ELF News Archives
October 2006
- Mistakes In Nursing Homes Often Not Brought To Light, USA -
The issue of nursing home quality is getting more attention as baby boomers age. It is estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau that 35 percent of the total population will be older than 65 by 2020. A recent study by a University of Missouri-Columbia nursing researcher found that a shift in attitude is needed to improve the quality of care in nursing homes.
Medical News Today 10/31
- Baby boomers change senior housing trends -
As the specter of retirement and empty-nesting looms large for the 76 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964, these so-called baby boomers are hardly entering old-age homes or assisted living facilities. From downtown condos to active adult communities to age-targeted apartments, developers are scrambling to find a housing type that fits the needs of this less than stereotypical graying market.
San Diego Source 10/31
- Tiny Home Companies Offer Cozy Solutions for Senior Housing -
When elderly relatives suddenly need daily assistance, but don’t require 24-hour nursing care, one innovative option may be the perfect solution: house them in your backyard. They’re close for convenience, but not too close for comfort.
The Mature Market 10/31
- Most cities not ready to handle millions of aging Boomers, study shows -
The nation's 76 million Baby Boomers began turning 60 this year, a gray wave that will sweep the nation during the next decade. But a new study suggests most cities aren't prepared to meet the needs of their aging populations -- a trend that will dramatically affect everything from development to city services to public transportation.
Sun Sentinnel 10/30
- 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.
KnowNews 10/30
- Fed chief warns of Social Security crisis -
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called Wednesday for urgent reform of Social Security and Medicare, warning that failure to do so soon could lead to dire economic consequences for future generations.
News Observer 10/30
- R.I. candidates debate future of elder care to key voters -
The quality of nursing home care became a statewide political issue in 2004 when 87-year-old Germaine Morsilli died six weeks after being moved from a nursing home bed where she sometimes lay in her own waste,..
Boston News 10/26
- Coalition seeks to make nursing homes like home -
When it comes to caring for our nation's elderly, there's a right way - and there's a better way. Here in Iowa, we are on the better path, transforming everyday quality of life for the more than 30,000 residents who live in our state's 450-plus nursing homes.
DesMoines Register 10/26
- More doctors are being investigated in elder abuse medical scandal -
Twelve doctors are now suspected of carrying out illegal medical experiments on hundreds of elderly patients at the Kaplan Hospital's Hertzfeld Geriatric Center in Rehovot,...
Jerusalem Post 10/25
- Residents oppose senior housing -
With over 8,800 residents over the age of 55 and a waiting list that has been capped for 17 months, the town has a growing and imminent need for senior housing.
New Britain Herald 10/25
- Gray Power: New information for those entering nursing homes -
Both young and old Alabamians are in nursing homes because their choices have been limited by state government, and our elected officials have rejected an opportunity to improve their situation.
Shelby County Reporter 10/25
- Senior housing group turns 45 -
A foundation that provides affordable housing and health care for senior citizens in Stockton and 152 other communities across the country celebrates its 45th anniversary during a local ceremony Friday.
RecordNet 10/24
- Social Security: No Easy Solution -
Republican U. S. Senate candidate Alan Schlesinger is right when he says "there's no money in the Social Security Trust Fund."..Social Security does not accumulate cash like a consumer saving for his retirement fund.
Courant 10/24
- Duo Held in Housing Scam -
California couple arrested for allegedly bilking about 100 elderly owners out of their homes
RisMedia 10/24
- Residents thrive in small nursing homes -
After 14 years as a certified nursing assistant — the bottom of the food chain in the nursing home culture — Linda Johnson has tasted the future. She now is a “Shahbaz” in a “Green House” — a respected worker in a new model of caring for the frailest elderly.
The State 10/23
- Oakland's New Poor -
Outgoing, energetic, and decidedly white, 79 year old Georgia Pannos is the new face of Section 8 subsidized housing in northwest Oakland.
Journalism Berkley 10/23
- Nursing homes body slams inequalities in state support -
The body that represents private nursing homes around the country has slammed what it claims is an "inequitable and unjust" funding system for elderly people in care.
Irish Examiner 10/19
- Couple Arrested In Housing Scam Against Elderly -
A Monterey Park couple arrested Wednesday in a "squatter" scam allegedly victimized about 100 property owners..."These defendants have lied, cheated, stolen and unjustly enriched themselves through criminal conduct," Lockyer said. "They have taken people's homes out from under them, committed fraud to keep possession of those homes...
CBS 2 10/19
- Social Security checks may not go as far -
Senior citizens in Lynn and throughout the nation Wednesday were bracing for word on how the federal government's latest cost of living adjustment (COLA) would affect their Social Security checks...According to the Social Security Administration in Washington, the nearly 49 million recipients are in line to get a smaller average increase in their monthly benefit checks in 2007 than they did this year...
