Washington Business Journal – June 15, 2007 by Vandana Sinha Staff Reporter A second D.C. nursing home since March has requested city approval to shut down, following on the heels of a Northwest nursing center that’s dwindled to half its size. Grant Park Care Center, the city’s third-largest nursing home which is drawing up its closure plans, is still likely months away from getting the D.C. Health Department‘s green light to switch off its lights for good.

By Aliza Marcus June 16 (Bloomberg) — Humana Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc. and five other U.S. health insurance companies agreed to stop selling a type of government-funded plan for the elderly in response to complaints that sales agents forged signatures and enrolled dead people. The seven companies are working on new marketing guidelines with the U.S. Medicare health insurance program for the elderly and disabled. The voluntary sales suspension will end as each company adopts the guidelines, the Centers for [...]

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 18, 2007–Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE:CVH), a diversified national managed healthcare company, and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) today announced a partnership to help Coventry’s members find and apply for publicly available benefits programs for which they may be eligible. The partnership provides Coventry Health Care with its own version of NCOA’s BenefitsCheckUp, the nation’s most comprehensive Web-based service to screen for benefits programs primarily targeted to seniors with limited income and resources. “Partnering with NCOA will [...]

Provided by: Canadian Press Written by: NOOR JAVED Jun. 17, 2007 TORONTO (CP) – They aren’t being regarded as a replacement for human caregivers yet, but researchers hope a number of high-tech devices with the ability to speak, instruct, and even tell a joke will become an invaluable tool in helping Canadian caregivers look after their aging family members. “There is a real need for technology that can assist in caring for others,” said William D’Souza, the Ontario-based creator of [...]

Unique opportunity to meeting and engage with the leading resources in our region – in one location! You are cordially invited to an informational program Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Rockville Nursing Home 303 Adclare Road Rockville MD 20850 Representatives from the following organizations will be available to help answer your questions and provide resource information. ALS Association — DC/MD/VA Chapter (Fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Alzheimer’s Association (National Capital Chapter) Arthritis Foundation (Metro DC Chapter) National [...]

Lake Ridge, VA [June 14, 2007]. The National Association of Homebuilders awarded Westminster at Lake Ridge (www.wlrva.org), a Continuing Care Retirement Community, with the Gold Award for “Best Overall Black and White Print Advertisement” at the 2007 Best of 50+ Housing Awards recently. “This is an honor because there were three silver awards, so to be singled out as the best is quite an accomplishment,” said Glenn West, Executive Director of Westminster at Lake Ridge. Considered one of the premier [...]

Keeping Seniors Safe: Working Together To End Elder Abuse Greenspring Village, Springfield, Virginia – September 27, 2007 Dear Friend, On Thursday, September 27, 2007, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (GCM) will hold a first of its kind, multidisciplinary educational conference at Greenspring Village in Springfield, Virginia – in partnership with the Virginia and Maryland/DC Chapters of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), and the Elderlaw Committee of the Bar Association of [...]

Alzheimer’s is Everywhere Posted By:Mike Huckman Yes, Alzheimer’s is everywhere. And I’m not referring to the new study that forecasts that the number of people worldwide with Alzheimer’s Disease will quadruple between now and 2050 to more than 100 million cases. Staggering, sobering, daunting, scary. No, I’m referring to the sudden critical mass of media coverage of the disease. It’s as if the national media cabal (no, conspiracy theorists there really isn’t one–that I know of, at least) had a [...]

Some work longer by choice, but many can’t afford to quit 09:07 AM CDT on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 Associated Press WASHINGTON — As the baby boomers begin to ease into their 60s, most expect to delay retirement longer than their parents or grandparents. That’s good, because many can’t afford to stop working anytime soon. Two new reports portray aging boomers as better educated, with higher incomes and longer life expectancies than the generations that preceded them. They also have [...]