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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
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An age-old problem
By Michelle McDonagh. It is estimated that up to 5 per cent of older Irish people are victims of elder abuse, although some advocates for the elderly believe this figure represents only the tip of the iceberg and that the actual extent of abuse still…
Author: The Irish Times
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Obama praises nonprofit, including N.H. group
Harlem Children’s Zone and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees, and Bonnie CLAC is an Atlantic grantee via the Purpose Prize. by Foon Rhee President Obama this afternoon praised a New Hampshire nonprofit that helps poor people buy fuel-efficient reliable cars in a White House event designed to highlight innovative programs…
Author: The Boston Globe
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The Kindness of Strangers
Original Source NEW PHILANTROPISTS: Times are tough, not least for fund-raisers, but the president of the Ireland Funds, Kingsley Aikins, reminds SUSAN MCKAY of the old mantra: Philanthropy is about the three Ts: ‘time, treasure and talent’. Everyone, he says, can afford to give at…
Author: The Irish Times
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Ulster abortion plan shelved to keep the peace
by Rosa Prince and Martin Beckford PLANS to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland have been shelved by MPs after they were warned that the move could undermine the fragile peace process. A pro-choice group in the Commons had been preparing to table an amendment to…
Author: The Daily Telegraph (London)
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Retired baby boomers can help with public service
Original Source BY PAUL ARFIN Paul Arfin is president of Intergenerational Strategies, which is a partner with Dowling College’s Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice. As millions of baby boomers approach traditional retirement age, many experts are warning that such a massive workforce exodus could…
Author: New York Newsday
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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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The Purpose Prize: Often the Best Chapters are the Later Ones
When Gordon Johnson was a teenager, his Dad took in two nieces and two nephews whose parents were unable to care for them. He never forgot his father’s big-spirited act, or the neglect by government care agencies that made it necessary. Mr. Johnson pursued a…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Meet the man who gives the most
Few people outside of the philanthropic world know who he is, but Chuck Feeney gives more to Australia than any local business player – and he thinks this is wrong. It is difficult to tell James Packer, Rupert Murdoch, Frank Lowy and Richard Pratt that…
Author: Australian Financial Review