Health Reform Includes a New Long Term Care Program – The new health reform law includes the CLASS Act, a new long term care insurance program administered by the federal government. The program would be available for working adults to purchase and would cover many traditional long term care services plus respite care, transportation, home remodeling and assistive technologies.
What Is in the Health Reform Bill – The new health reform law will make changes to our current system including expanding coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans, providing new consumer protections for the insured and closing the Medicare prescription drug "donut hole."
Memory Can Fade Quickly Even Before Alzheimer’s Disease – Patients with mild cognitive impairment, the stage before Alzheimer’s disease, lose their memory twice as fast as people not suffering any impairment. Once Alzheimer’s sets in, memory loss increases to four times as fast as people not suffering from the disease.
Study Identifies Which Diseases Are Most Likely to Put Seniors in Medicare "Donut Hole" – A new UCLA study has found that seniors suffering from chronic conditions like diabetes and dementia are the ones most likely to hit the Medicare Prescription Drug "Donut Hole."
Rheumatoid Arthritis Is on Rise in American Women – A new study published in the March issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism has found that rheumatoid arthritis is on the rise with American women, especially white women. The study found that the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in men had leveled off but was continuing to rise by 2.5% per year with women.
