News Nuggets


AARP Across the States 1998: Profiles of Long-Term Care Systems, Third Edition  (Source: AARP Research on Health and LTC)
AARP Survey on Lifelong Learning - Executive Summary  (Source: Conducted by Harris Interactive, Inc., for AARP, July 19, 2000)
Adult Day Care is a Growing Trend in US and Russia   (Source: Utah News, 9/99)
Aetna U.S. Health Care Long Term Health Care Plan for Teacher's Retirement System of Texas  (Source: Aetna US HealthCare, August 11, 2000)
Alzheimer's Costs Businesses $33 Billion A Year   (Source: bizjournal.com - Phoenix, 10/99)
Assisted-Living Center Chef Brings Fine Dining to Elderly   (Source: The Birmingham Forum, May 10, 2000)
Audit: IRS Owes Taxpayers $25 Million  (Source: Associated Press, Northern Light.com, July 5, 2000)
Being Responsible for a Parent's Care  (Source: The Record On Line, July 13, 2000)
Boomers Should Use Inheritance for Security   (Source: The Record, 11/99)
Bracing for a New Wave of Retirees   (Source: Best's Review, 6/2000)
Brain Cells Involved in Learning Habits Identified   (Source: Deseret News.com, 11/99)
Burden of Care  (Source: Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, 9/20/2000)
Care-Giver Tax Credit is a Pittance, Some Say   (Source: The Record, 01/99)
Caregiving Guilt Can be Tempered by Strong Support System  (Source: CNN.com, June 21, 2000)
Congress Pushes Proposal in Last-Ditch Attempt to Resuscitate Medical Savings Accounts Ahead of Providers in entering New Era of E-Health  (Source: American Medical News, October 9, 2000)
Consumers Ahead of Providers in entering New Era of E-Health  (Source: bizjournals.com - Houston, "Focus: Health Care Quarterly, April 24, 2000)
Controlling the Supply of Long-Term Care Providers at the State Level   (Source: The Urban Institute)
Corporate Owners Dominate Nursing Home Landscape  (Source: bizjournals.com - Tampa Bay, July 24, 2000)
Costs of Caring for Elderly has Potential Costs for Businesses  (Source: bizjournals.com - Albany, March, 2000)
Doctors Mistake Dimentia in Elderly  (Source: BBC News, August 31, 2000)
Driven Out: As Nursing Home Liability Costs Soar, Exiting Carriers Spur Market Crisis (Source: Best's Review, March, 2000)
Employers Add Benefits to Meet Boomers' Retirement Needs, Survey Reveals   (Source: The Northern Light, 11/99)
Executive Summary: A Measure of Quality - Improving Performance in American Health Care  (Source: The American Health Quality Association, October 2000)
The Extent of Pain Felt by Elderly People Parted from Pets on Entering Residential Care   (Source: University of Warwick)
Generation Link   (Source: Time Magazine)
Good for the Long Term   (Source: Best's Review, 3/2000)
Gore Campaign Shifts Focus to Medicare  (Source: Washington Post, August 28, 2000)
Government: Proposed Health Insurance Deductibility Increase for Self-Employed  (Source: Entrepreneur.com, October 3, 2000)
Group Lists 20,000 Doctors Described as Questionable  (Source: Chicago Tribune, August 9, 2000)
Health Care Delivers as an Issue of Top Concern  (Source: Chicago Tribune, September 17, 2000)
A Healthy Approach to Long-Term Care   (Source: Business Week On Line, June, 2000)
Here's what you Should Know About Long-Term Care Insurance  (Source: bizjournal.com - Pacific, April, 2000)
The Home Keeper Mortgage  (Source: Fannie Mae - Single Family Products)
Insurance for Elderly Care Gaining in Popularity  (Source: bizjournals.com - Atlanta, January 31, 2000)
Kaiser Family Survey on Health Care and Other Elder Care Issues  (Source: Kaiser Family Foundation)
Life Care Homes have Pitfalls   (Source: Modesto Modbee On Line, 7/2000)
Long-Term Care Costs Can Waylay Your Retirement Game Plan   (Source: The Albuquerque Journal, 11/99)
Long-Term Care Experts Lay Out and Discuss the Issues of Today and Tomorrow  (Source: bizjournals.com - Kansas City, May 22, 2000)
Long-Term Care Insurance May Ease a Heavy Burden  (Source: bizjournals.com - Houston, January, 2000)
Long-Term Care Policies Find a Growing, Graying Market  (Source: bizjournals.com - Kansas City, March 6, 2000)
The Looming Crisis: Meeting the Needs of an Aging Nation   (Source: The American Health Care Association)
Medicaid's Big Time Rip-Offs   (Source: Reader's Digest Special Edition)
Medicare Home Health Care Plunges  (Source: bizjournals.com - South Florida, May 29, 2000)
Medicare's Need for Data Keeps Growing  (Source: American Medical News, September 25, 2000)
Mental Illness and the Elderly: The Forecast is "Crisis"   (Source: University of California - San Diego, 9/99)
Modern Healthcare: Your Source for Weekly Healthcare Business News  (Source: Modern Healthcare, Various issues, 2000)
Nancy Reagan's "Long Goodbye"  (Source: ABC News.com, September 7, 2000)
Net Health Glut Spurs "Cyberchondria"  (Source: MSNBC Nightly News, 10/99)
New Age for the Elderly  (Source: Prism OnLine, December, 1999)
No Prevention Like Disability Insurance  (Source: CBS Market Watch, September 5, 2000)
Older Americans Act Appropriation Information  (Source: Administration on Aging)
Patients' Ills Linked to Mothers   (Source: Philly.com - The Inquirer, 6/2000)
PPO Power: Preferred: is Definitely the Word  (Source:WebMd Corporation, October 2, 2000)
Promising New Treatment for Stroke Survivors Emerges  (Source: ABNCnews.com, June, 2000)
Proposal for Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act   (Source: Administration on Aging, 106th Congress, 2nd Session)
Relatives Define "Care" and "Giving"  (Source: Evansville Courier & Press, September 5, 2000)
Retirement Assets of Government Employees at Record High  (Source: News & Analysis@GovCon, October 26, 2000)
Retirement Journal  (Source: The Washington Post, July 2, 2000)
Reverse Mortgages for Seniors  (Source: Fannie Mae - Single Family Products)
Roger's rules for Aging  (Source: Time Magazine, September 18, 2000)
Secrets of the Heart  (Source: The Washington Post, August 8, 2000)
State Home Care Experiment Makes Clients the Boss   (Source: The St. Petersburg Times, May 30, 2000)
Study Suggests Longevity is Genetic   (Source: MSNBC News, 11/99)
Survey: Aging Americans Worry about how to Live Independently  (Source: CNN.com, May 1, 2000)
Taking the Temperature of the Breakout of HealthCare Sites  (Source: Seattle Times, September 10, 2000)
Texas Offers Insight on Health Care Quandary   (Source: The Christian Science Monitor, 10/99)
Twilight of the Boomers   (Source: Time Magazine, June 12, 2000, page 1)
Unsuspecting Middle Class is on a Crash Course with Estate Taxes?   (Source: Philanthropy Round Table)
The VA's National Strategy for Achieving Reliable, Compassionate Care for Patients at the End of Life  (Source: Adapted from the 1999 Session of the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting)
Web Sites Court 50-And-Older Crowd  (Source: ZDNet Interactive, September 26, 2000)
What Long-term Care Insurance Is and Is Not  (Source: Washington Post, March 24, 2000)
Working at 90  (Source: Vavo: Redefining the Internet Generation, October 3, 2000)