A quick update on yesterday’s long-term care services and supports calls to Congress. More than 7,000 calls were made and nearly 2,000 emails.
THANK YOU!
We’ll update you on another call-in day being planned for August. The goal: Make long-term care financing reform part of health care reform.
Ecumen Team Members in Mankato, Minn.
Please take 3 minutes today (Wed., May 13th) and join us, people across the nation and organizations from AAHSA to AARP to Easter Seals in asking your congress person to support making long-term care reform part of health care reform so that people can live well in the places they most want to call home.
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Ecumen-Managed Church Senior Housing in Sandpoint, Idaho
Five Next-Generation Retirement Communities. That’s U.S. News and World Report’s new article that outlines five niche communities for baby boomers [See Below].
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It’s the second most feared disease behind cancer Alzheimer’s.
"The Alzheimer’s Project," a four-part HBO documentary, looks at the faces behind the disease and the hope for a cure. It will air May 10, 11 and 12. This series dramatically raises awareness of the Alzheimer crisis facing our nation and the need for urgent action.
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Please join us on May 13th for our next call-in to Congress re: making long-term care services and supports part of health care reform. Last time you helped generate 5,000 calls to Congress. We can do even better on May 13th…
Congressional committees are drafting health care reform legislation, and we expect to see their proposals over the next month. In order to ensure long-term services and supports are included in these proposals, we are inviting you to join us in a Congressional Call-In Day on May 13, 2009.
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Sometimes lawmakers forget seniors are people, too:
If a 40-year-old wants to move to an apartment, there’s no governmental agency that makes that person go through government counseling and get "certified" to move. But that’s exactly what is being proposed in Minnesota for seniors who decide to make a move to an apartment that has assisted living services. It is in the Senate version of the Health and Human Services Omnibus Budget Bill (HF1362/SF695) currently being negotiated in Saint Paul.
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Posted by Ecumen’s Helen Rickman
Siblings Nohad Loabneh and Abed Lawabni, who reside in the Twin Cities, are opening the country’s first Muslim Adult Day Services Center in Minneapolis and holding an open house on May 2nd.
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Welcome to the new normal … There are over 80,000 centenarians in the U.S. today; we’re anticipated to have 1 million by 2050. In 1960, we only had about 3,500.
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Fill The Rotunda
Join Ecumen and many others at next Tuesday’s (April 28) Senior Services Rally at the Minnesota State Capitol at 1:30 p.m. The rally’s call to Governor Pawlenty and state legislators is "Prioritize Senior Services." The rally is sponsored by Aging Services of Minnesota, Care Providers of Minnesota, AARP and the Senior Federation.
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Construction of Ecumen's Lakeshore Community Duluth
Would love your insights … If you were going to develop senior housing tomorrow, what would you want to be part of it? What would make you want to live there? Does it have technology? Is it on a college campus? Is your senior housing your own home? Is it intergenerational? Does it provide health care on site?
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