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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: May 21, 2007

Someone Will Decide Where You Spend the Rest of Your Life

AARP Idaho and the University of Idaho Extension Service are providing free seminars that that will teach you all about long-term care options, their costs, and how to protect your financial security against the cost of long-term care.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: April 24, 2007

Changing the Culture of Nursing Homes in Minnesota

AARP is working with a coalition to change the culture of nursing homes so that they better reflect what consumers want.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: April 17, 2007

Long-Term Care Bills Pass with AARP Arkansas Support

Options Counseling and Nursing Home Quality Bills Enacted.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: April 17, 2007

Caregivers Share Voices, Look for Solutions

If anyone understands the need for long-term care reform, it’s those who care for their loved ones.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: April 10, 2007

Care for the Caregivers

AARP is urging lawmakers to take better care of the people who will take care of us—long-term care workers and informal family caregivers.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: March 15, 2007

Long-Term Care

Americans should have choices when it comes to long-term care - allowing them to maintain their independence at home or in their communities with expanded and affordable financing options.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: March 15, 2007

Long-Term Care

Americans should have choices when it comes to long-term care - allowing them to maintain their independence at home or in their communities with expanded and affordable financing options.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: March 2, 2007

Long-Term Care Preferences: A Survey of Alabama Residents Age 35+

Being able to remain in their own homes while receiving long-term care services is very important to 89 percent of age 35+ Alabamians, and this December 2006 AARP telephone survey finds that 85 percent would support creating a Money Follows the Person program to allow individuals to decide where they receive the care they need. (28 pages)

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: January 29, 2007

Long-Term Care Tops AARP's 2007 Priorities

Massachusetts announces its state legislative agenda.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: January 8, 2007

Long Term Care in Oregon and Nationally Faces Challenges

Two new AARP research reports help highlight the issues, costs and misperceptions of long-term care and the state looks to shore up the future of long-term care in Oregon.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: January 1, 2007

Who Will Care for You?

America is facing a critical shortage of competent and compassionate caregivers, and much needs to be done says Robert N. Butler, president of the International Longevity Center-USA.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: December 13, 2006

What Does Long-Term Care Cost? Who Pays?

Medicare and private health insurance don’t pay for much, if any, long-term care.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: December 1, 2006

Online Extra... Vermont's Caregiving Program Spells Success

A creative new program in Vermont pays family members or friends $10 an hour to care for older adults who want to remain in their homes.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: November 17, 2006

Caregivers Must Remember to Care for Themselves, Too

You have to take care of yourself to take care of others. If you are a caregiver, find out how to better balance your caregiving, work and personal life.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: October 23, 2006

Long-Term Care: You Decide Where

In early 2006, AARP Pennsylvania joined with other advocacy groups to encourage Pennsylvania to make home and community based services a more important part of the long-term care system in Pennsylvania.

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