ELF News Archives
November 2006
- Grants Awarded To Hospitals, Nursing Homes -
A total of $268 million is being awarded to 53 hospitals and nursing homes to further strengthen New York's world-class health care system
North County Gazette 11/28
- Caregiver Crisis Looms -
More women working, families having fewer children and children who live far from their parents have decreased the number of available family caregivers.Paid caregivers will have to fill that gap, the study says. But the caregiving work force is small and getting smaller due to poor pay, sometimes unpleasant work conditions and lack of professional advancement. Making matters worse is paid caregivers are often poorly trained, according to the study.
The Morning News 11/28
- Hercules senior housing opens Tuesday -
Samara Terrace, a 51-unit affordable housing development for seniors, will celebrate its opening Tuesday. The $12 million project was financed by the Hercules Redevelopment Agency, Contra Costa County Community Development Department, county Housing Authority and banks.
Contra Costa Times 11/28
- Caregivers For Adults Require Care Too -
Welcome to the world of caregiving. This is just one of the many stories in the lives of caregivers – the more than 44 million Americans helping care for aging relatives, friends and neighbors who are unable to care for themselves. One in seven employees – both female and male – is a caregiver. And it’s no surprise that as our population continues to age, the number of caregivers will grow. So, chances are good that if you haven’t had this experience yet, you will.
Inside Indiana 11/28
- Support Medicare funding for nursing homes -
I have seen a strong correlation between the level of Medicare funding and quality of nursing home treatment
Billings Gazette 11/28
- SOCIAL SECURITY FOR WETBACKS -
The difference with Social Security is that its profits are in the hands of a bunch of Washington crooks while the Social Security administration or organization itself is headquartered in Baltimore and has no need for salesmen and commissions, operates on less than one percent of its revenue without advertising expenses, and is probably the only successful governmental operation that also continues without corruption. And yes, since it’s mandatory that we participate it can be called a form of socialism, but certainly not “welfare” since we all pay for it and are “entitled” to its benefits.
Ether Zone 11/22
- Gardening grows as therapy, comfort at hospitals, nursing homes -
One tool that helped her is horticultural therapy. Digging to plant, bending to water, stretching to weed, all help improve her strength and mobility. Feeling the garden’s textured leaves stimulates her senses, while smelling the blooms jogs childhood memories.
Canton Rep 11/22
- The slow death of nursing homes -
The board of directors of a nursing home in Tracy in southwest Minnesota say they'll close the facility at the end of the month. For the residents and employees it's an unexpected shock...Changes in nursing needs has gone to home health care...
Minnesota PR 11/20
- Experts focus on elder abuse -
The growing problem of elder abuse, including neglect and fraud, was the topic of a public forum Tuesday at Coastal Carolina University.
Sun News 11/20
- First-ever survey gauges satisfaction at nursing homes -
The nursing home satisfaction surveys are part of an ongoing state effort to measure and report on the quality of care at all health-care institutions...
Rhode Island News 11/17
- Immigrants, increasingly, provide elder care in U.S -
Immigrants are rapidly taking on prominent roles as American families' caregivers, whether those immigrants are naturalized citizens, permanent residents, undocumented or _ like Carrillo _ in between. They nurture babies, keep house and, increasingly, care for America's surging population of senior citizens.
Scripps News 11/17
- Senior housing source online -
A new free online housing source for seniors, www.snapforseniors.com, has been launched by an exclusive public/private partnership with Senior Services, the largest non-profit agency serving seniors in Washington state.
Seattle Herald 11/17
- Nursing homes take residents back to ethnic roots -
Nursing homes, aware that residents sometimes remember their childhoods better than what happened yesterday, are turning to ethnic roots to help residents stay in touch.
Ohio .Com 11/13
- America's Small Businesses Failing to Meet Retirement Needs of Their Owners and Employees -
"There are millions of small businesses in this country and the idea that 63 percent of those we polled offer no retirement benefits is alarming,"
Yahoo Finance 11/13
- Integrating Housing Wealth into the Social Safety Net: The Elderly in Moscow -
The elderly in Russia have often been among those least able to cope with all the changes that have taken place during the transition. Unlike the situation prior to reform - when pensions were stable - they now face considerable uncertainty. If they have not been in poverty, many have been close to it.
Social Science Network 11/10
- The Economy | Two cheers, not three, for D.C. gridlock -
This only lasted a few years, but while it did, it was possible to imagine a future in which Social Security did not run dry, Medicare's costs didn't break us, and our grandchildren's taxes didn't go mainly to interest payments.
Philly .Com 11/10
- New ideas on elder housing get attention -
Today's concept of livable and senior-friendly communities can be pretty basic: A small-town pharmacy installs a call button outside so older people who can't get out of their cars can buzz employees for help.
Knox News 11/07
- An Alternative to Nursing Homes -
...a new health care program to provide assistance to patients who wanted to remain in their own homes yet needed extra help in maintaining their quality of life.
California Chronicle 11/07
- Vt. takes a new approach to elder care -
Ninety-three-year-old Florence "Tubby" Parsons has a lot going for her. She has her cat, Buddy, the plants in her one-bedroom apartment to tend to, and a weekly 25-cent poker game with neighbors.
Best of all, she doesn't have to live in a nursing home. Instead, she gets daily visits from a longtime friend who draws a $10-an-hour paycheck from the state to care for her.
Seattle PI 11/03
- Staff issues cited in delayed actions on nursing homes -
Texas nursing-home residents who may have suffered abuse or neglect waited weeks last year for a state agency to investigate thousands of complaints, despite a federal policy requiring a rapid response.
Star-Telegram 11/03
- Social Security is a Women’s Issue -
Social Security is a program that affects all of us. When people think about Social Security, they first think of the elderly Social Security recipients receiving monthly checks. But Social Security also affects today’s workers: Social Security is the largest tax that most Americans face, claiming nearly one of every eight dollars each workers earns.
Town Hall 11/02
- Vermont experiment keeps seniors at home, out of nursing homes -
It is part of a unique experiment in Vermont. Under Vermont's Choices for Care program, Medicaid-eligible senior citizens who need someone to tend to their needs have the choice of being cared for at home by a family member, friend or neighbor, who gets paid by the state.
Seattle Times 11/02
- Social Security, Medicare are ignored in this election cycle -
From what I’ve seen on television where I live, congressional candidates of both parties have become extraordinarily accomplished at filling their commercials with demagogic, often hateful and invariably misleading content, but there is something they have not done in either my backyard or yours during this quickly concluding campaign season.
Examiner 11/01
- Health agency to pay $160,000 for elder abuse -
The Quebec Human Rights Commission has ordered the regional health agency in the Beauce to pay $160,000 to victims of elder abuse at five long-term care facilities in the area.
CBC 11/01