Huron Daily Tribune: Bills would help keep golden years golden http://bit.ly/bKi72k #LTCReform:

....The four bills would:

• Require training for financial institution staff on financial exploitation, how to spot suspicious activity and how to report suspicious activity when detected.

• Expand the definition of abuse of vulnerable adults to include financial exploitation.

• Require financial institutions to inform account holders and provide written disclosure of the rights of joint account holders, so that those allowing access to their funds understand that joint account holders have the legal right to use the account and funds contained in it as if it is their own money.

• Require courts to consider appointment of a conservator if a person under a guardianship has assets of more than a certain limit ($10,000). This is to prevent potential financial exploitation through a guardianship....
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#LTCReform: The Locked In Syndrome: Gabapentin Opens Window Of Communication http://bit.ly/dtsIu8

For patients with quadriplegia, mutism and lower cranial nerve paralysis (locked-in syndrome), their only means of interacting with others is through vertical gaze and upper eyelid movements, using eye-coded communication strategies. 

In the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers from Italy describe four patients with locked-in syndrome who also had dancing eye syndrome (opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome). Because these patients' eyes spontaneously and continuously oscillated in a variety of directions beyond their control, they could no longer interact with family members, physicians or other people. 

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#LTCReform: Facebook | NationalAdapt Freeourpeople: ADAPT Youth Summit Wrap Up http://bit.ly/9yWHNX

The fifth annual ADAPT Youth Summit took place from June 11, 2010 to June 14, 2010 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This year’s participants were Adam Ballard, Allegra Stout, Edgar Pulido, Rachel Siler, Ryan McGraw, Sandie Yi and Tamesha Coleman. These seven youth activists came together to enhance their leadership skills and to learn how to be an effective organizer within a national grassroots organization. 

After two days of going over the history of ADAPT and learning what it means to be an effective leader and organizer, the trainees had to pick 

#LTCReform: The Safety Dance - The New Old Age Blog - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dbu6ss

When a sentence from a journal article you read years back gets lodged in your brain, the writer is probably onto something. Two sentences I can quote almost verbatim, for instance, came from Rosalie A. Kane, a gerontologist at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and a leading teacher, researcher and thinker about aging and long-term care.

“Embedded in most of our rules and regulations in the idea that L.T.C. should aspire to the best possible quality of life as is consistent with health and safety,” Dr. Kane wrote in The Gerontologist a decade ago. (The italics are hers.) “But ordinary people may prefer the best health and safety outcomesthat are consistent with a meaningful quality of life.”

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#LTCReform: Federal Register, Personal Assistance Workforce Panel (Wednesday, June 16, 2010) http://bit.ly/9OlHSU

Objectives and Scope of Activities. The Personal Care Attendants Workforce Advisory Panel is the Department's statutory public advisory body on personal care attendant workforce issues related to the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act in the Affordable Care Act. With sensitivity to policy considerations and priorities, the Committee will provide advice and guidance on issues related to the adequacy of the number of personal care attendant workers, the salaries, wages, and benefits, and access to the services provided by personal care attendant workers. The Committee shall assist and advise the Department on personal care attendant workforce policy as it pertains to the Department, States, local governments and the private sector.

#LTCReform: Test Your Memory for Alzheimer's -- Self Assessment Tests http://bit.ly/8XqtdW

Test Your Memory for Alzheimer's -- Self Assessment Tests

The five tests listed below are self assessment tests for Alzheimer's, dementia, and mild cognitive impairment. 

If you decide to administer one or more of these tests and the results of the tests seem suspicious you should consult with your personal care physician or a neurologist for a more thorough memory examination and diagnosis.

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