 Abuse
Catholic
Charities to assume protective care of 370 adults (Broome
County, New York)
Pressconnects.com
Man
gets 90 years for bilking elderly investors of $11 million
By Larry Welborn and Denisse Salazar, The
Orange County Register
National
Center on Elder Abuse Newsletter
Veterans'
treatment in state homes 'inexcusable'
By
Walter F. Roche Jr., Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Aging
The
elderly are left out in the
new India
By
Sandip Roy, New America Media
Really?
The
claim: body temperature declines with age
By
Anahad O’Connor, The New York Times
Caregiving
Offering
care for the caregiver
By Pauline W. Chen,
M.D., The New York Times
Disability Law
Notices
On 1/14/10, the Office of Disability
Employment Policy, Department of Labor, announced a request
for public comment on a proposed data collection for the
survey entitled “2009 National Survey of Public Attitudes
Toward People with Disabilities,” which will be used to
increase employment opportunities for adults and youth with
disabilities while striving to eliminate barriers to their
employment. Comments are due 3/15/10. FR
2162. On 12/28/09, the Social Security Administration
(SSA) announced a request for public comment on several
information collections, including the Request to Resolve
Questionable Quarters of Coverage, the Statement for
Determining Continuing Eligibility Supplemental Security
Income Payment, and the Application of Circuit Court Law.
Comments are due 2/26/10. FR
68655.
Elder Law
Floor Action
On 1/25/10, the Senate passed S
2949, to amend Section 1113 of the Social Security Act to
provide authority for increased fiscal year 2010 payments for
temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign
countries, and to provide necessary funding to avoid
shortfalls in the Medicare cost-sharing program for low-income
qualifying individuals.
Notices
On 1/20/10, the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services,
announced a 4/26/10-4/28/10 conference in Bethesda, MD,
entitled “NIH State-of-the-Science Conference: Preventing
Alzheimer’s disease and Cognitive Decline.” FR
3243.
End of Life Issues
An
ill father, a life-or-death decision
By
Alicia von Stamwitz, The New York Times
Choices
at the end of life
It's a time that can be
emotionally and financially draining. Those who've studied the
matter say that informed choice can make a
difference.
By Lisa Zamosky, The Los Angeles
Times
Consumer’s Tool
Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
ABA Commission on Law and Aging
End-of-life
medical spending
not so wasteful
By Philip
Moeller, U.S. News & World Report
Health/Healthcare
A
mixed report on American health
By Nicholas
Bakalar, The New York Times
A
pinch less salt could save lives,
money
Cutting daily salt intake just a bit
could prevent 54,000 heart attacks a year, researchers
say
By Peggy Peck, MedPage, Source: ABC News
Avoid
extremes in diabetes treatment, study finds
By
Kate Kelland, Reuters
Before
you quit antidepressants
By Robert
Friedman, The New York Times
Elderly
report rising rates of disability after 20 year decline
HealthDay, Source: Businessweek
Exercise:
In women, training for a sharper mind
By Roni
Caryn Robin, The New York Times
Ginkgo
won't slow decline
of aging brain
Popular herb doesn't keep cognitive powers
intact, researchers say.
By Steven Reinberg,
Healthday, Source: U.S. News & World Report
Heart
attacks more common
in winter
Exercise caution when shoveling, working out
to avoid cardiac emergency.
