Elder Care News

"Public Pension Funds Are Adding Risk to Raise Returns"
by Mary Williams Walsh (_New York Times_, Mar. 9, 2010)
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"Senate Panel to Investigate Deaths at Long-Term Care Facilities"
by Alex Berenson (_New York Times_, Mar. 9, 2010)
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"(President Barack) Obama health bill holds key to elderly care fees"
by Edward Luce and Anna Fifield (_Financial Times_ [London, UK], Mar. 9, 2010)
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"Bundled payments might cut hospital costs without reducing quality of care"
by Manoj Jain (_Washington Post_, Mar. 9, 2010)
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ILLINOIS NEWS: "Civic committee ramps up pension reform efforts"
by Melissa Harris (_Chicago Tribune_, Mar. 8, 2010)
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IOWA NEWS: "Medicare cuts could limit care, doctors say: Dubuque physicians warn that a proposed 21% reduction would result in closed clinics and layoffs"
by Erik Hogstrom (_Dubuque Telegraph Herald_, Mar. 9, 2010)
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MICHIGAN NEWS: "Governor pushes for action on retirements: (Jennifer) Granholm says pension, benefit changes needed soon to avoid crisis"
by Julie Mack (_Kalamazoo Gazette_, Mar. 9, 2010)
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OHIO NEWS: "Baby boomers are starting their own businesses in face of economic downturn"
by Marcia Pledger (_Cleveland Plain Dealer_, Mar. 9, 2010)
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AUSTRALIA NEWS: "Nursing homes back the states"
by Adam Cresswell (_Australian_ [Sydney, New South Wales] Mar. 9, 2010)
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CANADA NEWS: "Ottawa promises to consult on retirement issues"
by James Daw (_Star_ [Toronto, Ontario], Mar. 9, 2010)
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CANADA NEWS: "‘New workplace order’ looms as boomers head to retirement: Employers must utilize immigrants, aboriginals, women, older workers more efficiently in future"
by Don Drummond (_Star_ [Toronto, Ontario], Mar. 9, 2010)
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FRANCE NEWS: "Granny DJ (Disc Jockey) takes Paris clubs by storm: Boomin’ senior spins tunes in her own rockin’ style"
by Rakhee Radia (Reuters via _Gazette_ [Montreal, Quebec, Canada], Mar. 9, 2010)
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JAPAN NEWS: "Art aiding elderly, ill, students / Ties between medical care centers, universities benefiting all sides"
by Masanao Umezaki (_Yomiuri Shimbun_ [Tokyo], Mar. 9, 2010)
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NEW ZEALAND NEWS: "Elderly to keep home help a little longer"
by Debbie Porteous (_Otago Daily Times_ [Dunedin], Mar. 10, 2010)
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UK NEWS: "Dangerous pension deficits still ticking away"
by Martin Flanagan (_Scotsman_ [Edinburgh, Mar. 9, 2010)
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UK NEWS: "Company pension deficits fell in 2009"
by Chris Vellacott (Reuters, Mar. 9, 2010)
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UK NEWS: "How firms ‘avoid’ pension costs"
by Fran Abrams (British Broadcasting Corporation News, Mar. 9, 2010)
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"Infection Defense May Spur Alzheimers"
by Gina Kolata (_New York Times_, Mar. 9, 2010)
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"Specialty may bias doctors’ prostate cancer advice"
by Anne Harding (Reuters Health, Mar. 8, 2010)
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