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Resolving to Talk with Your Loved Ones About Aging with Dignity and Independence

Dr. Bruce A. Chernof, MD | Posted 02.03.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Aging Gracefully, Aging, Difficult Conversations, End of Life Care, Aging With Dignity, Retirement Planning, Aging With Independence, Gerontology, Health Care Reform, Long-Term Care, Medicaid, Medicare, Health Care, Financial Planning, Family, Long-Term Services and Supports, Fifty News
Dr. Bruce A. Chernof, MD

I invite you to think about what aging with dignity and independence means. Then take time to have the tough conversations with your loved ones about what is important to you as you grow older, and how you will get help should you require daily assistance.

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Protecting Our Seniors Should Be Our First Priority

Rep. Dennis Kucinich | Posted 02.01.2012 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Dennis, Congressman Kucinich, Kucinich, Seniors, CLASS Act, Senior Care, Affordable Care Act, Long-Term Care, Congress Health Care, Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Program, Politics News
Rep. Dennis Kucinich

Seniors need our help. Congress should not even be taking a vote on whether to repeal the major provision in the health care law that tries to help Americans with long-term care.

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President Obama Can Deliver a Powerful Message About Health Care, Strong Middle Class in State of the Union

Ethan Rome | Posted 01.23.2012 | Politics

Read More: Health Costs, Consumer Protections, Middle Class, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Long-Term Care, Implementation, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Reform, Health Care, State of the Union, Politics News
Ethan Rome

We must stand strong to fight the GOP's hyper-partisan attacks on the health care programs that are making America healthier and moving our great country closer to achieving its promise.

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40 Steps to Making a Bed... And Other Lessons in Caregiving

Marki Flannery | Posted 01.12.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Caregiving, Caregivers, Long-Term Care, Home Health Aide, Lessons, Caregivers Support, Family Caregivers, Care for Caregivers, Caregiver, Home Caregivers, Healthy Living News
Marki Flannery

A task so simple, mundane -- and essential -- as making a bed for someone who cannot do it themselves strikes me as a great lens through which to view caring for others.

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Jon Ward

Gingrich Breaks Down Crying When Asked About His Mother

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 12.30.2011 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Video, Newt Gingrich 2012, Newt Crying, Mother, Iowa Caucuses, Elections 2012, Newt Gingrich for President, Long-Term Care, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich Cries, Politics News

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Maybe his drop in the polls is getting to him. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is not known for emotional displays,...

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White House Waffles On Key Part Of Health Care Reform

AP | By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 12.17.2011 | Politics

Read More: CLASS Act, Cbo, Kathleen Sebelius, Class Act Obama, Congressional Budget Office, Deficit, Cbo Score, Video, Health Care Reform, Long-Term Care, Hhs, Obama Class Act, Health and Human Services, Health Reform, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The White House appeared to waffle Monday on the fate of a financially troubled long-term care program in President Barack Obama's healt...

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Why Obama's Health Care Setback Vindicates Health Care Reform

The New Republic | Jonathan Cohn | Posted 12.17.2011 | Politics

Read More: CLASS Act, Deficit, Cbo, Health Care Law, Long-Term Care Class Act, Ppaca, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Individual Mandate, Obama, Long-Term Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

For these reasons, conservatives like Peter Suderman who criticized CLASS as unsustainable were right to raise alarms, while liberals like me were wro...

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The CLASS Program

Sec. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 10.14.2011 | Fifty

Read More: Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Kathleen Sebelius, Retirement, Long Term Health Care, Health Post50, Nursing Homes, Disability, Long-Term Care, Health Insurance, Fifty News
Sec. Kathleen Sebelius

If we want our family members, friends, and neighbors to be able to live with the maximum amount of freedom and independence, we need to make sure they have access to the long-term supports that make that possible.

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Ways to Assess Long-Term Care Insurance Companies

Leann Reynolds | Posted 11.28.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Long Term Care Insurance, Long-Term Assistance, In-Home Care, Long-Term Care, Alzheimer's, Healthy Living Mind, Finding Long-Term Care, Long-Term Insurance, Healthy Living News
Leann Reynolds

Long before anyone expects to be thinking about in-home caregivers or nursing homes is precisely when they should be considering long-term care insurance.

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Long-Term Health Care: Think, Plan While You're Healthy, Able

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 11.12.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Alzheimer's Disease, Advance Directives, End of Life Care, Medicare, Long-Term Care, Alzheimer's, Pat Summitt, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Chronic Illness, Glen Campbell, Caretaking, Long-Term Care Cost, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Americans are notorious disease-and-death deniers. We cling to the fantasy that death will come only when we're age 100 and have earlier taken a brisk walk, read the WSJ and had a romp in the hay. It doesn't happen that way.

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Advocacy For the Young Is the Best Advocacy For Seniors

Bernard Starr | Posted 10.30.2011 | Politics

Read More: Baby Boomers, Global Economy, Longevity, Social Security, College Costs, Retirement, Senior Citizens, Aarp, Long-Term Care, Medicare, Life Expectancy, Age Wave, Advocacy, Politics News
Bernard Starr

Visionaries like gerontologist Ken Dychtwald warned decades ago about "train wrecks" ahead when he foresaw the implications of a society demographically dominated by the third age (age 60-plus adults). Now those warnings have turned prophetic.

