Monday, February 19, 2007
Blog dead, but not the Exchange
Monday, March 27, 2006
A new job for me
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but it's been busy. One reason is this: I'm switching over to online here at the Orlando Sentinel. I was named senior editor of OrlandoSentinel.com, essentially the editor in charge of the daily/breaking news part of the web site day to day. It's one of two new senior editors (other does interactive stuff) who report to an AME for online. Our web operation is integrated into the newsroom, so I will be working with other editors and reporters, and continue to write the crime blog. When needed, I will do some live on-the-scene reporting/blogging, say from a big news event or major trial. Should be fun. I'm not sure what it will mean in finding time to do the Age Beat blog but expect to keep it going as best I can.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
“It's your responsibility to help your mom”
When I read that, I wonder two things: Is it insulting to assume seniors NEED the help of their boomer children? Or, conversely, is it that the plan is too complicated for even boomers?
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Sopranos, Clinton and Medicare
http://www.seniorcitizens.com/2006/03/15/sopranos-medicare-and-president-clinton/
Mood effects in young and old
From EurekAlert today: Mood affects young and old differently, study finds
The effect of mood on how people process information changes greatly as they age, suggests new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology. NIH/National Institute on Aging Research
Old beat young in quitting smoking
Another one from EurekAlert today: Journal of American Geriatrics Society Older people more successful than younger in quitting smoking Older women appear to quit smoking and stay off cigarettes in higher numbers than men in their age group, and older men and women are more likely to quit if they have recently received a diagnosis of cancer, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Duke University Medical Center
Two new Kaiser Medicare briefs
issue briefs that describe the current landscape of private plans participating in Medicare. The Growth of Private Plans in Medicare, 2006 details the different types of private plan options available to people on Medicare. These include Medicare Advantage plans (such as Medicare HMOs, PPOs and private fee-for-service plans) and new stand-alone prescription drug plans. ...
The Landscape of Private Firms Offering Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage in 2006describes key characteristics of the organizations that offer the new Medicare drug benefit, and analyzes how companies are positioning themselves to attract Medicare enrollees. ... The briefs, authored by Marsha Gold, Sc.D. of Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., are available
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Agebeat, Aging, Health, Media, MedicareTuesday, March 14, 2006
'A traveling infomercial'
Monday, March 13, 2006
Another view of Medicare signup
La Raza and comic highlight scam
Oddly, within 10 minutes of getting a news release today from the National Council of La Raza about a series of comic strips in Baldo highlighting a lottery scam that targets mostly Latino elders, I got a release from Orlando Police about two recent incidents of the scam. Here's a link to La Raza release:
http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/37165/
Newest ABO is available
March 10, 2006 - DOUBLE ISSUE Volume 6, Numbers 8 and 9
NOTE: Let ABO Editor Paul Kleyman know if you have technical problems receiving issues of ABO or if you'd like to be removed from the list. Phone: (415) 974-9619; e-mail: paul@asaging.org. Thanks for help on this issue go to John Cutter and Marilynn Larkin. The most recent four issues of ABO are posted online at www.asaging.org/agebeat.
IN THIS ISSUE: MICKEY'S HOUSE TURNS 50, DONALD DUCKS FOR DICK'S BIRDSHOT
1. JEoA HEADS FOR NCOA-ASA JOINT CONFERENCE IN ANAHEIM
2. RESOURCES: Civic Ventures New Online Guide to Boomer Aging; National Press Foundation Seminar on Retirement; Link to New Census Bureau Report on Aging
3. ON THE ABO BLOG: New Report on Ageism in America
LARKIN'S LINKS: Aging and Technology
5. WMKV, CINCINNATI -- ALL AGING ALL THE TIME
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Thursday, March 09, 2006
How the world is covering the aging report
For a quick look at headlines in a Google News search on today's Census/NIH report on aging, go here:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D10000103%26sid%3DafkehqV7UM1s%26refer%3Dus
Census report on aging released
Dramatic Changes in U.S. Aging Highlighted in New Census, NIH Report
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
A $75 million Medicare loss?
Embargoed report on aging available, if...
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/
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