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Eldercare Workforce Alliance to Address the Critical Shortage of Healthcare Workers Capable of Meeting the Needs of Older Adults
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) — a new coalition of 25 leading organizations representing older adults and the eldercare workforce, including family caregivers, healthcare professionals, and direct-care workers — is holding its founding meeting this week in Washington, D.C. This wide array of national organizations…
Author: Eldercare Workforce Alliance
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Dublin mayor's strategy aims to tap into Vast experience' of older people
by KITTY HOLLAND A STRATEGY to get older people more involved in volunteering and to tap into their “vast experience” is being drawn up and will be published in coming months, the Lord Mayor of Dublin said yesterday. Cllr Eibhlin Byrne, who was speaking at…
Author: Irish Times
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“Positive Ageing” – Momentum Builds in Ireland
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…
Author: Ageing Well Network
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Care 'should not be linked to location'
By OLIVIA KELLY OLDER PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE: OLDER PEOPLE’S access to palliative and end-of-life care, dementia care or carer supports should not depend on geographic location, the Older and Bolder alliance has said. The group of organisations representing or working with older people is calling for the…
Author: Irish Times
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National Hispanic Council on Aging Urges Healthcare Reform and Geriatrics Training as Older Americans Reach 20% of Population
The National Hispanic Council on Aging is an Atlantic grantee. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — National leaders are meeting in Washington for the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) conference Oct. 6-7 to urge Congress to support healthcare reform and address the growing need for…
Author: National Hispanic Council on Aging
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HHS Announces More Than $13 Million for Community Prevention Programs for Older Americans
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ — HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the release of more than $13 million to 16 states to improve the health and quality of life for older Americans. This announcement, part of a collaboration with The Atlantic Philanthropies announced earlier this…
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Older people's commissioner backed
A new commissioner for older people in Northern Ireland will not be a toothless tiger, the Assembly has been told. Whoever takes up the position will have an extensive range of powers to investigate complaints and take legal action, Junior Minister Robin Newton pledged. He…
Author: Belfast Telegraph
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Not Just a Numbers Game: Budget Cuts Threaten Those Already Struggling
“Oh, I really feel we’ve been led up the garden path…We are the people that worked. We put this country on its feet, and we’re the people that are being hit every which way.” – Diane, age 81, in Dublin, Ireland Across many of the geographies…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Economy prompts shift in Plus 50
Original Source By MATTHEW DEMBICKI The slumping economy and increases in layoffs have prompted community colleges that are part of a new national initiative to engage older learners to tilt their programs for that population more toward job training than other types of programs. The…
Author: Community College Times
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Hurricane Fund for the Elderly Formed to Assist Older Adults in the Gulf Coast Region
Hurricane Fund for the Elderly Formed to Assist Older Adults in the Gulf Coast Region The federal Administration on Aging (AoA) has called upon the nation’s leading aging organizations to provide much needed assistance to older adults affected by the recent hurricanes. In response to…
Author: Grantmakers in Aging (GIA)