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Improving Access to Health Care for Older Adults
Source: National Senior Citizens Law Center
The National Senior Citizens Law Center is launching a new campaign to use strategic litigation and administrative policy advocacy to protect low income older adults’ access to affordable health care. The campaign is supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Now is a time when legal advocacy…
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Hartford Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, AGS Foundation for Health in Aging Award Over $2 Million for Medical Research
Source: American Geriatric Society (AGS)
Address Urgent Health Care Needs of Growing Elderly Population For Immediate Release For Further Information: Mary Anne Shannon (212) 308-1414 x301 New York, NY - The American Geriatrics Society, The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging…
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Ageing Ireland
Source: Irish Examiner
by Stephen Rogers THE Government has been urged to start planning for an ageing population as the number of over-65s is projected to increase 245% by 2060. There are 492,700 people in the country over 65 years - 11.16% of the population. By 2060, Eurostat…
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The elder-care crunch
Source: The Baltimore Sun
13 Jul 2008 Original Source By Tanika White, Sun reporter After four years of medical school and three years of internal medicine training, Jessica Colburn could have chosen just about any field of medicine to practice. Gastroenterology would have been lucrative, brain surgery exciting. At…
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Pursuing Profits in Elder Care Puts Us All at Risk
Source: Inequality.org
By Beverley Skeggs [caption id="attachment_82487" align="alignright" width="205"] Professor Skeggs[/caption] Professor Beverley Skeggs directs the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity Program at the International Inequalities Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science I was upset and angry about my mother’s…
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The Next Generation of Leaders Advocating for Brain Health
Source: The Lancet
By Dana Smith A monologist, a musician, an event producer, and an animal behaviourist are working to change how society thinks about aging and dementia. These individuals are part of the first cohort of Atlantic Fellows at the Global Brain Health Institute and are using…
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Purpose Prize Winners: Changing The World After 60
Source: Forbes
By Richard EisenbergMaybe you recall these Crosby Stills and Nash lyrics, as I do:We can change the worldRearrange the worldIt’s dying — to get better Let me tell you about seven inspiring older Americans — six women and one man — who are, in fact, changing…
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The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Calls on the Government to Develop 'A Comprehensive and Robust National Dementia Strategy'
Source: The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
Maurice O’Connell (left) CEO of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland & Dr. Diarmuid O'Shea, HSE Clinical Director for the ElderlyNational Dementia Strategy needed urgently as dementia demographics in Ireland set to treble by 2041.The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has called on the Government to honour…
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“Positive Ageing” – Momentum Builds in Ireland
Source: Ageing Well Network
Atlantic grantees were active this week in building momentum in Ireland for adoption of progressive positive ageing strategies so that older people can live full lives. Ageing Well Network Conference and Major Report The New Agenda on Ageing conference, held by grantee the Ageing Well…
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Older people urged to demand better healthcare
Source: Irish Examiner
OLDER people are being urged to demand better healthcare from politicians knocking on their doors in the run-up to the general election. An alliance of organisations campaigning for elderly rights has drawn up five priorities for candidates to be pressed on ahead of the polls.…
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