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Senate Special Committee on Aging to host forum on aging issues

December 13, 2011

The Senate Special Committee on Aging is holding a forum Wednesday to commemorate the committee's 50th anniversary, titled: "Aging in America: Future Challenges, Promise and Potential."

More funding for assisted living watchdogs is needed, advocates say

November 03, 2011

Increasing funding for watchdog organizations is the most effective way to protect assisted living residents, according to testimony given by operator groups at a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing yesterday.

New challenges, opportunities for long-term care pharmacies

Susan Janeczko February 23, 2011

Some 59% of community pharmacies provide critical long-term care services to patients and 100% of them face unprecedented challenges as 2011 gets into full swing.

Today marks 'National Falls Prevention Awareness Day'

September 23, 2010

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators this week approved Senate Resolution 633. The bill designates today, the first day of fall, "National Falls Prevention Awareness Day."

Senate Aging Committee hearing focuses on possible financial risks associated with CCRCs

July 22, 2010

Regulation of continuing care retirement communities varies widely from state to state, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The report was released at a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on CCRCs.

GAO: States' underreporting of nursing home deficiencies improving slightly

May 27, 2010

A new governmental report released Wednesday shows that federal nursing home surveyors continue to identify more deficiencies in care than state surveyors, but the discrepancy is shrinking.

AHCA: Chronic pain a major issue for long-term care

November 13, 2009

The American Health Care Association is supporting a new report that calls on government agencies, Congress and the medical community to address chronic pain as a public health crisis.

Agency's crackdown on drug thefts hurts nursing home residents, senators say

October 30, 2009

The Drug Enforcement Agency's efforts to combat narcotics abuse and theft in nursing homes actually negatively affect those residents and hospice care patients who need pain medications, two senators recently argued.

GAO: Elderly, disabled voters still confront access problems

October 29, 2009

The Department of Justice should do more to ensure that elderly and disabled individuals have voting access, a recently released report found.

Senators introduce new elder abuse bill

October 22, 2009

Several senators Wednesday introduced the Elder Abuse Victims Act to improve enforcement of elder abuse.

Nursing home caregivers gather to protest proposed Medicare cuts

October 15, 2009

Nursing home caregivers, residents and representatives from national healthcare organizations gathered in Kennebunkport, ME, Wednesday. They came to send a petition to state lawmakers urging them not to cut Medicare funding for nursing homes.

Senate aging committee hearing focuses on hurricane, disaster preparedness in nursing homes

June 25, 2009

The Senate Special Committee on Aging met Wednesday to address the importance of emergency and disaster planning and the need for improved coordination between policy makers and long-term care providers.