Older Adults Care Management

Apria Healthcare Announces Strategic Alliance with American Medical Alert Corp. to Provide Personal Emergency Response System PERS Services.
Marketing Weekly News; 11/21/2009; 1222 words; ...PERS services enable older adults to remain independent...beneficial to the older adults we serve and...adults aged 65 and older, and the financial...avoid long-term care altogether. Our...devices, disease management monitoring appliances...

The New Solution to Eldercare for 30 Million Baby Boomers: Care Support of America Trusted Guidance as Your Parents Age.
Biotech Week; 11/18/2009; 1454 words; ...nursing home...An adult child tries to help...community services. Care Support of America...the national family care manager service...transportation, medication management, insurance questions...providers. o Discovering elder abuse by a local...changing relationship of adult ...

Animal shelters push senior pet adoption; Monthlong program will waive many fees to find homes.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: SUBURBIA)
The Washington Times (Washington, DC); 11/17/2009; 1257 words; ...s County Animal Management Group's (AMG...Norman, a 10-year-old light orange tabby...give it the love and care it desperately needs...adopting an animal 7 or older in Prince George...chief of the Animal Management Group. Mr. Taylor...adopt should look at adult dogs. You don...Faith, ...

Scientists at University of New Mexico publish new data on geriatric nursing.
Health & Medicine Week; 11/16/2009; 742 words; "Guided Care is a new interdisciplinary health care model designed to improve...use for medically complex older adults. The Guided Care Nurse (GCN) performs an...coaches the patient in self-management, coordinates the patient...

Doctors urge a focus on geriatrics ; Prod medical schools as population ages
The Boston Globe; 11/16/2009; 1172 words; ...change in century-old teaching standards...is proposing that elder care be added to the...Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University...health needs of older patients. Older minds and bodies...those of younger adults, said Dr. John...for an increasing elder ...