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		<title>An AAHSA Home Companion</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/10/an-aahsa-home-companion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethmaxon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Garrison Keillor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[long-term care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early on Tuesday, a thick crowd clustered in front of the doors of McCormick Place&#8217;s Arie Crown Theater for a chance to hear perhaps the most anticipated speaker of the 2009 AAHSA Annual Meeting, National Public Radio star Garrison Keillor.
Keillor, a 67-year old fixture of public radio for more than 30 years on his nationally [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2217&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is the History of Our Future?</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/10/what-is-the-history-of-our-future/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/10/what-is-the-history-of-our-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Minnix</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[culture transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 big ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAHSA annual meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arden House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[board members]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is my State of the Association speech from the 2009 AAHSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Chicago:
Our members at Selfhelp in New York had a great theme a couple of years ago: “Our past propels us forward.” It conveys how four generations of values and mission are being transformed into contemporary programs to meet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2219&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Focus Column: Who is Your &#8220;Aging Hero&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/10/consumer-focus-column-who-is-your-aging-hero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesloan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helping others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tran Thi My]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As kids, we all had heroes in our lives. Your hero might have been a favorite teacher or the President of the United States, a baseball player or even a fictional character. These were women and men whom we admired. These were people we wanted to be like when we grew up.
As we grow older, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2165&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring Heroes Luncheon: Veterans Find Fraternity And Work</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/09/hiring-heroes-luncheon-veterans-find-fraternity-and-work/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/09/hiring-heroes-luncheon-veterans-find-fraternity-and-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sethmaxon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AAHSA conferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seniors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Annual meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hire Heroes USA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the 2009 AAHSA Annual Meeting, the Hiring Heroes Luncheon brought together military veterans and human resources workers to discuss the possibilities and challenges veterans face as they enter the workforce.
Hiring Heroes USA is a nationwide organization based out of Alpharetta, Ga., that helps veterans make the transition to civilian life. To date, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2208&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AAHSA 2009 Design Challenge Preview</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/06/aahsa-2009-design-challenge-preview/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/06/aahsa-2009-design-challenge-preview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Collins-Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not-for-profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harrington College of Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Last Designer Standing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those venturing to Chicago for the 2009 AAHSA Annual Meeting, you&#8217;re in for another year of great events. Last Designer Standing, one of our biggest hits from the 2008 meeting, is returning for its second year with interior design students from Harrington College of Design.
Two teams will go head-to-head over a period of 48 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2178&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Focus Column: Are You &#8220;With Aging&#8221; or &#8220;Anti-Aging&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/04/consumer-focus-column-are-you-with-aging-or-anti-aging/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/04/consumer-focus-column-are-you-with-aging-or-anti-aging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesloan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kenji Toba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyorin University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
“It’s good to be young, but getting old isn’t half bad either.”
 
That’s the opinion of Kenji Toba, a professor of geriatrics at Kyorin University in Tokyo. Toba is the eternal optimist – and we could learn a lot from him.
Got wrinkles? Don’t worry about it, he says. Those lines on your face [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2158&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Hits The House</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/04/health-reform-hits-the-house/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/04/health-reform-hits-the-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Minnix</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Health Choices Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CLASS Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financing long term care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Greenlee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senate Finance Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seniors to Seniors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. House of Representatives soon will vote on the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), a landmark bill ensuring that millions of Americans, will have access to health care coverage they have never had before.
Efforts to make this coverage a reality go back almost a hundred years, through the presidencies of Teddy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2154&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AAHSA Washington Update</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/02/aahsa-washington-update-4/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/11/02/aahsa-washington-update-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara  Gay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CLASS provisions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Norris]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Health Care Reform
On Oct. 29, the U.S. House of Representatives released the legislative text of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962). On the plus side, the bill contains the CLASS provisions that we&#8217;re fighting for, along with an intriguing $6 billion authorized over the next few years for nursing homes with Medicare [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2148&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>H1N1 &#8211; Requesting An 1135 Waiver</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/10/30/h1n1-requesting-an-1135-waiver/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/10/30/h1n1-requesting-an-1135-waiver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Collins-Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[flu]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/?p=2143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On October 24, 2009, President Obama signed a proclamation declaring the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic a National Emergency to facilitate the federal government’s ability to respond to the pandemic by enabling – if warranted – the waiver of certain statutory Federal requirements for medical treatment facilities under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act [1135 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2143&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Providence Place &#8211; A Very Special Place in Holyoke</title>
		<link>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/10/28/providence-place-a-very-special-place-in-holyoke-ma/</link>
		<comments>http://futureofaging.aahsa.org/2009/10/28/providence-place-a-very-special-place-in-holyoke-ma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nancyhooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[independent living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, I accompanied my New England colleagues on a tour of Providence Place at Ingleside and the newly constructed Mary&#8217;s Meadow &#8211; both located in Holyoke, Mass.
Sponsored by the Sisters of Providence, Providence Place independent living community was the result of the renovation and conversion of their Mother House, which was completed in 1999. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofaging.aahsa.org&blog=1385715&post=2142&subd=futureofaging&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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