Friendship Heights in Front Ranks of Senior Care
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At a time when local governments are in a whirl of planning for aging baby boomers, folks in one Montgomery County community have mastered the art of delivering senior-friendly services.
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Almost half of care homes for the elderly and a third for children fall short of national standards, experts claim.
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NEW YORK  - A collaborative care program   reduces thoughts of suicide, and potentially the risk of actual   suicide, among depressed elderly people, a study shows.
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They&#39;re not exactly giving away toasters to new members, but Medicare HMOs in South Florida are offering lots of new goodies to get senior citizens to join up.
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Bloomingdale's is planning to open this week in Friendship Heights, helping to anchor a shopping district that developers and local officials hope is becoming Washington's version of Fifth Avenue.
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As New York's population ages, several hospitals use house calls to improve care.
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Moving into a long-term care facility can be very difficult for patients with dementia, and new research shows that their caregivers may also suffer during the transition.
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Mid America Convalescent Center is one of a growing number of Chicago-area nursing homes that assemble residents by ethnicity. Asians live on one floor, Hispanics are on another.
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This month is Breast Cancer Awareness month and in the Tri-state the first annual &quot;Gift of Life&quot; Block Walk kicked off Saturday morning in Lincoln Heights.
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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 to be released Wednesday.
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By Larry Olson, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Mar. 5--To say they were pleased is an understatement about more than 100 senior citizens drawn to last Tuesday's Iron Chef cooking competition held at Franciscan Skemp Healthcare's Marycrest Auditorium.
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A group of health-care leaders are banding together to make hospitals a less dangerous place to get well.
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As part of a national initiative to improve the quality at long-term care facilities, Neshaminy Manor Nursing Home was credited Wednesday with making significant improvements in two areas of patient care.
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NEW YORK  - Moving into a long-term care  facility can be very difficult for patients with dementia, and  new research shows that their caregivers may also suffer during  the transition.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. federal effort aimed at boosting the health of Hispanic seniors, especially when it comes to diabetes care, is set to launch in eight communities nationwide.
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To geriatrician Deborah Goldberg, it seemed like the perfect job: running a geriatric teaching program at a hospital in New York. She had been an internist in private practice. She was board-certified as a geriatrician. She was told that she was clearly the leading candidate. The last hurdle was an interview with the chief of medicine.
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AARP is teaming up with The Home Depot Inc. to designate products the nation's largest seniors' group deems safer and more user friendly for older Americans.