http://www.mail.com/subjects/13586-aging-disability-services.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/13586-aging-disability-services.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2093320-the-audience-to-nj-nursing.html NEW YORK (AP) — A special audience will get to see Helen Mirren onstage next month in London in the play "The Audience" — some retired show business veterans in a New Jersey nursing home. The live cinema event company BY Experience said Friday it will show a live performance of Peter Morgan's play with residents of the The Lillian Booth Actors Home in New... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:21:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2093320-the-audience-to-nj-nursing.html 2013-05-17T20:21:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2040968-long-term-care-aging-us-me-poll.html WASHINGTON (AP) — We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging and found two-thirds say they've done little to no planning. In fact, 3 in 10 would rathe... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:49:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2040968-long-term-care-aging-us-me-poll.html 2013-04-24T17:49:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2038450-immigrant-patients-deported-hospitals.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Over the last five years, American hospitals have sent at least 600 immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally back to their home countries to avoid paying for long-term care after serious illness or injury. The Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall University has documented "medical repatriation" cases in 15 states involving pati... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:14:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2038450-immigrant-patients-deported-hospitals.html 2013-04-23T07:14:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1920802-medicare-paid-51b-poor-nursing-care.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their residents, government investigators have found. The report, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general, said Medicare paid about $5.1 billion for patients to stay ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:55:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1920802-medicare-paid-51b-poor-nursing-care.html 2013-02-28T21:55:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1803370-sandy-prompts-elderly-to-seek-assisted-living.html MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — For the first time in her life, Marion Johnston says she feels old. The petite 80-year-old retired school secretary who uses a walker is still adjusting as one of the newest residents at the Bristal Assisted Living retirement community. She moved in November after the howling winds and rising flood waters of Superstorm Sandy destro... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1803370-sandy-prompts-elderly-to-seek-assisted-living.html 2013-01-07T07:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1800422-ny-homes-elderly-under-scrutiny-sandy.html NEW YORK (AP) — A nursing home and an assisted living facility are under scrutiny by state officials and an advocacy group after The Associated Press disclosed that hundreds of elderly and disabled people forced to evacuate by Superstorm Sandy were still sleeping on cots in cramped and sometimes oppressive conditions almost two months later. New York's at... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1800422-ny-homes-elderly-under-scrutiny-sandy.html 2013-01-04T21:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1787280-grim-limbo-nycs-nursing-evacuees.html NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of elderly and disabled New Yorkers who were hurriedly evacuated from seaside nursing homes and assisted living residences after Superstorm Sandy are still in a grim limbo two months later, sleeping on cots in temporary quarters without such comforts as private bathrooms or even regular changes of clothes. Their plight can be seen... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1787280-grim-limbo-nycs-nursing-evacuees.html 2012-12-26T16:51:00Z