Wednesday, March 10, 2010 #

Caregiver Health Insurance Cost Increases: NPDA Report

NPDA keynote says current healthcare system is broken.

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Thursday, March 04, 2010 #

Caregiver Health Insurance

Caregiverlist's Survey Finds Majority of Professional Caregivers are Uninsured

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Thursday, February 18, 2010 #

Senior Caregivers: Is Health Insurance a Standard Benefit? Surprisingly, It Usually Is Not

In the USA, we provide health insurance for all seniors when they turn age 65, but, not all senior caregivers are provided with health insurance - - - seems like something is wrong with that picture, right?

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Monday, February 15, 2010 #

Caregiver Training Schools

Training for non-medical companion caregivers and nursing assistants seeking certification is available online and through community colleges.

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Friday, February 12, 2010 #

Healthy Aging Doctor Andrew Weil Increases Vitamin D Recommendation

Dr. Andrew Weil, a leading integrative medicine doctor, increased his suggested recommendation for Vitamin D because recent studies show Vitamin D can assist with preventing several cancers.

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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 #

C.N.A. Training Schools

Learn about certification programs to help advance your caregiving career.

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Monday, February 08, 2010 #

Illinois Revokes Nursing Home's License

Lack of supervision of mentally ill patients along with admissions of convicted felons, placed seniors in two Chicago nursing homes at risk.

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Friday, February 05, 2010 #

January 2010 Unemployment at 9.7%: Caregiving Jobs Growing

Jobs in the health care sector increased from January 2009 to January 2010.

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Wednesday, February 03, 2010 #

Medicare Fraud: Spot It, Report It, Spread the Word

Learn more about Medicare fraud and how you can help stop it.

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Friday, January 29, 2010 #

Alzheimer's Clinical Trial Studies Benefit both Caregivers and Seniors

Clinical drug trials are available to both seniors and their caregivers and provide access to valuable medical evaluations and many times provide a monetary stipend for participation for both the senior and their caregiver.

posted @ Friday, January 29, 2010 12:23 PM | Feedback (1)