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Homeowners
in debt, seniors prime targets of riskiest loans
December
3, 2007
Investigation
reveals exploitation of vulnerable
December
2, 2007
The
fleecing of Frances Taylor
December
2, 2007
"Worst"
nursing homes identified
November
29, 2007
Government
outs worst nursing home
November
29, 2007
Government
list chronically underperforming nursing homes
November
28, 2007
Suicide
shakes up Seattle group home
November
10, 2007
State
stops admissions at home for mentally ill after man's suicide
November
2, 2007
Ill
man's suicide raises questions for Capitol Hill boarding home
November
1, 2007
Aging
and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight
October
9, 2007
Tape
showing abuse leads to arrests
October
4, 2007
Beware
elder abuse as population ages
September
27, 2007
Medicare
Won't Pay for Hospital Mistakes
August
20, 2007
Lessons
From Nursing Home Advocacy: Helpful Strategies for Assisted Living
Evictions
July
5, 2007
Walkability
helps older adults stay healthy, studies say
June
13, 2007
Rethinking
Old Age
May
17, 2007
Double
amputee fatally shoots self in WA nursing home
May
17, 2007
95-year-old
now the world's oldest college grad
May
14, 2007
NCEA
Newsletter
April
2007, Volume 9, No. 5/6
State
Medicaid program well-rated
April
19, 2007
Fatal
neck injury in Shoreline leads to adult-home charges
April
5, 2007
Union,
nursing home alliance team up
March
5, 2007
State
advocate pleads for university care home
January
10, 2007
Seattle
U. will be closing nursing home
January
9, 2007
State
must do better on Medicaid
December
14, 2006
Studies
uncover possible safety risk in popular heart-attack treatment
December
4, 2006
Secrecy
hides cozy ties in guardianship cases
December
4, 2006
A
millionaire's guardian: many hats, many questions
December
4, 2006
Prolific
sealer of files also accused of ethical lapses
December
4, 2006
Missing
money points up flaws in state oversight of guardians
December
3, 2006
A
son struggles to reveal how lawyer was treating his mother
December
3, 2006
Company
in trouble sough secrecy's cloak
December
3, 2006
Retiring
advocate finds a new way to use his voice
November
12, 2006
Senior-housing
info at a snap
October
1, 2006
Forensic
Skills Seek to Uncover Elder Abuse
September
27, 2006
Nursing
assistant charged in rape of stroke victim
August
25, 2006
A
new century: Seniors are living it up at the St. Anne Nursing &
Rehabilitation Center as they celebrate the century mark.
August
23, 2006
88-year-old
patient's death prompts charges
August
15, 2006
Boomers
take up volunteer work - if it matters
August
14, 2006
Food
for the Soul. AARP members volunteer to protect most vulnerable.
July-August
2006
Alzheimer's
treatment may need to begin before 50
July
11, 2006
As
the number of seniors grows, can the state help with their care?
July
5, 2006
Care
of aging Americans often in immigrants' hands
June
20, 2006
Helping
to diagnose hospital bills
June
1, 2006
EMTs
are listening to patients' dying wishes
May
9, 2006
Gregoire
pledges to reform health-care licensing
April
30, 2006
Working
hard to keep patients safe
April
28, 2006
State
oversight easy for felons to foil
April
25, 2006
Series
prompts state to make major reforms
April
25, 2006
The
weakest pay the price for anemic state oversight
April
25, 2006
The
Latest Report in Health Policy / Kaiser Family Foundation Reports Examine
Medicaid's Long-Term Care Issues in the Deficit Reduction Act
April
18, 2006
Study
determines incontinence may be more widespread in female nursing home residents
than diagnoses indicate
April
14, 2006
D.C.
Ombudsman Program report finds D.C. Health Department failing residents
April
2006
Smokers
in long-term care a health/safety issue
March
13, 2006
New
law called burden for elderly smokers
February
21, 2006
Proper
eyes on adult-family homes
February
8, 2006
New
scrutiny being focused on adult-family-home deaths
February
7, 2006
Critics
balk at bills for troubled adults
February
4, 2006
Seniors
scammed in hot housing market
August
9, 2005
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