elder care -
Freddie Mac started offering backup child care to its employees in December 2001 to keep them at work and happy. Last December, responding to changing demographics in its work force, it extended that benefit to let employees care for their elderly relatives.
Delaware Online 03/14
- Paying for long-term care is a daunting challenge -
Imagine sitting in a nursing home administrator's office and being told, for the first time, that someone will have to come up with $5,000 to $10,000 per month or your loved one who needs help with all of his or her activities of daily living will be discharged.
Mass Live 03/14
- Nursing homes radically different from 10 years ago -
It's not your grandfather's nursing home. The "rest homes" of the past have changed and now provide vastly different types of care... Nursing home usage has declined over the past 20 years, despite the fact that the U.S. population is aging. Fewer older adults are choosing nursing homes, with rates declining from 4.2 percent in 1985 to 3.6 percent in 2004. For those 85 years or older, the decline was even greater - 21.1 percent in 1985 to 13.9 percent in 2004 - reported a study by The Lewin Group, a consulting firm to health care and human services companies.
Daily Herald 03/06
- Caring for Dear Old Dad Gets a Little Easier -
More Companies Are Offering Benefits..."It's an enormous drain on productivity" when employees are faced with taking care of elderly relatives
Washington Post 03/06
- When we grow old -
Atlanta’s gay seniors discuss hopes, fears of twilight years.
Sovo 03/06
- New report highlights high cost of living for elders -
We often hear of the exodus of businesses and people leaving the state, over 250,000 in the last four years. However, when we discuss “affordability” issues in Massachusetts, an important demographic of people are often left out of the discussion, our state’s elderly population.
Town Online 03/03
- 18-month sentence for CEO in nursing home case -
The chief executive officer of a company that runs nursing homes in Missouri has been sentenced to 18 months in prison on federal fraud charges connected to unhealthy conditions at the facilities.
Belleville News Democrat 03/03