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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3Jd8" title="The American Lung Association is offering a free-of-charge, online caregiving coordination service called \"My Fighting for Air Community\" to support individuals affected by acute and chronic lung diseases......" target="_blank">American Lung Association Supports Individuals Dealing With Lung Disease Through Online Caregiving Coordination Service</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3J8S" title="As part of its ongoing program to help caregivers and provide families with the information they need to make informed decisions, Homewatch CareGivers has released its latest resource, entitled \"Guide to Living with Dementia. \" This new guide is availab..." target="_blank">Homewatch CareGivers Releases New \"Guide To Living With Dementia\" To Help Families Cope With The Numerous Issues Associated With Dementia</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HWr" title="A bipartisan group of 136 members of Congress recently  requested that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) disclose the list of  homecare providers whose bids were used to calculate home medical equipment reimbursement  rates unde..." target="_blank">136 Members Of Congress Demand That Medicare Release Key Information About Controversial Bidding Program For Home Medical Equipment</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HQK" title="       NPR continued its series on seniors aging at home.            Part two examined a company called Adaptive Home, \"one of a growing number of startups that use monitoring technology to revolutionize elder care. These companies are also betting on a ..." target="_blank">NPR: Technology Can Help Seniors Stay In Homes</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HQL" title="       The Washington Post: \"Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has concluded that the state can impose stricter oversight over clinics that perform abortions, a move immediately decried by abortion-rights organizations and others as an attempt ..." target="_blank">Virginia Attorney Gen. Approves Stricter Oversight On Abortion Clinics; Indiana Fails To Follow Up Inspection Reports On Nursing Homes</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HM9" title="       NPR: \"The village movement dates to the 2001 founding of Beacon Hill Village in Boston. This year, the Village to Village Network launched to help other communities create their own senior support groups......" target="_blank">\'Village\' Movement And Community Health Clinics Offer Alternative Models Of Care</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HMb" title=" The Miami Herald: As the Jackson Health System\'s \"governing board prepares to vote Monday on a proposed budget for 2011, its two money-losing nursing homes stand as a symbol for the challenges the system faces as it attempts to cut losses. Almost 100 o..." target="_blank">Fla.\'s Jackson Health System Struggles With Nursing Home And Hospital Losses; Advocates Push Marijuana Cultivation In Calif.</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HBp" title=" The Wall Street Journal: \"Wisconsin is pushing to expand a controversial program that uses federal Medicaid funds to provide free birth-control pills, vasectomies and other forms of contraception to low-income people, an effort made possible by the fede..." target="_blank">Wis. Pushes To Expand Medicaid Funding For Contraceptives, Minnesota Encourages \'Medical Homes,\' Md. Settles Nursing Home Payment Case</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3Hyb" title="One of the most difficult times when caring for a friend or family member with dementia is the period before diagnosis, according to new research led by UCL and published online today in the British Medical Journal.  As the population ages, a large and in..." target="_blank">Carers Need Help Before Dementia Diagnosis</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HxD" title="The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act - a largely overlooked component of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - has the potential to transform long-term care financing in the United States from a welfare-based t..." target="_blank">America\'s Long-Term Care Future</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3Htr" title="A diagnostic test of eight short questions designed by Jaclene Zauszniewski from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University can be used to detect depressive thinking patterns that lead to clinical depression in women who..." target="_blank">Detecting Depression In Caretakers Of Mentally Ill Adults</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HmL" title=" Homecare after hip surgery in seniors increases survival rate Seniors who received home care after discharge from hospital for partial hip surgery (hemiarthroplasty) were 43% less likely to die in the three months following the procedure, found a study p..." target="_blank">Homecare After Hip Surgery In Seniors Increases Survival Rate</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HpM" title=" New research from the US suggests that trauma in childhood such as experiencing abuse or a serious stressful event like losing a parent is linked to a shorter  lifespan and weaker immune system later in