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Group Ties Medicare’s 50th Anniversary to Immigration Reform Effort

In observance of the 50th anniversary of Medicare, the advocacy group Partnership for a New American Economy (PNAE) is releasing a new video ad that calls attention to the nearly $200 billion surplus immigrants have contributed in taxes to the federal healthcare program for people who are 65 or older, as well as their role in filling much-needed jobs caring for America’s senior citizens.

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Final Rule Sets FY 2016 Medicare Payment Rates for SNFs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday (July 30) issues a final rule outlining fiscal year 2016 Medicare payment rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The rule is intended to promote policies that continue to shift Medicare payments from volume to value, a healthcare reform goal of the Obama administration.

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Senior Residents Fund Engineering Students' Work

Olin College of Engineering's students are taking on innovative tasks that have implications for how senior housing cares for residents. The Needham, MA-based school is working with nearby North Hill Senior Living, a life care community founded in 1984, to develop relationships between the older adu...

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Reinventing the 'Senior Center' for Boomers

A Washington State senior center made headlines this month when the local paper detailed exactly what it is they do in the center. The facts are a little surprising. The first line of the story about the East County Senior Center in Monroe by columnist Julie Muhlstein was, "Boomers and Bingo don't ...

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Life Care Community Gives Back to Region

It's not every day you hear about an assisted living community donating funds to area nonprofits, but in the case of Duncaster near Hartford, CT, the resident governors wouldn't have it any other way. This past year, Duncaster's Community Outreach Committee gave $22,656 to a number of local nonprof...

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UT School Helps Train 10,000 Boomers for Healthcare Jobs

Salt Lake Community College is selected to join the Plus 50 Encore Completion Program, a national effort to train 10,000 Boomers for new jobs in healthcare, education and social services. The program is sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges. The college will assist adults age ...

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As Brain Fitness Grows, So Does Marketer SharpBrains

It doesn't take a genius to know that the field of brain fitness is taking off. Companies are being founded monthly on the evidence of the latest studies and research that show our minds need exercise just as our bodies do to ward of the complications of aging. The field is so vibrant, SharpBrains ...

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Senior Living Agency Dares Offer 'Guaranteed' Increased Occupancy

Kevin M. Williams has an interesting proposition: He'll increase an assisted living facility's occupancy with his marketing program or he'll refund the previous month's retainer. A money-back guarantee in senior living facilities? In this economy? Williams says he has the skills and the staff to de...

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Which Blogs Do Your Boomer+ Customers Read?

Our friends at Pingdom, a leading website "uptime" and performance monitoring service, has crawled through 80 blog sites around the World Wide Web and came up with some statistics which those in the mature consumer field might find interesting. The blog with the biggest share of older readers is ...

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CT Nursing Home Named One of the Best in U.S.

Duncaster’s Caleb Hitchcock Health Center in Bloomfield, CT, is one of the top nursing homes in America by US News & World Report in its Honor Roll Listing for 2012. The ratings are based on standards established by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The recognition is base...

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