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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Bronx RHIO, representing 80 percent of the providers in this borough of 1.36 million residents, went “live” in July, 2008, becoming the first RHIO (regional health information organization) in New York City to begin exchanging patient data.

. HANOI (Viet Nam News), October 5, 2008 By Du Van Nga What will happen to me when I’m old is not something I usually think about. However, I hope that I will be as strong as Nguyen Thi Ngoc Trai, a 76-year-old woman and manager of Recas, a centre devoted to providing assistance and companionship to elderly people without families to care for them.

A Mount Gambier supported accommodation facility has threatened to cut services to its aged and disabled residents if the State Government fails to increase funding before December 1. Lambert Village owner Alister Armstrong has pledged to cut services such as medication management and dispensing,

Grocery store prices are always rising; yesterday we gave you some money saving tips to help reduce your spending (frivolous items can really rack up the bill). Here are some more useful tips to help you cut back.

Twenty aged care workers in Mount Gambier and Millicent have been underpaid by more than $6000, according to the Workplace Ombudsman. Acting Workplace Ombudsman Alfred Bongi made the announcement after inspectors randomly investigated 21 South Australian aged care facilities.

Golden retriever Bliss helps St Mary's relieving lifestyle coordinator Sheelagh Baker (right) to deliver The Border Watch to resident Eldon Young. A retired show and breeding dog has joined other retirees for a quieter life in a Mount Gambier aged care facility.

. TOKYO, Japan (The Mainichi Daily News), September 11, 2008: Households in which the elderly are caring for the aged comprise more than 30 percent of households in which family members are serving as care givers to other family members, according to a government survey.

I know this is not about health as such but, i just went and did my tax and for the first time i have to pay the ATO, this is because Greater Southern health and BCS have not taken enough tax out durning the financial year.   Apparently i’m not the first to be stung and stung hard.   Editer’s Grip

A growing number of facilities now offer short-term respite stays, which give caregivers the chance to take a break.

LCA-Vision Inc, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, has reported financial and operational results for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2008. Steven C Straus, CEO of LCA-Vision, has informed: “As anticipated and previously announced, total procedure volume declined 38% from last year’s second