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Aging Women: From Crone to Mentor

After fighting for equal rights and against negative stereotypes, baby-boomer women find themselves in a society that obsessively worships youth and relegates its seniors to second-class status. Baby...

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Life Insurance Conversion to Pay for Long Term Care Services

David Kitaen, a Marin County, California resident, and a specialist in long term care insurance, has been lobbying to make this option a reality. The possibility for those who do not have other meas or...

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Aging In Place: New Initiatives Around the Country

Robin Stone, Researcher and Former Assistant Secretary for Aging wrote that “…Aging in place isn’t as easy as it sounds … she continues…Of course, we can’t yet guarantee that aging in place won’t be an...

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AgeTech California Releases 2012 Telehealth White Paper

The AgeTech California 2012 Telehealth White Paper seeks to promote the benefits of telehealth, such as cost savings and improved patient satisfaction, and the adoption of telehealth by payers, such as...

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Building a Safety Net for Elder Care: More Home-Based Models are Needed

The St. Louis Today, reported on the need that our communities have  to build a strong home-based and community-based system for those who can pay for care and those who can’t pay for it.  Building a...

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Caring for The Elder at Home: The Need For a New Paradigm.

The increasing number of people turning 65, the high number of elders with health constraints, and the sky-rocketing price of health care posits the question of how are we going to care for all the...

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Combined goal: Moving 37,000 seniors out Nursing Homes!

An article in USA Today, reinforces the concept of Living Well Assisted Living at Home, which supports people aging AT HOME. Although at some point seniors need to “get better” and recover at...

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Dispelling The Myth: Baby Boomers Are Not as Healthy as They Think They Are

Many people age 55 to 64 have chronic conditions, but technological improvements have widened their health care options. The oldest end of the baby boom generation, people now age 55 to 64, is...

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Living Well High Tech Model Finds Support in Other Countries

  Doris Bersing, PhD President and Co-Founder, Living Well Assisted Living at Home comments on the results of an AARP survey  that shows 89% of Americans do not want to leave their homes when they age....

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An International Initiative to Enforce the Paradigm of Aging in Place

United Jewish Communities has helped foster the development of NORC Supportive Service Programs (NORC-SSPs) throughout the federation system as part of its responsibilities to promote innovation, best...

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