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	<title>The Future of Aging Blog</title>
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		<title>Turkey with a Side of Advocacy</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/12/01/turkey-with-a-side-of-advocacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Mashburn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[financing long term care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CLASS Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio Masonic Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most Thanksgiving e-mails  include  an animated turkey or a Black Friday coupon. Not Dave Bannerman&#8217;s. Instead, the CEO of theOhio Masonic Home asked his family and friends tell their senators about why the CLASS Act must be part of health care reform.
In his message, Bannerman asked loved ones from around the country to have their &#8220;friends, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2287&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transforming Dementia Care</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/12/01/transforming-dementia-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long-term care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I had the privilege of participating in a remarkable two-day summit for leaders in dementia care: Transforming the Future of Dementia Care, hosted by the Alzheimer&#8217;s Resource Center, an AAHSA member located in Plantsville, Con.
Drawing in dementia expert speakers and attendees from throughout the Northeast, the summit represented the culmination of Center staff member [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2283&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Focus Column: Family Caregiving as a Women’s Issue</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/30/consumer-focus-column-family-caregiving-as-a-women%e2%80%99s-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesloan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby boomers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caregiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Focus Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financing long term care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Caregiving Project for Older Americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We often refer to aging as a women’s issue, largely because women live longer than men. However, the connection between women and aging actually begins much earlier in life for many of us who are family caregivers. Decades before we reach old age, many boomer women are helping older relatives negotiate the challenges of aging.
A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2292&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AARP, AMA Launch Health Care Ad Focused on Medicare</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/24/aarp-ama-launch/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/24/aarp-ama-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Collins-Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financing long term care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicaid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seniors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AARP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doughnut hole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prescription drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rohack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
AARP and the American Medical Association (AMA) recently launched a new ad campaign focused on promulgating how health care reform will improve Medicare.
Featured in the ad are a physician and a &#8220;spin doctor,” both offering different perspectives about health reform.
According to The Hill, &#8220;The ad takes aim at the arguments of Senate Republicans and health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2273&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reconnecting, Continuing the Learning and Thinking BIG</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/20/reconnecting-continuing-the-learning-and-thinking-big/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/20/reconnecting-continuing-the-learning-and-thinking-big/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AAHSA conferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership AAHSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Leadership AAHSA Alumni Network, now more than 100 members strong, met last week in Chicago for an annual meeting, social event, and day-long seminar.  Meeting in conjunction with AAHSA’s Annual Meeting, alumni reconnected with peers, welcomed new alums, and moved forward with establishing a formal network by adopting mission and vision statements, operating principles, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2263&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Combined Senate Healthcare Bill Includes CLASS Act</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/19/combined-senate-healthcare-bill-includes-class-act/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/19/combined-senate-healthcare-bill-includes-class-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Collins-Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CLASS Act]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reid]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2256</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Late Wednesday night, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) unveiled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, legislation that combines S. 1679, the health bill approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) and S. 1796, the Senate Finance Committee bill.
There is a great buzz going around the AAHSA building today, as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2256&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Focus Column: &#8220;Creating Homes That Support Aging&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/19/consumer-focus-column-creating-homes-that-support-aging/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/19/consumer-focus-column-creating-homes-that-support-aging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesloan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AAHSA annual meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAHSA Idea House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dexerity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McKnight's Long-term Care News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a good look around your home. What would it take to live there for many years to come? Which parts of your home will support you – and which parts will fight you – as your lifestyle, health or physical abilities change with age? 
Perhaps you’d like to spend more time working or playing at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2248&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listen, You Will Hear: Aging Services Leaders Share Their Experiences</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/18/listen-you-will-hear-aging-services-leaders-share-their-experiences/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/18/listen-you-will-hear-aging-services-leaders-share-their-experiences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie Flowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAHSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workforce]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The room was packed at the diversity luncheon at AAHSA’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago. Leaders from all over the U.S. gathered together for an intimate conversation about diversity in aging services.
Win Marshall, AAHSA&#8217;s newly inducted 2010 board chair and CFO of Christian Church Homes of Northern California, opened the luncheon moments after his historic and groundbreaking &#8221;Man in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2244&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grassley Introduces Bill to Fight Medicare Fraud</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/17/grassley-introduces-bill-to-fight-medicare-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/17/grassley-introduces-bill-to-fight-medicare-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Collins-Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grassley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seniors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the Fighting Medicare Payment Fraud Act of 2009 (S.2774), a measure that would authorize the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to delay payments to Medicare providers suspected of fraud, waste or abuse.
Under the bill, the payments for suspect claims could be delayed by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2241&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Difference Can 15 Minutes Make?</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/16/what-difference-can-15-minutes-make/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/16/what-difference-can-15-minutes-make/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Mashburn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AAHSA conferences]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At AAHSA&#8217;s Annual Meeting last week, board chair Win Marshall charged members to devote 15 minutes a week to advocating for our field.
That kind of call to action can be considered a double-edged sword. On one hand, that kind of time can be hard to find when you&#8217;re facing a state survey or a board meeting. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2230&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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