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The New Old Age blog at the New York Times has published a three-part interview series with Marki Flannery on the topic of home health care. Flannery is president of Partners In Care, an affiliate of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, the largest not-for-profit provider of home health care in the nation.

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The Congressional Budget Office has released a report examining more than 100 proposals (pdf 2.7MB) that would affect health care. In a section specifically on long-term care, the  following proposals are examined: Make Home- and Community-Based Services a Mandatory Benefit Under Medicaid Increase the Federal Matching Rate for Home- and Community-Based Services and Decrease the [...]

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A Jan. 3  Boston Globe editorial titled “Bracing for the Age Wave” urges President-elect Obama not to procrastinate in developing policies to address America’s aging population. “The  Obama’s administration will have to starkly change the way the nation provides healthcare and housing for its elderly if the ‘gray tsunami’ of the boomers is not to [...]

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Change.gov, the website of President-elect Barack Obama, is soliciting input on important issues from the public through its “Open for Questions” tool. PHI urges its readers (you) to visit Change.gov and vote for the questions we have posted. Instructions: Go to the Open for Questions homepage at Change.gov Sign-in. If you don’t have an account, [...]

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A chart book titled Long Term Care –- An Essential Element of Healthcare Reform (pdf), has been released by the SCAN Foundation. The publication features more than a dozen charts and graphs that together provide a vivid picture of just how closely connected the long-term care needs of older Americans and people with disabilities are [...]

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