Cathy and Pete's Family Pete's 70th Birthday
Get Help for the Aging Family
Link to the National Association of
Professional Geriatric Care Managers to locate a GCM who can help you in your state .
http://www.caremanager.org
Get Help for the Aging Family in the Western US
Link to the Western Chapter of GCM to find a PGCM in the western stateshttp://www.westerngcm.org/
Recent Articles/Information on Problems Faced by Aging Family
3/15/11 Great article about how elderly had hard time escaping Japanese disasters.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11074/1132128-82.stm
In my 3rd Ed of my book Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Liz Barlow has updated the chapter Preparing for Emergencies. As this article shows and Katrina reflected, we need to be ready to deal with elderly people in an emergency, as they are so vulnerable.
http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/9780763790264/
2/21/11 Future cuts in aging and their effects from
NIA standpoint.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/health/22hodes.htm
2/23/11New York Times this week on changes Health Programs's Long Term Care CLASS Act
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/health/policy/22care.html
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2/7/11 NY Times on developing aging products.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/article_ffeb084c-3256-11e0-9e54-0017a4a78c22.html
1/21/11 NY Times- New Alzheimers Test Developed
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/health/research/10spinal.html
12/26/10 NY Times on Medicare end of life planning changes
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/politics/26death.html
10/19/10 New York Times How to iive to 100.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/10/19/health/20101018-centenarians-voices-photos.html
10/10/10 New York Times Today- Aging Families and Marijuana Use
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/us/10pot.html?ref=todayspaper
10/10/10 NY Times Medicare sign up
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/weekinreview/10rabin.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
9/19/10 NY TimesWoodly Allen on aging.
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2010/09/woody-allen-at-age-74-on-aging.html
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9/16/10 NY Times article with questions about CCRC's
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/business/retirementspecial/16CARE.html
8/23/10 New York Times- How to insure Social Security's life
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/opinion/22intro.html
8/18/10 Lily Stops Alzheimer's Drug
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/business/18lilly.html?ref=todayspaper
7/29/10 New Yorker article on prolonging Life physician/ writer Atul Gawande titled " Letting Go"- focuses on the benefits of Hospice
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/02/100802fa_fact_gawande
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