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SENIOR POWER: offensive defensive
Fri May 25 10:38:23 EDT 2012
It wouldn’t hurt if we all became more defensive in our relationships with medical practitioners. If Senior Power were a meaningful concept. Practitioners of defensive medicine diagnose or prescribe therapies as protection against malpractice liability.
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Charge senior citizen immigrants health care: Lawyer
Sat May 12 19:58:40 EDT 2012
Canadians who sponsor grandma and grandpa - or even just aging parents - as immigrants are leaving taxpayers with some hefty health care bills.
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SBCC Begins New Curriculum to Promote Healthy Aging
Fri May 25 13:19:30 EDT 2012
Santa Barbara City College will offer the new Skills for Healthy Aging Resources and Programs (SHARP) skills competency award program this fall.
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Sedalia Senior Center to host dog walk
Tue May 22 23:24:14 EDT 2012
Care Connection for Aging Services and the Sedalia Senior Center will participate in the 19th annual National Senior Health and Fitness Day on May 30.
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Charge senior citizen immigrants for health care: Lawyer
Sat May 12 19:32:57 EDT 2012
Canadians who sponsor grandma and grandpa - or even just aging parents - as immigrants are leaving taxpayers with some hefty health care bills.
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Census to state how rapidly Canada is aging
Fri May 25 19:52:06 EDT 2012
The second major batch of data from the 2011 census is scheduled for release Tuesday by Statistics Canada, and the findings are expected to show just how rapidly this country is aging.
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Health, service groups reeling from Medicaid cuts
Fri May 25 23:16:37 EDT 2012
In this May 2, 2012 photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks to members of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association at a luncheon in Springfield, Ill. Quinn recently lit a fire under the simmering questions of what Illinois will do about climbing pension and Medicaid costs.
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Health/fitness day for seniors set
Sat May 26 07:35:58 EDT 2012
DOWAGIAC -- Celebrate National Senior Health & Fitness Day from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Front Street Crossing, 227 S. Front St.
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Joan Aragone: Decade of writing senior column has been eye-opener
Wed May 16 17:41:26 EDT 2012
After more than 10 years producing a regular column on aging and senior health, this will be my final one, for now. Given the shrinking state of U.S. print publications, I'm glad it lasted this long.
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Senior Scene
Fri May 25 01:02:43 EDT 2012
In an effort to meet the needs of seniors, “Senior Scene” includes news items of interest to senior citizens as well as important information about senior centers and Councils on Aging within each of the communities in our region. An abridged...
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