Daily Item 10/19
- Project Age Provides Elder Care Training to Future Social Workers -
Funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, the SWLI trains and advocates for a qualified social work labor force to provide support for older adults and ensure they have an opportunity to stay in charge of their own lives.
Univ. of Kentucky News 10/18
- Elder Abuse Takes Many Forms -
Elder Abuse is still known as a hidden crime.
Kawartha.Com 10/18
- Elder care needs more money -
GOVERNMENTS must increase their funding of community aged care to avert a looming crisis in NSW, carers' groups say.
News.Com.Au 10/17
- Elderly warned of 'financial abuse' -
STEALING money and assets from old people is a growing problem in Tasmania.
The Australian 10/17
- Better Housing offers Elder Cottage housing options for seniors -
Older adults interested in a unique arrangement for affordable, independent living are invited to explore the Elder Cottage Rental Program in Tompkins County.
Ithaca Journal 10/17
- Low-income seniors put prematurely into homes -
Many of South Carolina's low-income seniors are pushed prematurely into nursing homes at a huge cost to taxpayers, according to a Spartanburg coalition that wants to merge public housing with assisted living for an alternative, and cheaper, form of long-term care.
UpState 10/16
- What about nursing homes? -
The abuses that go on and on in the nursing homes in this and other states are appalling. And it is all in the name of profitability. One of the abuses is the lack of personnel to take the elderly to the bathroom when they need to go and letting them sit or lay in their waste for hours.
News Leader 10/16
- Nursing homes reduce outdoor activities for elderly -
Nursing homes across Singapore are reducing outdoor activities for the elderly as the haze continues to affect the Republic...And as the old and frail are most vulnerable to the worsening air quality, residents are being watched for breathing difficulties.
Channel News Asia 10/16
- Will profits win out over compassion in senior housing? -
The rent increase threatens the core lifestyle of these people, which is clearly evident by the 70 vacant apartments in the 208-unit complex in Malden.
Boston Globe 10/13
- Deficit Spending and Social Security -
During a speech in Washington last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that the coming retirement of the Baby Boomer generation will place tremendous strains on the nation’s budget and economy. He stresses that Social Security and Medicare must be reformed sooner rather than later, because demographic trends make the current system unsustainable over time. In future decades there will be too many retirees and not enough younger taxpayers.
Free Liberal 10/13
- My Hospital Bill -
I am over 65 years old. I am ending my career as a professor. My association with the state is not ending, however. Although I will no longer be employed by New York, I am applying for Social Security. It seems I also have to enroll in something called Medicare.
Lew Rockwell 10/13
- State must learn to take ‘Longview' of elder care -
In the first set of bills that I will introduce if I am re-elected to the Assembly in November, will be what I call the “Longview” bill, based on the exciting, inter-generational model that is in place now at Longview at Ithaca. This bill would create one pilot in the state to study the effectiveness of a new type of senior living community that could be replicated around the entire state if it proved effective, both in terms of care and the use of state dollars.
The Ithaca Journal 10/12
- Pensioners could be hard hit by hike in home care fees -
More than 8,000 service users in the county will see the hourly rate for home care increase from Ł5.15 to Ł10 after the council's executive voted in favour of the move last week.
Spalding Today 10/12
- What happens if your personal care provider doesn't come to work? -
The reports found that although they provide critical services to millions of Americans, in most states, home care workers typically earn poverty-level wages, lack access to affordable health benefits, receive minimal training, have erratic part-time schedules, and lack advancement opportunities.
Z-Wire 10/12
- Quality of life: Support of in-home care commendable -
They’re supposed to be the Golden Years, yet all-too-often medical problems coupled with financial burdens lead to worry and woe for senior citizens of the two Virginias...In many cases, seniors are forced to move out of family homes and into nursing or retirement centers in order to receive needed care...It shouldn’t be that way.
BlueField Daily 10/12
- Don't scrimp on care, prosecutor warns nursing homes -
With a nursing home CEO facing prison and stiff fines for scrimping on care, U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway gave a "strong warning" to the industry Tuesday that patients must come ahead of profits.
STL Today 10/11
- State-run social security fund notches up excellent investment performance -
The investment arm of China's social security fund will break performance records this year, a senior official predicted on Tuesday.
People's Online Daily 10/11
- Less than half of the nation's communities have begun preparing to deal with the needs of the elderly -
Less than half of the nation's communities have begun preparing to deal with the needs of the elderly. Their ranks will swell dramatically with the aging of the baby boomers‚ according to a recent study. A survey of more than 1‚790 towns‚ counties and other municipalities‚ found that just 46 percent are looking at strategies to deal with aging America.
