Congress Supports Long Term Care Through Expanded Health Savings Accounts.
KIRKLAND, Wash., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Before adjourning on the 9th, Congress passed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act (H.R. 6111), which expands the sources and amounts that may be contributed to Health Savings Accounts (HSA's). This is good news for those seeking long term care protection but...

Student nurse externship/ LNA grant funded.
The Vermont Department of Labor has awarded the Office of Nursing Workforce an Internship grant that will be launched in January 2009. "Phase II--Preparing Nursing Students for Employment in Vermont" is a response to the pressing imperative for Vermont health care organizations to assist in the education of our...

Relentless won't give up fight to restore benefits.
Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos COLUMN: POLITICS AND THE CITY Say this about Worcester's municipal retirees: They are a relentless group. When they set their sights on something, they don't give up, and they certainly don't go away. That has been underscored in the retirees'...

LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE AND FINANCIAL SECURITY.
LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE AND FINANCIAL SECURITY. Paul J. Hollev and T. Morris Jones, College of Business, University of North Alabama. Society's prospective of financial security has changed considerably over the last few years. For example, families have purchased for many decades all sorts of insurance (life, health,...

Health coverage plans can delay care.
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Health insurance plans that require enrollees to pay up-front deductibles before coverage kicks in have an alarming side effect, according to two studies released Tuesday by health policy researchers at the University of Oregon. People enrolled in these plans...

Aggressive interventions backed to prevent suicide: long-term care facilities, home health care agencies, aging services providers are possible places to intervene.
STOCKHOLM -- Interventions aimed at preventing suicide in older adults should target asymptomatic individuals and groups at risk for becoming depressed and suicidal to save the greatest number of lives, Dr. Yeates Conwell said at the 12th Congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association. "There has been a...

No help coming for retiree Medicare cost.
Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos COLUMN: CITY HALL NOTEBOOK It looks like Worcester's municipal retirees will not be getting help from the city anytime soon when it comes to paying their Part B Medicare costs. City Manager Michael V. O'Brien said there is no "fiscally...

Kidneys for sale: Iranian organ donation.
"WHAT CAN IRAN teach us about good governance?" is not a question often posed in Washington. But according to Benjamin Hippen, a transplant nephrologist in North Carolina, the Iranians have managed to do something American policy makers have long thought impossible: They've found kidneys for every single citizen in...

Providing baby boomers with long-term care requires innovation.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Terry Coplin For The Register-Guard At age 58, I've got all the things a successful baby boomer would want: grown kids, a complete Rolling Stones compact disc collection and an adrenaline-fueled performance motorcycle with chrome in just the right places. However,...

Listening to the voices of long-term care.
9780761838166 Listening to the voices of long-term care. Buelow, Janet R. Univ. Press of America 2007 191 pages $29.95 Paperback HV1461 The demographics are daunting, and the long-term health care industry,...