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    Alzheimer’s Diagnostic Guidelines Updated

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    April 19, 2011
    For the first time in 27 years, clinical diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease dementia have been revised, and research guidelines for earlier stages of the disease have been characterized to reflect a deeper understanding of the disorder. The National Institute on Aging/Alzheimer’s Association Diagnostic Guidelines for Alzheimer’s Disease outline some...
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    Can You Get Sleep?

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    March 4, 2011
    The National Sleep Foundation suggests that most adults need 7–9 hours of sleep per night. The Centers for Disease Control decided to see how well we do with getting enough sleep. The agency released data yesterday that determined 35.3% of survey respondents reported having less than seven hours of sleep...
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    Survey Results: 44% Know of Someone with Alzheimer’s

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    February 24, 2011
    MetLife Foundation released survey results today that reveal Americans’ fear of Alzheimer’s is second only to cancer.  “What America Thinks: The MetLife Foundation Alzheimer’s Survey,” a report conducted by Harris Interactive, found that most people are not preparing for the strong possibility that they or their family members will develop...
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    Family Caregivers Want Help from Web-Based and Mobile Technologies

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    January 10, 2011
    A new survey reveals that the technology advances that have transformed how Americans work, play and interact have potential to alleviate the growing financial and emotional burdens on family caregivers. The e-Connected Family Caregiver: Bringing Caregiving into the 21st Century study, released January 8, 2011 by the National Alliance for...
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    Ask Congress to Include Family Caregiver Respite and Support in FY 2011 Funding

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    December 7, 2010
    Jill Kagan, Chair, National Respite Coalition, provided an update on federal funding for programs that help family caregivers this morning. She’s asking everyone to contact their representatives to request that the highest level of funding for Lifespan Respite and the National Family Caregiver Support Program in Fiscal Year 2001. Per...
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    On Veteran’s Day, a Closer Look at Veterans’ Family Caregivers

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    November 11, 2010
    A report released yesterday by The United Health Foundation in collaboration with the National Alliance for Caregiving, takes a closer look at the family caregivers of our nation’s veterans. The study, Caregivers of Veterans – Serving on the Homefront, surveyed family caregivers of veterans, including those veterans who served in...
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    New Annual Wellness Visits for Medicare Beneficiaries to Include Detection of Cognitive Impairment

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    November 9, 2010
    Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued final regulations for implementation of an important provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will include for the first time an annual wellness benefit for all Medicare beneficiaries beginning January 2011. This Medicare preventive service benefit is...
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    64% of Working Sandwich Generation Say They Live Paycheck to Paycheck

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    October 27, 2010
    Being a member of the working sandwich generation—those who are holding down a full-time job while raising children and simultaneously serving as a caregiver for older relatives—comes with a steep price tag. New findings released last week from MetLife’s 8th Annual Employee Benefits Trends Study help quantify some of the...
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    Costs of Long-Term Care Continue to Rise

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    October 26, 2010
    Nursing home and assisted living rates rose significantly from 2009 to 2010, according to the Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs compiled by MetLife Mature Market Institute. Private room nursing home rates rose 4.6% to $229 per day or $83,585 per year, while assisted living rose 5.2% on average to...
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    Battling Alzheimer’s With Stats and a Personal Story

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    October 18, 2010
    Well, it seems we’ve called a war on Alzheimer’s. This past month has seem more battle cries to stop the disease than ever before. Consider USAgainstAlzheimer’s and its goal to eradicate Alzheimer’s by 2020. Now, Maria Shriver has issued The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s. Her mother,...
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    Adult Day Service Centers Increase in Number But Waiting Lists Indicate The Need for More

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    October 12, 2010
    According to “The MetLife National Study of Adult Day Services: Providing Support to Individuals and Their Family Caregivers,” more than 4,600 Adult Day Services (ADS) centers are available nationwide, a 35% increase since 2002. The study, produced in collaboration with the National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA) and The Ohio...
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    USAgainst Alzheimer’s Campaign Rolls Out Today

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    October 6, 2010
    (Editor’s Note: USAgainstAlzheimer’s launched its official campaign to end Alzheimer’s by 2020 today. I’m sharing the press release about the campaign and this morning’s press conference, below. Look for more about the campaign from me tomorrow.) USAgainstAlzheimer’s (www.USAgainstAlzheimers.org ), a new campaign to mobilize Americans to stop Alzheimer’s by 2020,...
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