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Long Term Care: 6 Tips You Need to Know - Examiner.com

Long Term Care: 6 Tips You Need to KnowExaminer.comThat means we must plan for our long-term care needs. This is complicated. Where to begin? First, don't think you will be the exception who will not need LTC. Today, with 85 and older the fastest growing demographic group in the country, ...Long-Term Care Insurance Set to Expand Rapidly as an Employee BenefitSeattle Post Intelligencerall 2 news articles »

Leading Long Term Care Insurance Firm Hosts 3in4 Need More Tour Event - MarketWatch (press release)

Leading Long Term Care Insurance Firm Hosts 3in4 Need More Tour EventMarketWatch (press release)Nathan Sanow, Business Development Manager at MasterCare, and Erica Drake, Marketing Specialist at the firm, accompanied tour spokesperson and elder care expert Dr. Marion Somers ("Dr. Marion") as she addressed the need for long term care planning in ...and more »

Long-Term Care Insurance Set to Expand Rapidly as an Employee Benefit - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Long-Term Care Insurance Set to Expand Rapidly as an Employee BenefitSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)Up until now, long-term care insurance has not been one of the most popular employee benefits. That's about to change, insiders say. Mountain Lakes, NJ (PRWEB) May 16, 2012 Today the EraNova Institute announces the publication of a special report, ...and more »

Conference addresses disaster preparedness for long-term care facilities - University of Delaware

University of DelawareConference addresses disaster preparedness for long-term care facilitiesUniversity of DelawareOn Tuesday, May 15, the two disaster management experts joined a large contingent of academic researchers and long-term care facility administrators and employees at the University of Delaware to talk about preparing for the worst—from hurricanes and ...

Swift Current to get new long-term care facility - Southwest Booster

Southwest BoosterSwift Current to get new long-term care facilitySouthwest BoosterPremier Brad Wall announces that Swift Current will get a new long-term care facility. As the head of the Saskatchewan government, but particularly as the MLA for Swift Current, Premier Brad Wall was pleased to announce May 18 during a press conference ...and more »

Chelsea director chosen as future long-term care leader - Cranford Chronicle - NJ.com

Cranford Chronicle - NJ.comChelsea director chosen as future long-term care leaderCranford Chronicle - NJ.comBy Cranford Chronicle been chosen by the American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) as a Future Leader in Long Term Care. View full sizeChelsea Senior Living’s Regional Director of Operations, Alison Manasso, ...and more »

Aging parents add to retirement planning challenge - Boston Globe

Boston GlobeAging parents add to retirement planning challengeBoston GlobeIf adult children want or need to contribute financially to their parents' care, long-term-care insurance can be a good option, Driscoll said. Such coverage can prevent nursing home or assisted living bills from quickly swallowing all of a parent's ...

Should You Purchase Long-Term-Care Insurance? - Wall Street Journal

Should You Purchase Long-Term-Care Insurance?Wall Street JournalLong-term-care insurance. It's a subject most people don't want to think about—but many people know they need to. At first blush, policies that help pay the costs of extended nursing care make perfect sense. Bills add up quickly when you can no longer ...Long Term Care Seminar to Examine Options, Realities of Paying for Extended ...Sussex Sunall 2 news articles »

Some Doctors Unaware of Long-Term Effects of Cancer Care

Doctors need to be better educated about the significant long-term side effects of chemotherapy that may affect their cancer survivor patients.

Many Primary Care Docs Don't Know Long-Term Effects of Chemo: Survey

WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Many primary care doctors don't know the long-term side effects of the chemotherapy treatments that cancer survivors under their care may have been given, a new survey found.

CAW expresses disappointment with 'Action Plan' aimed at long-term care deregulation in Ontario

TORONTO , May 18, 2012 /CNW/ - The CAW is expressing frustration and disappointment with the Ontario Long-Term Care Task Force on Resident Care and Safety Report released May 16, 2012 .The task force developed ...

Taking Action to Protect Long-Term Care Residents

Long-Term Care Task Force on Resident Care and Safety Heard From Close To 2,000 OntariansTORONTO , May 16, 2012 /CNW/ - The Long-Term Care Task Force on Resident Care and Safety, established to address ...

Ontario Nurses Association Pushes for Implementation of Long-Term Care Task Force Recommendations:

ONA says resident care and safety can't waitTORONTO , May 16, 2012 /CNW/ - While strongly supportive of the work of the Long Term Care Task Force on Resident Care and Safety, the Ontario Nurses' Association ...

Primary Care Doctors Don't Know Long-Term Effects of Chemo

Experts stress that information needs to be passed on after cancer treatment ends.

Leading Long Term Care Insurance Firm Hosts 3in4 Need More Tour Event

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MasterCare Solutions, a National LTC Network member, hosted the May 11 Oregon stop of the 3in4 Need More Tour.Nathan Sanow, Business Development Manager ...

PHOTO: Hero in Long Term Care

Parker Nursing and Rehabilitation Certified Nursing Assistant Betty Anderson (right) receives flowers after winning the "Heroes in Long Term Care" award Thursday in front of her colleagues. Anderson rushed to the aid of a neighboring resident last month after explosions

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Does organic food turn people into jerks?

Renate Raymond has encountered her fair share of organic food snobs, but a recent trip to a Seattle market left her feeling like she'd stumbled onto the set of "Portlandia.

Donna Summer like thousands of nonsmokers killed by lung cancer

Lung cancer’s sticky stigma as, primarily, a self-inflicted disease prompted Donna Summer’s publicist to release a terse statement Friday to emphasize the singer was “a non-smoker.

Flesh-eating disease patient to lose hands, foot

Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria that has already claimed one leg mouthed the words "Let's do this."

Mad cow quarantines lifted at two U.S. dairies

Officials have lifted quarantines on two Central California dairies linked to a case of mad cow disease, after investigators found the illness didn't come from cattle feed.

Baby boomers need hep C test for liver, CDC says

All baby boomers should be tested at least once for the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus, according to proposed guidelines from U.S. health officials released on Friday.

Salmonella-linked sushi toll climbs to 316

The toll from latest outbreak of salmonella-spiked Sushi has climbed to 316, according to a new government report. And that number may be a huge underestimate, since food safety officials estimate that for every salmonella infection they hear about, 29.3 go unreported.

For guys, meat is macho, veggies wimpy

New research pinpoints why so many guys avoid vegetables yet lick their chops when they sniff marbled chunks of cow sizzling on the grill. In America and more than 20 Western nations, people see a metaphoric link between men and meat.

Depressed people spend more time chatting online

What if your smartphone were to tell you, “I think you need to see a mental health professional?