Healthday, Source:
U.S. News & World Report
Huge
variation in salt content of processed food
Reuters
More
states took in expired meds in 2009
By Mike
Stark, Associated Press, Source: Findlaw.com
Old
ideas spur new approaches in cancer fight
By
Gina Kolata, The New York Times
Opiate
painkillers raise
fracture
risk
Reuters
Promising
health benefits of wild blueberries include anti-aging, cancer
prevention, heart & vision
health
Wildblueberries.com
Radiation
offers new cures, and ways to do harm
By Walt
Bogdanich, The New York Times
Reflux
might be immune condition, study
finds
Reuters
Risk
of blood clots after surgery higher than
thought
Reuters Health
The
scales can lie: Hidden fat
New study
argues even thin people can face health risks from fat; it's
'normal weight obesity'
By Ron Winslow, The Wall
Street Journal Workers
combat hospital infections
Kaiser Health
News, Source: Medical News Today
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Health Law
Committee Action
The Senate Judiciary
Committee marked up several bills, including S 1624, to amend
Title 11 of the United States Code, to provide protection for
medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for
individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to
ill, injured, or disabled family members, and to exempt from
means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by
serious medical problems. 1/21/10,
10 am, 226 Dirksen.
Notices
On 1/26/10, the Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services,
announced a request for public comment on a proposed
information collection, the Foreign Letters of Approval for
Export of Medical Devices, which collects the approval of the
foreign country to which an unapproved medical device is
intended for export and allows for the exportation of the
device under certain circumstances if the exportation is not
contrary to public health and safety. Comments are due
3/29/10. FR
4086.
On 1/22/10, the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) announced that, pursuant to Section 1012 of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2010, the 2009 HHS
poverty guidelines will remain in effect until updated 2010
poverty guidelines are published, which shall not take place
before 3/1/10. FR
3734.
On 1/7/10, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced its
intention to support new comparative effectiveness research
(CER) projects, which focus on priority populations, including
low income groups, minority groups, women, children, the
elderly, and individuals
with special health care needs,
including individuals with disabilities and individuals who
need chronic care or end-of-life health care. FR
990. On 1/4/10, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, HHS, announced a request for public
comment on
a proposed project entitled “Communities Putting Prevention to
Work,” which uses evidence-based clinical and community-based
prevention and wellness strategies to support specific
measurable health outcomes to reduce chronic disease rates.
The project provides an important opportunity for states,
cities, rural areas, and tribes to advance public health and
to reduce health disparities. Comments are due 3/2/10. FR
152.
Long-Term Care
Long-Term
Care
National Planning Council
Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare
and the Mayo Clinic
The famous hospital
will no longer take some senior patients
Dow Jones,
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Unitedhealth
profit rises 30% as Medicare increases
By
Alex Nussbaum, Bloomberg.com
What’s in the
stars? Quality ratings of Medicare Advantage Plans, 2010
Kaiser Family Foundation
Louisiana
State
reaches agreement to repay Medicaid
money
Associated Press,
Source: WXVT CBS News
Retirement
Efforts
to raise 401(k) participation
hit snags
By
Christine Dugas, USA Today Retirement
Planning
The Wall Street Journal
Social Security
8
possible Social Security benefit changes
By
Philip Moeller, U.S. News & World
Report The
best life: Your guide to Social Security, part
two
Understanding how benefits are set
will help you make the best decisions for retirement.
By Philip Moeller, U.S. News & World
Report
Potpourri
Get
back to where you once belonged
By Jeffrey
Zaslow, The Wall Street Journal
Government
posting wealth of
data to Internet
By Pete
Yost, The Washington Post
Social
service agencies call on Ill.
to pay bills
By Karen Hawkins, Chicago Tribune
Transportation
for seniors rolls downhill
By Matt Helms,
Detroit Free Press
What
gives your life meaning and purpose?
By Philip
Moeller, U.S. News & World Report
Watching
TV linked to higher risk
of death
By Ron
Winlow, The Wall Street Journal
Web
sites ensure online lives don't disappear with 'dearly
departed'
Heather Pierce lives in Glover
Park, but much of her life floats in the cloud.
By
Michael S. Rosenwald, The Washington Post
Why
drug ‘reimportation’ won’t die
The drug
industry made a foolish bet in supporting health
reform.
By Gilbert Ross, The Wall Street
Journal
Why the
VA frustrates veterans 60 Minutes: Two Wars Are Slowing The
Large Bureaucracy, Delaying Benefits
CBS
News
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