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• Americans Purchasing More Affordable Long Term Care Insurance

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 673
  The majority (84%) of long-term care insurance policies are now purchased prior to retirement age. More than half (52%) select options that significantly reduce the cost according to a study just published by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance .
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• Long Term Care for Senior Veterans

  
  Reverse Your Mortgage — Authority: 121
  In the year 1919 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as Armistice Day to honor those Veterans who served during World War I. On November 11, 1954, Armistice Day was proclaimed a legal national holiday and the name was changed...
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• Response: Dont blame hospital staff for the treatment of dementia sufferers

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  It can take days for us to get the information we need to provide care for confused patients Andrea Gillies suggests that hospital care for people with dementia is deficient because staff dont know, or dont care, about looking after these patients ( The cruelty of neglect , 18 November). "Hospitals run on ...
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• What is the Average Cost for Long Term Care Insurace?

  
  Personal Finance Buzz - Published news — Authority: 143
  How much does long term care insurance cost? The sad fact is that most people don’t know the answer to that question.
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• What is the Average Cost for Long Term Care Insurace?

  
  Good Financial Cents -Jeff Rose Certified Financial Planner and Investment Advisor, Carbondale, Illinois — Authority: 624
  H ow much does long term care insurance cost? The sad fact is that most people don’t know the answer to that question. But a solution is available. As baby boomers leave their careers behind, long term care insurance will become very important in their financial strategies. The reasons to get an Long Term Care ...
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• New Developments In Aging Research

  
  Chillicious.com — Authority: 160
  There has been a lot of study on aging research and actually much of the medicine and research being conducted is about keeping you healthy so that you can live a long and happy life. Much of aging research also focuses on how specific aging decreases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s develop and what you can do ...
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• U.S. Senators, meet home care worker Loretta Johnson

  
  SEIU — Authority: 135
  There was only one speaker at Sen. Harry Reids press conference today who was NOT a member of the U.S. Senate. Her name? Loretta Johnson, a home health care worker who lost her own coverage when her husband became ill, and Loretta was forced to quit her job. Loretta is an SEIU member who worked for 18 years as a ...
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• Combined Senate Healthcare Bill Includes CLASS Act

  
  The Future of Aging Blog — Authority: 125
  Late Wednesday night, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) unveiled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, legislation that combines S. 1679, the health bill approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) and S. 1796, the Senate Finance Committee bill.There is a great buzz ...
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• Consumer Focus Column: “Creating Homes That Support Aging”

  
  The Future of Aging Blog — Authority: 125
  Take a good look around your home. What would it take to live there for many years to come? Which parts of your home will support you – and which parts will fight you – as your lifestyle, health or physical abilities change with age? Perhaps you’d like to spend more time working or playing at [...]
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• Congressional Long Term Care Insurance Plan Faulty Says Medicares Actuary

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 673
  A memorandum issued by the Department of Health & Human Services projects the new, voluntary Federal long-term care insurance program will need to charge participants $2,160-per-year and still expects that adverse selection will make the program unsustainable.
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• Can Lawmakers Build A Sustainable Long-Term Care Insurance Program?

  
  Wonk Room — Authority: 759
  “The problem with long-term care is that it suffers from a lack of interest,” Howard Gleckman , a resident fellow at the Urban Institute and author of “Caring For Our Parents,” told me in an interview. “When I talk to members of Congress about this issue, they just don’t care. It’s not on their radar ...
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• Adopt-a-State for Healthcare Reform

  
  SEIU — Authority: 135
  Joe Lieberman is at it again. Jockeying for attention. Threatening to support a Republican filibuster. Overlooking popular support in his own state. But this time, he may not be alone. Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) have each been targeted by the ...
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• Queens speech kick-starts Labours election fightback

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Gordon Brown uses state opening of parliament to showcase series of initiatives designed to draw battle lines between parties Gordon Brown today put the countrys neediest pensioners at the heart of the governments legislative programme in the last Queens speech before the general election. With less than seven ...
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• The Queen’s Speech and Free Home Care

  
  Fighting Monsters — Authority: 418
  Today the Queen will announce the government’s programme of legislation for the next year. It is widely reported that free home care for those whose needs fall into the ‘critical’ band will be included in the speech. The idea is that it will be a popular vote-grabber. We will be having a General Election ...
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• Senate Weighs Long-Term Care Program

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  Known as the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, or CLASS Act, the long-term care insurance program was a top priority for the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. 
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• CLASS Act (Updated)

  
  The New Republic - the treatment Feed — Authority: 140
  Harold Pollack is a professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and Special Correspondent for The Treatment I’ve written before on the CLASS (Community Living Assistance Services and Supports) Act, an important but costly and complex disability provision in health reform. ...
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• Sources: Senate weighs long-term health care program (AP)

  
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• AP sources: Senate weighs long-term care program (AP)

  
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