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Get Help for the Aging Family
Link to the National Association of
Professional Geriatric Care Managers to locate a PGCM 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
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
7/29/10 NY Times . two e xcellent articles on Aging in Place Technology
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/garden/29parents.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/garden/29hometech.html?ref=todayspaper
7/16/10 NY Times - Alzhemiers Research Update
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/17/health/research/17drug.html?ref=todayspaper
7/11/10 NY Times - article on legacy of geriatric pioneer Robert Butler looking at people in their 70's like Ringo Starr
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/weekinreview/11zernike.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
6/29/10 NY Times -Excellent article on the need and void in geriatric research ,
geriatric care teams, geriatricians and how geriatric care teams
help to stop unnecessary readmissions to hospital.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/health/29geri.html?ref=todayspaper
6/24/10 N.Y. Times New Alzheimer's Research
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/health/research/24scans.html?ref=todayspaper
6/21/10 NY Times article on frequent case of delerium in the hospitalized elders
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/science/21delirium.html?ref=todayspaper
6/16/10 Cleveland Plain Dealer - Gail Sheehy on Caregiving Issues -
http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/06/author_gail_sheehy_offers_firs.html
6/2/10 New York Times,New research on early Alzheimers
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/health/02alzheimers.html?ref=todayspaper
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5/27/10 New York Times - Hospitalists- New Physicians in Hospital
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/wbur-posts-and-stories/2010/05/hospitalists-take-on-patient-care-easing-docs-burden/
5/14/10 Diane Rehms show interview with Gail Sheehy about new book Passages in Caregiving
>http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-05-13/gail-sheehy-passages-caregiving
5/14/10 New York Times Lifesaving devices that can cause havoc at end of life
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/health/14device.html
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Great article on search and rescue teams and wanderers with dementia. NY Times today front page.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/us/05search.html?ref=todayspaper
5/4/10 Excellent blog about the new CLASS Act. ( LTC insurance in Obama health care bill)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/health/policy/04land.html?nl=health&emc=healthupdateema3
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4/27/10 New Reality show Sunset Daze-show on Baby boomers in Sun City,- Ariz Retirement community
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/arts/television/27daze.html
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