life, and that the immune impairment even adds to t..." target="_blank">Trauma, Abuse In Childhood Linked To Shorter Lifespan, Weaker Immune Response Later In Life</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HnH" title="The emotional pains we suffer in childhood can lead to weakened immune systems later in life, according to a new study. Based on this new research, the amount of this immune impairment even enhances that caused by the stress of caregiving later in life......" target="_blank">Abuse And Adversity In Childhood May Lead To A Shorter Life, Weakened Immune Response Among The Elderly</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HgT" title=" Bruce Yarwood, President and CEO of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), and Alan Rosenbloom, President of the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, issued the following statement today applauding Ho..." target="_blank">Long Term Care Profession Applauds FMAP Passage</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HcK" title="Training can alleviate some of the pain that occupational injuries bring to the long-term care industry, according to Penn State researchers. The study looked at injuries among home health aides. Home health aides typically visit patients\' homes to assis..." target="_blank">Home Health Care Industry Adversely Affected By On-The-Job Injuries</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3HbZ" title=" ABC News: \"California, facing a $19.1 billion budget gap, is considering a reduction in funding that pays for home care aides for the disabled. It already cut funds last year. ... Last month, the nation celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Americans W..." target="_blank">Calif. Considers Reduction In Funding For Home Care Aides; Ill. Union Workers Strike Over Health Issues At Uranium Conversion Plant</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3Hbs" title="Empire BlueCross BlueShield According to the National Alliance for Caregiving, more than 65 million people in the United States  serve as informal caregivers, typically for family members. This equates to more than one out of every four people serving as ..." target="_blank">Empire BlueCross BlueShield Provides Six Tips For Caregivers</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3GXL" title=" General Electric Co. and Intel Corp. announced Monday they will create a company to provide new medical technologies for the elderly and chronically ill. Bloomberg Businessweek: \"Both companies are already involved in the health care market. GE Healthca..." target="_blank">GE And Intel Create New Health IT Venture Focused On Home-Based Care</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3GWZ" title="Sharron Docherty understands that medical care for a critically ill infant involves much more than treatments designed to bring about a cure. Treating and caring for an infant born with a life threatening condition involves parents, doctors, nurses and so..." target="_blank">Visual Decision Pathways, Visualization Expertise Helps Researchers Map Life And Death Decisions</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3GQk" title=" Chicago Tribune: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Thursday signed a law establishing new nursing home safety measures \"aimed at ending chronic violence in the facilities. Work already has begun on hiring dozens of additional nursing home inspectors, as well as w..." target="_blank">Illinois Quickly Begins Implementing New Law To End Violence In Nursing Homes; N.J. Reverses Cuts In AIDS Drug Program</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3GKh" title=" News outlets report on state budget gaps and lobbying for extra Medicaid funds from the federal government. Bloomberg: \"U.S. state governments project revenue will climb in the current fiscal year after they raised taxes and cut spending to close budget..." target="_blank">States Continue Push For Extension Of Extra Medicaid Funds</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3GKj" title="       CongressDaily: The Senate Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee approved a draft funding bill Tuesday for HHS, \"moving a bill that would provide $170 billion in discretionary spending to related federal agencies, nearly $1 bi..." target="_blank">Senate Subcommittee Approves HHS Funding Bill, Other Health Care Bills Readied</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3GH3" title="The Alzheimer\'s Foundation of America (AFA), New York, NY, and Second Wind Dreams (SWD), Marietta, GA, announced that they have forged a strategic partnership that will utilize their combined expertise, program strengths and local membership bases to fur..." target="_blank">Alzheimer\'s Foundation Of America And Second Wind Dreams Forge Strategic Partnership</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://mnt.to/f/3GCJ" title=" USA Today: \"The explosive growth of the USA\'s older population is fueling a grass-roots \'village\' movement in neighborhoods across the country to help people age in their own homes. More than 50 villages in a neighbor-helping-neighbor system have spr..." target="_blank">Health Care Industry And Professionals Respond To Seniors\' Growing Health Needs</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:00:00 PDT</span><br />');
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