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Social Workers: Giving Voice, Navigating The System, Reclaiming Lives

Ilaina Edison | Posted 09.27.2011 | Impact

Read More: Isolation, Baby Boomers, Long-Term Care, Social Workers, Elder Independence, Seniors, Social Workers Helping, Health Action Now!, Social Workers Giving Back, Impact News
Ilaina Edison

"I think of my job as giving voice to people who have none," says Sherri, a social worker. As the former baby boomers turn 65, who will be there to assist a generation through a milestone?

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St. Barnabas Senior Services Continues to Make an Impact Amidst Budget Battle

Gabrielle Canon | Posted 09.17.2011 | Impact

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Senior Citizens, Budget Cuts, Jerry Brown, Nonprofits, Nonprofit, Adult Dayc Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare, California Budget Crisis, Seniors, Jerry Brown Budget, Aging Gracefully, Aging, Baby Boomers, St. Barnabas Senior Services, California Community Foundation, Long Term Care, Elder Care, Silver-Tsunami, Alheimer's Disease, California Budget, Impact News
Gabrielle Canon

St. Barnabas provides a community for those who need daily assistance and enables participants to enjoy a greater quality of life, increased independence, and the opportunity to grow in a social family environment.

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New York's Long-Term Health Care Challenge

Kimberly Williams | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Mental Illness, Andrew Cuomo, Mental Health, Long-Term Care, Mental Health Association of New York City, Medicaid, Citizens Budget Commission, Institutional Care, Overpopulation, Healthcare Costs, New York News
Kimberly Williams

To reduce institutionalization and costs of care, we must address the mental health needs of people at risk of placement in institutions.

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Discussing Long-Term Family Care During Thanksgiving

April Rudin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Elderly, Attorneys, Caregiving, Veterans Benefits, National Family Caregiver's Month, Elder Care, Long-Term Care, Medicaid, Medicare, Financial Planning, Eldercare, Veterans, Caregivers, Thanksgiving, Healthy Living News
April Rudin

I feel compelled to alert others to the tsunami of caregiving that will occur as the burgeoning population ages, and this wave will continue for many years to come.

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When Caregiving With A Sibling Becomes A Disaster

April Rudin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Aging, Caregivers Relief Fund, Relationships, National Family Caregiver's Month, Health, Sisters, Siblings, April Rudin, Long-Term Care, Michal Ts Lindenmayer, Caregivers, Healthy Living News
April Rudin

If I think of family plus care-giving, it always equals a stressful situation no matter how functional a family might be.

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A Case of the Medicare What Ifs

Stacy Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Wider Opportunities for Women, Politics, Older Women, Long-Term Care, Medicare, Health Care, Politics News
Stacy Sanders

Today, on Medicare's 45th birthday, I want to reflect on what the program means for me. Typically, people think of Medicare as a program that matters ...

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Put Aside Politics-Extend Medicaid Aid to States

Stuart Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Nursing Homes, Fmap, Long-Term Care, Medicaid, States, Healthcare, Politics News
Stuart Shapiro

Without the aid, state and local government employees may lose their jobs, from social workers to police officers to firefighters to teachers -- not exactly the kind of stimulus that triggers an economic recovery.

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Here Comes the Public Option for Long-Term Care Insurance

Mark Miller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Nursing Homes, Aging, Medicare, Ted Kennedy, Long Term Care, Business News
Mark Miller

In the din of debate over health care reform legislation, one of the bill's most important features went almost unnoticed -- -a public option for long-term care insurance.

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Don't Count on an Inheritance

Jason Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Inheritance, Financial Planner, Retirement, Early Retirement, Retirement Account, Long-Term Care, Life Span, Health Care Costs, Home News
Jason Alderman

Earlier this decade, headlines blared that trillions of dollars soon would begin changing hands in the largest wealth transfer in history, as depressi...

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Gray Matters: A Kennedy Dream Denied

Saul Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Nursing Homes, Medicare for All, Long-Term Care, Medicare, Medicaid, Elderly Americans, Long Term Care, Politics News
Saul Friedman

For nursing care, at home or in an institutional settling, there is no rational, national public program for the long term care of the elderly. We say we venerate the aged, but our policy doesn't reflect that.

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Caregiver Crunch: How To Find Affordable Care

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Aging, Home Care, Alzheimers, Ken Dychtwald, Ltc, Long Term Care, Nursing Homes, Caregiver, Health Insurance, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Ken Dychtwald Ph.D.

Living longer means more years to learn, work, play and enjoy time with those we love. However, there's also the increased possibility of health problems along the way.

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Get Medicaid Out of the Long-Term Care Business

Howard Gleckman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Caring for Our Parents, Medicare, Long-Term Care, Medicaid, Care Coordination, Politics News
Howard Gleckman

Why is Medicaid -- a welfare-like program intended to provide medical assistance to low-income mothers and their children -- supplying long-term care services to the elderly and younger adults with disabilities at all?

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Some Death Panels Do Exist

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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Robert J. Elisberg

If one insists on finding Death Panels, they're not hard to find: The Motion Picture and Television Fund has announced it's closing health care for the renowned Motion Picture Home.

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