The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand compliance-related regulations for skilled nursing facilities.
Eldercare Locator enhances services to meet baby boomer demand
Oct 21, 2010
Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee this week attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a recently enhanced call center that serves as an office for Eldercare Locator.
Baby boomers may need to find new, innovative care networks, report finds
Jun 02, 2010
As death rates continue to fall, baby boomers will have to develop non-traditional caregiver networks, or pay for long-term care facility care, according to a new report.
Aging baby boomers more likely to need drug treatment than older cohorts, study finds
Jan 12, 2010
Illicit drug use by seniors is on the rise. That could lead to a significant increase in the need for drug treatment services for seniors over the next decade, according to a new report.
Senate inching closer to passing bill with CLASS Act in it
By
Liza Berger
Dec 23, 2009
It appears increasingly likely that proponents of the CLASS Act will have “happy holidays” after all.
Adults entering their 60s have more disabilities than older cohorts, research finds
Nov 16, 2009
As baby boomers age, they are likely to have significantly more disabilities than previous generations, a new report suggests.
Singing the baby boomer blues
By
Liza Berger
Aug 26, 2008
So you think you’re a baby boomer? Try these characteristics on for size: -Being a boomer means 60 is the new 40.-You’ll probably live longer than your parents, only you’ll still be on a diet in...