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	<title>Seniors For Living &#187; Senior News from Washington</title>
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		<title>Health Reform Update: Senior Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/10/26/health-reform-update-senior-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/10/26/health-reform-update-senior-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MSeitzer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Senior Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senior News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The health care reform buzz may be front and center in the news these days, but with so many media outlets and so many opinions, it’s not easy to keep up. And yet it is most certainly an issue that many of us are watching with great concern and curiosity.
A number of senior advocacy organizations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Strong Middle Class&#8221; Targets Health Care for Seniors</title>
		<link>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/08/31/a-strong-middle-class-targets-health-care-for-seniors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/08/31/a-strong-middle-class-targets-health-care-for-seniors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ethielke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Senior Health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/?p=699</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden chairs a task force called A Strong Middle Class that is targeted at raising the living standards of middle-class, working families in America. One of their initiatives is more stable and secure health care for seniors.
The middle class task force recently held a health care reform discussion in Alexandria, VA with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform: Pay Now/Later?</title>
		<link>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/07/30/health-reform-pay-nowlater/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/07/30/health-reform-pay-nowlater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MSeitzer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Senior News from Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/?p=540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Health reform is one of the hottest topics on the federal docket right now, and as to be expected, the range of opinions and proposals on how to do it right further intensifies the debate. And who could forget the $1 trillion price tag from the Congressional Budget Office?
The cost is spread out over 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Legally Responsible for Your Parents&#8217; Care?</title>
		<link>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/07/07/are-children-legally-responsible-for-their-parents-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/07/07/are-children-legally-responsible-for-their-parents-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ethielke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Senior News from Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adult children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filial responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long-term care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Center for Policy Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nursing home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/?p=340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There will come a day when your aging parent may need someone to handle his or her care, and that someone will very likely be you. In fact, many adult children expect that such a day will come when they must assume responsibility for their parents&#8217; well being. After all, that&#8217;s the circle of life, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eligible Seniors Should Have Already Received $250 Stimulus Checks</title>
		<link>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/06/16/eligible-seniors-to-receive-250-stimulus-checks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/06/16/eligible-seniors-to-receive-250-stimulus-checks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ethielke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By now, many senior citizens have received their $250 stimulus checks from the U.S. Government in the mail.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides for a one-time payment of $250 to adult Social Security  		beneficiaries, and to SSI recipients, except those receiving Medicaid in  		care facilities.  To receive the payment, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Older Americans Month: Then &amp; Now</title>
		<link>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/05/18/may-is-older-americans-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/05/18/may-is-older-americans-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MSeitzer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
“Older Americans have carried our Nation through great challenges and triumphs. They have enriched our national character and strengthened the Republic for those who have followed. During the month of May, we pay tribute to the wisest among us.”

 From a proclamation by President Barack Obama, May 2009
Established in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease Takes the National Stage</title>
		<link>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/05/08/alzheimers-takes-the-national-stage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/05/08/alzheimers-takes-the-national-stage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MSeitzer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maria Shriver]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maria Shriver. Newt Gingrich. Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor. These high-profile advocates testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging on Wednesday, March 25th with one common goal: Congress must act now to address the public health crisis of Alzheimer&#8217;s. And for a disease as devastating (and with effects as far-reaching) as Alzheimer&#8217;s, it will take more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Minutes with &#8220;Senior&#8221; Journalist Helen Thomas</title>
		<link>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/04/28/meeting-helen-thomas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/04/28/meeting-helen-thomas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MSeitzer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Great White House Breakout]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/?p=271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Helen Thomas is an extraordinary woman. At 89 years old, she has attended every White House press conference since the Kennedy Administration, and she doesn&#8217;t appear to have any plans for slowing down. 
I recently became her biggest fan. My husband and I visited family in Washington, DC, over the Easter holiday, and one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stimulus Bill for Seniors: Help or Harm?</title>
		<link>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/03/12/whats-in-the-stimulus-bill-for-seniors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/03/12/whats-in-the-stimulus-bill-for-seniors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MSeitzer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Low Income Seniors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senior News from Washington]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/?p=186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some Relief for Social Security Beneficiaries 
The passage of the economic recovery bill means just a little bit of cash ($250 for individuals, $500 for couples who receive Social Security benefits) will go to seniors in May.  According to a recently published AARP Bulletin, the “so-called senior payment” does not require any additional paperwork; beneficiaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alzheimer&#8217;s Never Minds Age</title>
		<link>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/02/27/child-caregivers-struggle-with-alzheimers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/2009/02/27/child-caregivers-struggle-with-alzheimers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MSeitzer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.seniorsforliving.com/blog/?p=174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently, approximately 500,000 Americans under the age of 65 have early-onset Alzheimer&#8217;s disease or a related dementia. Equally striking is the number of young Americans who are providing care for an afflicted parent: an estimated 250,000 children between the ages of 8 and 18.
&#8220;My Name is Lisa&#8221; (embedded below) is a short film about a 13 year-old [...]]]></description>
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