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Nurses: The Critical Link in Improving Health Care for the Underserved
Jennifer Wilson, Bermuda’s Nurse of the Year for 2008, spends her days driving the Azmobile from one island school to another. She coordinates an island-wide asthma education programme for Open Airways, an Atlantic-supported organisation that has helped cut hospital admissions for asthma sufferers by nearly…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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The Third Age: Now's the time to ponder long-term health care
Original Source By ANN GOWANS Neither presidential candidate has spoken about long-term care when discussing plans for reforming our health-care system. It seemingly is not a real issue for them. This is a bit easier to understand, perhaps, from the point of view of the…
Author: Columbia Tribune
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The Caring Majority: Dignity for Older Adults and Those Who Care for Them
Maryann Jacob Macias, Atlantic’s Associate Programme Executive in the United States. All older adults have a right to quality care. Atlantic has a long history of supporting policies and standards to better address the needs of the growing population of older adults in the U.S.…
Author: Maryann Jacob Macias, Associate Programme Executive at The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Money, ads give health care top political billing
Original Source By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press Writer Health care is returning as a campaign issue, with special interest and advocacy groups preparing to spend at least $60 million to push politicians to embrace universal access to medical coverage. The efforts, one by a coalition…
Author: The Seattle Times
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Building for a Better World: Khayelitsha's New Activist Centre
The new Isivivana Centre, a project of the Khayelitsha Youth and Community Centre Trust in South Africa, has its official opening Thursday, October 13. For more on the center, read the post below and see this video. Isivivana built to house organisations campaigning for social…
Author: GroundUp
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84% of NI People Have Made No Provision For Future Care
More than four out of five people in Northern Ireland have made no provision for their care in the future, while a full one-third of elderly people say their greatest fear is of having to move into a care home, because of worries about the…
Author: University of Ulster
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Affordable Health Care for All Is Within Grasp Now – If We All Rise to the Moment
President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night was a critical turning point in the fight to achieve quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Reform is within reach if we stay involved, work together and make our voices heard over the…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Garamendi Launches a National Health Care Reform Campaign to Keep Presidential Candidates in Check
Original Source California Political Desk LOS ANGELES Bolstered by nurses, doctors, labor unions, small business owners and women’s groups, Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi has unveiled a $40 million national health care reform campaign to hold health insurance companies accountable and provide quality, affordable health care…
Author: California Chronicle
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New Website on Palliative Care
By Deborah Condon The Palliative Hub website provides information about palliative care throughout Ireland. A new website, which aims to provide information about palliative care throughout Ireland, has been launched. The site has been launched to coincide with Palliative Care Week 2015, which runs until…
Author: Irish Health
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Care for Elderly a ‘Sleeping Time Bomb’
(CNW Group/Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists) A senior woman, posed by model. Rising costs for elderly care pose a huge problem for the community. The combination of the Island’s escalating healthcare costs and the state of elder care is a “sleeping time bomb” in need…
Author: The Royal Gazette