SeniorScope 10/10
- Aging boomer needs aren't the only challenge -
The government can't afford to meet their promised Social Security and Medicare needs, he said recently in a recent speech to the Washington Economic Club, asserting that the country is headed for a full-blown crisis if something isn't done soon
Go Edwardsville 10/10
- A call for elder-care planning -
The number of Americans over 65, now around 40 million, is expected to double by 2020; the number over 85 is expected to triple. As boomers age and live longer, they will need more care for a longer period of time. And their children will be counted on more often to provide care -- or at least to navigate the financial maze.
Market Watch 10/09
- Aging addicts uneasy fit in nursing homes -
Forty-plus years after they partied in the '60s and '70s a la Woodstock, baby boomers who never really let go of drugs or alcohol are streaming into nursing homes for medical help.
Oregon Live 10/09
- Study: Most communities aren't prepared to deal with the elderly -
Less than half of the nation's communities have begun preparing to deal with the needs of the elderly, whose ranks will swell dramatically with the aging of the baby boomers, according to a study released Wednesday.
Kentucky.Com 10/06
- Aging On Your Own Terms -
Little in life prepares us to grow old. Focused on the immediate details of living —family, home, career — few of us take the time to contemplate our futures at, say, age 80 or 90.
Kitsapsun 10/06
- Wishes do come true, even for residents in nursing homes -
The National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform is celebrating Residents' Rights Week with the theme "Care Matters." I would add caring matters because it is not just about providing care; we also must show we care.
Democrat and Chronicle 10/06
- 3 nursing homes in Rockford fined for improper care -
Alden Alma Nelson Manor, a 268-bed facility at 550 S. Mulford Road, Rockford, was fined $75,000 after its staff did not administer a doctor-ordered IV to a resident. The resident, a woman whose age is not clear, suffered dehydration, developed an abnormal heart rhythm, went to the hospital and later died.
Rockford Register 10/05
- Social Security: The Buzz Begins Anew -
"If Democrats cared about poor women and minorities, they would be clamoring to reform Social Security. But instead they get a childish gratification out of stamping their feet and refusing to discuss the subject...[W]hen it comes to blocking entitlement reform, the Democrats ride out to battle."
NAM 10/05
- New choices in home care -
"We've already seen that people don't really want to stay in nursing homes if they don't have to, or in assisted living facilities," Schutzmann said, and Berkshire Home Care has been created to provide "one-stop shopping" for elders or families who are seeking a home-based option for a relative.
Berkshire Eagle 10/05
- Forensic techniques target elder abuse -
The elderly man in the emergency room was covered with bruises, some purple and others fading. Despite signs of dementia, he told the same story over and over: His wife's burly home health aide had beaten him.
Detroit News 10/04
- Nursing home bill falls short, critics say -
Nursing home residents remain at risk of "cooking" in their beds during heat waves despite new reforms unveiled by Health Minister George Smitherman
Toronto Star 10/04
- We must speak up on elder care -
'Home-care cuts shocking' (Letter, Sept. 21), 'Home-care struggles; Access Centre looks at services as $3.6m deficit looms' (Sept. 18) and "Home-care service cuts would be 'disaster' for seniors"
Hamilton Spectator 10/04
- A call for elder-care planning -
Till death do you part with your money? Not exactly, these days. We -- and our parents -- live longer and extended-care costs climb. Recently, through the experience of a friend, I became aware of a critical and often-neglected financial challenge -- elder-care planning.
Market Watch 10/03
- Nursing homes face tougher rules -
Whistle-blower protection and tougher penalties for violations will be unveiled today at Queen's Park as part of legislative changes aimed at ending abuses at long-term care facilities.
The Star 10/03
- Indiana Officials Probe Elderly Woman's Death -
Indiana health department investigators want to know whether supervision was adequate at an assisted living center where a 61-year-old woman was engulfed by flames.
CBS Chicago 10/03
- More schools, parks, nursing homes for senior citizens -
China will invest more on infrastructure to serve its senior citizens as preparation for the coming peak in ageing, expected to appear around 2030, an official document said...According to the 11th Five-Year Plan for the Aged Population (2006-10) promulgated by the China National Committee on Ageing and approved by the State Council on September 21, elderly people will enjoy improved services in the coming five years.
People's Daily Online 10/02
- Latinos left out of age boom planning -
A new report by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, funded by the MetLife Foundation, says only 46 percent of American communities have begun planning to address the needs of aging boomers, a demographic that will send our 60-and-older population soaring to 71.5 million, or one in five Americans, by 2030...."Latino aging isn't even being discussed among themselves, let alone others,
Orange County Register 10/02
- NextSteps: Nursing homes deny admission to woman with Alzheimer's -
Security and my father's pension, and has a home valued at $125,000 and investments of $85,000, she has been denied admission to two nursing homes and three
Pittsburg Post 10/02