Policymaking

Community Garden Project Brings Generations Together
   The Indio Senior Center didn't have room for a traditional garden, so instead created raised bed planters made from water troughs roughly the size of bathtubs.
12/14/12 1:58 PM  read complete story

New CMS Rules to Affect How Carriers Provide Health Coverage
   New rules from CMS will affect the way qualified carriers offer plans to those not yet covered by health insurance -- millions of whom are people over age 55 and not yet eligible for Medicare.
11/20/12 1:14 PM  read complete story

Examining 20th Century Aging Policies for a 21st Century World
   Modern society is beginning to move past the old notions of people retiring in their early to mid-60s. An increasing number of people are beginning to realize that such a policy is neither desirable nor feasible.
11/19/12 10:51 AM  read complete story

Skilled Nursing Facilities Seen Dependent on Medicare to Offset Losses
   A new analysis provides details on how skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) rely on Medicare reimbursements to offset losses in treating Medicaid patients (a process known as cross-subsidization). The findings have implications for the Medicare Payments Advisory Commission (MedPAC), which meets later this week to determine Medicare payment recommendations.
1/11/12 2:48 PM  read complete story

(HOLIDAY PROGRAMS) Home Care Firm Wraps Up Successful ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ Project
   Prior to the holiday season, participating local nonprofit organizations like the Lebanon Agency on Aging and area nursing homes identify needy seniors in the community and provide those names to Home Instead Senior Care.
12/27/11 09:21 AM  read complete story

(SENIOR CORPS) Survey Will Assess Organization's Effectiveness
   The federal government's Corporation for National & Community Service wants all Senior Corps volunteers as well as recipients of Senior Corps grants to complete a new survey, which will then be used to determine Senior Corps' effectiveness.
12/8/11 11:03 AM  read complete story