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Aging Connection, published monthly by the Ohio Department of Aging, keeps members of Ohio’s aging network up-to-date on professional development activities and issues affecting older citizens, including state and federal policies and benefits. Topics include Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, energy assistance, emergency preparedness, research, consumer issues, helpful Web sites and much more.
Articles: To Receive a Stimulus Check, File a Tax Return; Toolkits Hep Advocates Connect Seniors with Rx Help; Ohio Cities Again in List of Top 50 Metro Areas for Seniors; Competitive Bidding Program Delayed; Donate Unused Converter Box Coupons to Help Keep Seniors COnnected
Director's Notebook: Supporting Grandparents Who Raise Their Grandchildren
Articles: Governor Strickland Creates the Ohio Senior Civic Engagement Council; Medicare, FDA Team to Study Drug Safety; Social Security Debit Card Offers Safety, Savings; Report Examines the Well-being of Older Americans
Director's Notebook: Close Physical Relationships Are an Important Part of Healthy Aging
Articles: Need for Geriatricians Grows as Population Ages; Web Sites Can Help Families Research Nursing Homes; Life Expectancy Drops for Some U.S. Women; Simple Updates, Practices Can Make Home a Safer Place
Columns: Director's Notebook: Working Together, We Can Improve Long-term Care in Ohio
Articles: Ohio Senior Center Week; State legislators Create Senior Alert System; Public/Private Partnerships Ease Foreclosure Pinch in Ohio; Stigma, Self0treatment Keep Seniors from Valuable Help
Columns: Director's Notebook: Loving Life, Helping Others, Supporting Communities
Articles: Loving Life, Helping Others, Supporting Communities; Fear of Falling Can Be More Limiting than a Fall; Own Your Future; Never Too Old to Donate Life
Columns: Director's Notebook: STOLI - Betting on Seniors' Lives
Articles: Stimulus Dollars Require Tax Filing; HHS Issues 2008 Federal Poverty Guidelines; Ohio Nursing Homes on CMS List of Special Focus Facilities; Senior Benefit Costs Rise 24 Percent Since 2000; Act in Time: Call 9-1-1 to Save a Life.
Columns: Director's Notebook: Are You Prepared for Retirement?
Articles: Golden Buckeye Turns 32, Continues to Save; Check the Costs of a Check Cashing Store; Medicare Coverage Can Improve Health; Medicare Spending Rate Increase Doubled in 2006; Residents Rate Ohio Nursing Homes; Seniors', Boomers' Perception of Long-term Care Differ
Columns: Director's Notebook: How Will Digital Television Affect Seniors?
Articles: Premiums and Deductibles only Part of the Medicare Rx Cost Equation; Study: One if Five Ohioans Expect to Borrow to Heat Homes this Winter; Changing Medicare Private Health or Drug Plans; Health Literacy Linked to Health Outcomes; Twenty Years after the Nursing Home Reform Act; The Future of Reverse Mortgages
Columns: Director's Notebook: Disonnection Maratorium is Welcome Relief for Many
Articles: Premiums and Deductibles only Part of the Medicare Rx Cost Equation; Study: Seniors Fear Loss of Independence More than Death; Is It Time to Hang Up the Keys; Ohio's Assistance Programs Help People Stay Connected to Heat; Healthy Snacking Can Keep Seniors Merry and Well; Many Seniors Enjoy Gambling, Ignore Risks; Are you Ready for Snowy Roadways?
Columns: Director's Notebook: Visits Can Spread Season's Greetings and Foster Quality
Articles: Guidelines Help Protect Consumers from Medicare Fraud; Social Security COLA Increase the Smallest in Years; Task Force Addresses Growing Forclosure Problem; Too Few Get Immunized Against Flu, Pneumonia; Unified Long-term Care Budget Update
Columns: Director's Notebook: The Untapped Resource - Seniors in the Workplace
Articles: Scammers Take Advantage of Predatory Lending Fallout; Spending Caps Cause Some Seniors to Forgo Meds; Original Medicare or a Medicare Private Health Plan?; Elderly At Highest Risk For Suicide; Medicare Beneficiaries Can Fight Hospital Discharge; OCC Resumes Utility Complaint Handling
Columns: Director's Notebook: Help Them Plan
Articles: Mothers, Daughters Have Different Attitudes About Retirement; Going Paperless Need Not Leave Heirs In the Dark; Some Medicare Advantage Plans Too Good to Be True? A New Low: The Grandkid Scam
Columns: Director's Notebook: Prevention Key to Going Forward Healthy
Articles: State Budget Passes With Important Changes for Aging; State Rolls Out New, More User-Friendly Web Portal; Break Through Scams' Wall of Secrecy and Shame To Help Victims; Three Ohio Cities Ranked Among Best Metro Areas for Seniors; So All May Read; Falls Due to Foot Pain Can Be Prevented
Columns: Director's Notebook: Late Life Learning
Articles: Lifetimes of Trauma Take Toll on Seniors' Health; Vision Loss, Other Impairments Don't Have to Mark the End of Reading; Help Caregivers Access Adult Day Centers; Check on Your Neighbors During Extreme Summer Weather
Columns: Director's Notebook: Golden Buckeye Card Now Includes Ohio's Best Rx Program
Articles: PASSPORT Program Found to Be Cost-Effective, Consumer-Responsive; PASSPORT Consumers Overwhelmingly Satisfied with Program; Farmers' Markets and Older Ohioans - Growing Healthy Together; Cost of Caring for People with Alzheimer's Worldwide Jumps; How to Beat the Summer Heat
Columns: Director's Notebook: The "coming" health care workforce shortage is here now.
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