Ruby's Bequest

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You've been hearing about Ruby's Bequest for a few weeks now; very soon the adventure begins. If you have not yet signed up or told others in your community to do so, we hope you visit Ruby's Bequest today.

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A quick reminder about Ruby: Ruby's Bequest is a unique immersive experience in which thousands of people will work together online to imagine—and create—the future of caring and care giving in the United States. We need you to help change the realities of care giving by sharing your story or your perspectives through participation in Ruby's Bequest and by encouraging others you know to get involved as well. Given your mission and commitment to care giving and people with disabilities, we imagine you would be very interested in being a part of this unprecedented experience to develop new ideas and approaches.

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CareNetworks Builds Online Communities for Your Grandparents

From Mashable:

Name: CareNetworks

Quick Pitch: The only company that builds and manages branded online communities specifically for long-term care (LTC) organizations.

Genius Idea: There are dozens of solutions for private label social networks, in addition to create-your-own socnet services like Ning. That said, there are still underserved niches within the social networking space, and CareNetworks looks to fill one of them by providing online community building services to long-term care organizations, aka, nursing homes and retirement communities...

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Community Choice Act Action Twitters

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INTERVIEW - Nathan & Dylan: Relationship is Heart of Quality Care (part one)

From PHI:

This is the first story in a two-part series about the unique relationship shared between a young man and his young caregiver.

Nathan and Dylan could be any two dudes in their early 20s, hanging out beneath band posters in their hoodie jackets and ironic T-shirts, chatting away their afternoons about music, video games, and cult-classic films.

They certainly don’t look like the future of caregiving in America — but that’s exactly what they could be...

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Elderly May Be At Risk Due To Hazardous Conditions In The Home Health-Care Setting

From Medical News Today:

A large-scale study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has identified the type and frequency of hazardous conditions found in the home healthcare (HHC) setting. An anonymous survey of over 700 home healthcare RNs employed in New York City provided the most complete assessment of homecare hazardous household conditions to date. The most common hazardous conditions found in households were environmental and physical hazards, including animal hair, cigarette smoke, excessive dust, and mold/dampness. Physical hazards, such as loose rugs, were also common. The paper, "Household-Related Hazardous Conditions with Implications for Patient Safety in the Home Health Care Sector," was published in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of Patient Safety...

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Health Reform Must Include Long-term Care

From NBC26:

Today U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) held a hearing to call for the inclusion of improvements to long-term care services and supports as part of emerging blueprints for national health reform.  A member of the Obama Administration from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) offered testimony as the Committee considers how to improve the country's current scattered system of long-term care services and supports, while also working to ensure that they are cost-effective.  In recent years, Medicaid payments have shifted from primarily funding nursing home care, to funding more home and community-based care for older and disabled Americans.  Witnesses called for targeted changes to Medicare and Medicaid, as well as broader changes in the context of national health care reform discussions....

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DOCTOR INAPPROPRIATELY DIAGNOSES JOAQUIN PHOENIX WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA WITHOUT EVER MEETING HIM

From Gaining Insight:

I don't even know where to begin. I am upset that a well know psychiatrist would publicly diagnose Joaquin  with a mental disorder without ever meeting him. I mean ethically, this doctor should have his license removed. From what I have read, no doctor can diagnose a patient with schizophrenia unless he/she has exhibited symptoms (from a criteria) for at least six months. It's bad enough that this doctor would attempt to convince the public that Joaquin is suffering from a mental disorder but the worst part, he has succeeded in fueling stigma. If you haven't already heard about this story, Paul Dobransky — a relationships expert and author of The Secret Psychology of How We Fall in Love (maybe he's trying to sell more books) — told the Los Angeles Times:

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SEC files fraud complaint against nursing home company

From McKnight's:

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a fraud complaint against Sunwest Management Inc., which runs one of the largest chains of retirement homes in the country.

In documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Eugene, the commission claims that Sunwest lied to investors about its operations, concealed risks from them and exposed them to massive losses when the recession triggered Sunwest's collapse...

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