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Out in the barn Having arrived too early at this point of my life with a hearing disability and a poor economy in which senior workers have difficulty finding employment even without a disability, I am stuck with... Elderly Man Dies After Fight At Nursing Home
There's an ongoing investigation in the death of Wille Mayfield after a fight with his room-mate at Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. As reported by WMCtv police were called to Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Wednesday morning... Proposal to help the elderly
Beat them to death Stop kicking the elderly before they kick the bucket. The plan to take away 8% from those over 65 is cruel and unusual punishment. You may as well say take 10%. What will it mean? In the winter,... Taking the keys away from Mom and Dad
Aging and elderly folks who live in rural areas are dependent on cars for basic things in life like going to the grocery and pharmacy. They may feel stuck at home without the wheels. Older people who live in urban... People of my generation, you are going down
The people you just voted for can hardly wait to cut your Medicare reimbursements to doctors thereby depriving you of healthcare. If the Obama program doesn’t get you by editing your doctor-patient relationship,... Ritual Forces Women in Indian State Walk Barefoot
In a mindless ritual, women in India’s Haryana state are forced to mourn the death of an elderly relative by walking barefoot for 12 days, while men in the family don’t. An IndiaUnheard Community... Myth Buster: Old People Need Less Sleep
Most people believe that older people need less sleep than younger people but according to Dr Sean Drummond, a psychologist at the University of California, San Diego its just not true. What does seem to happen is...
created by Paul Conneally | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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410 views | 19 recommendations | 1 comment
Letting "Old People" Die is Not a Good Way to Fund Health Care
Recently, prominent liberal health care mouthpiece and former Colorado Governor, Richard Lamm openly discussed rationing as a financial solution to help fund universal health care ("Better Health Care Through Rationing," The Huffington Post), or as he puts it, "“Old people... UK – Political Battling over the Elderly for votes
News 06 10 2009 'Medicine errors' in care homes. A report “slams” the shocking treatment of the elderly in care home. (News more fully below ).
As is usual the Government consistently allows failure to build as a future political instrument for use at every new election... Sorry folks, Sarah Palin is (partly) right on health care
"But that should not distract voters from this reality: President Obama has proposed a new body that would enhance Medicare’s ability to deny care to the elderly and disabled based on government bureaucrats’... Multiple Myeloma Risk For 9/11 Responders
Emergency personnel that responded to the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers may be at higher risk for multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. The findings, which were published in the Journal of Occupational and...
created by Annina Bergman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
561 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
561 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
The Woman Behind “Health Care Reform Will Kill Old People” Lie
"MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow reported that health care executive Betsy McCaughey created the “Obama health care will kill old people” lie. The same lie that has been repeated by opponents of health care reform,...
created by TheCameraObscura | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
1323 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
1323 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
Prisons + Tshirts = Jobs
Michael Norburyhttp://bringhomethepoliticians.comThe following is a comment I posted to a California newspaper's online Op-Ed complaining that the idea being considered to release 27,000 low risk and elderly prisoners was being unfairly opposed citing that just because the... 185 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Can USA Provide Free, Public Medical Care Like Brazil? (w/fotos)
"""Free public neighborhood health clinic in Brazilwhere treatment is provided to all as fundamental right."I am not convinced that single payer is necessary to dramatically improve health care in the US. I believe that making health care a right (like the right to vote) - a...
created by francislholland | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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386 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Elderly Woman w/ Diabetes & No Insurance Told “Good Luck” by GOP
Stop the presses! The Republicans do have a way to reform health care in this country, it's called "good luck!" At least that what former Republican Congressman Tom David told an elderly woman, with diabetes...
created by TheCameraObscura | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
656 views | 38 recommendations | 8 comments
656 views | 38 recommendations | 8 comments
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