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  1. Long-Term Care in Aging US: Not for Me, Poll Says

    Wed, 24 Apr 2013

    will need long-term care at some point after they reach age 65, whether it's from a relative, a home health aide, assisted living or a nursing home. On average, they'll need that care for three years. Despite the "it won't happen to me" reaction

  2. Golf Course Worker Returns $36,000 Cash

    Tue, 23 Apr 2013

    bag. The 76-year-old man was no longer living at the address, but officials managed to track him to an assisted living facility . Police verified that the money belonged to the man, who will get it all back. If no one had claimed the

  3. Heart Experts: Don't Think, Just Do CPR

    Tue, 5 Mar 2013

    An incident that made headlines Monday seemed shocking: An assisted living facility worker refused to give CPR to an elderly woman who had collapsed on the floor. And yet it's an all-too-common situation

  4. Staff Was Right to Refuse to Do CPR on Elderly Woman, Facility Says

    Mon, 4 Mar 2013

    An assisted living facility for the elderly today defended the refusal of a staffer to give CPR to an elderly woman who had collapsed on the floor and later

  5. Super Bowl 2013: Beyonce, Blackout Among Most Electric Social Media Moments

    Mon, 4 Feb 2013

    the ad aired, and mentions of "Dodge" jumping 151,000 percent. Taco Bells "Viva Young" commercial showed elderly assisted living residents sneaking out for a night of debauchery, topped off with a stop at a Taco Bell. After the commercial aired

  6. 5 Things To Know This Morning

    Mon, 12 Nov 2012

    businesses lost power during the storm. 4. 2 Dead From Eating Wild Mushrooms Two residents of a northern California assisted living facility died and four others were hospitalized after eating wild mushrooms that health officials warned people not to

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  1. Cops Search for Fake Nurse Who Stole From Assisted Living Facilities

    Sun, 14 Oct 2012

    woman has made off with credit cards, drivers licenses and social security cards from seniors in at least two assisted living facilities in the Orlando, Fla., area. "[The way she is disguised] she pretty much could walk around and steal

  2. Two-Legged Puppies Almost Unaffected by Disability

    Thu, 27 Sep 2012

    to work as therapy dogs, going to shelters and assisted living centers to visit patients. "They've done a lot of Maverick only have two legs. "When I take them to assisted living centers , people don't even notice right away since

  3. Seniors Find Sun, Sin and Sorrow in a Fla. Retirement Village

    Fri, 27 Jul 2012

    In 1979, Ida Gilman and her husband moved to Florida for the sun and the palm trees and the promise of a life rich with activities and other couples their own age. She traded a New York City rental apartment for a $20,000 pink condominium in an organized community at Kings Point. There, Gilman

  4. Senior citizen housing option offers community feel

    Sun, 10 Jun 2012

    growing number, primarily in the Midwest, offers seniors independent living in a community setting. Unlike assisted - living facilities or other common forms of senior housing, members own the cooperative collectively, enjoy tax and financial

  5. Early Burdens: Eldercare Falls on Young Shoulders

    Thu, 3 May 2012

    nothing that I had planned for," says Armijo, who moved her grandmother Elizabeth Armijo into a nearby six-bed assisted living home because veterans' benefits "wouldn't pay for her to live with me." Still, she says, "I have to do everything

  6. Alzheimer's Disease: Skin Cancer Drug Bexarotene Reversed Alzheimer's Symptoms in Mice

    Mon, 13 Feb 2012

    her doctor, gives the go-ahead, and said he'd be willing to pay for the drug out of pocket. But, "of course, I'd be burning up money we might need for assisted living ," he said. "It's a decision we caregivers must make."

  7. Ron Paul: Government Intervention Is Not the Solution to Health Care Reform

    Wed, 16 Nov 2011

    prompted fear among a group of seniors at an assisted living center in New Hampshire, who worried out loud that try to preserve it,” said Paul at a small assisted living community , adding that the solution is not to close

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Videos

  1. Retire in Style South of the Border

    Tue, 27 Jan 2009

    our part of if we assisted living here. Developers one of the first assisted living facilities in Mexico catering dollars a month. Assisted living is such a new concept next to the new assisted living facility they know when

    Assisted Living found at 1:09, 1:56

    it has the solution. -- part of our part of if we assisted living here. Developers Sergio actions are getting ready -- from one of the first assisted living facilities in Mexico catering to America's. -- you -- to -- will offer accommodation food and nursing care for 14100 dollars a month
    month. In the US that would cost thirteen thousand dollars a month. Assisted living is such a new concept that it is not yet regulated in Mexico. Maybe we won't be like out my yeah I mean your -- cat -- to -- in in in tight Europe's. -- in ten years believe me. The hills are already believers their home is right next to the new assisted living facility they know when the time comes. They have to do is next door. Jeffrey Kaufmann ABC news San Miguel -- and Mexico.
  2. Retire in Style South of the Border

    Tue, 27 Jan 2009

    ready to one of the first assisted living facilities in Mexico catering to America's thousand dollars a month. Assisted living is such a new concept that is right next to the new assisted living facility they know when the time

    Assisted Living found at 1:56

    month. In the US that would cost thirteen thousand dollars a month. Assisted living is such a new concept that it is not yet regulated in Mexico. Maybe we won't be like down my yeah I mean your like act act and sent in in in -- juris. Back in ten years believe. The hills are already believers there home is right next to the new assisted living facility they know when the time comes. They have to do is next door. Jeffrey Kaufmann ABC news San Miguel -- and Mexico.
  3. 19-Year-Old Signs Up For Assisted Living

    Thu, 14 Feb 2008

    The spent six weeks with the elderly and then assisted living facility in Florida. became the subject of his first who's kind of this weird thing going on in an assisted living facility . We talking. Source. And the along at 5 o'clock

    Assisted Living facility found at 0:09, 1:02

    with two friends. The spent six weeks with the elderly and then assisted living facility in Florida. -- -- became the subject of his first film a documentary called Andrew Jenks room 335. And it's been praised
    nineteen. So who's kind of this weird thing going on in an assisted living facility . We -- talking. -- -- -- Source. And the along at 5 o'clock. It's always you have that little thing warm. Like
  4. Poisonous Mushrooms: 2 Dead at Elder Care Home

    Mon, 12 Nov 2012

    dead four others in the hospital after eating soup made with mushrooms picked in the wild. It happened at an assisted living facility in northern California a caregiver. Apparently made the for the elderly patients not knowing the mushrooms

    Assisted Living facility found at 0:08

    soup made with mushrooms picked in the wild. It happened at an assisted living facility in northern California a caregiver. Apparently made the -- for the elderly patients not knowing the mushrooms were poison -- the caregiver
  5. This Week 01/27: John McCain, Robert Menendez on Bipartisan Immigration Reform

    Sun, 27 Jan 2013

    This crowding out the Marine Corps scientific research everything else this is our future we're going to be an assisted living home . With an army that's going to be the American government. And you've given me the perfect way with army and

  6. Roundtable II: This Week in Politics

    Sun, 27 Jan 2013

    is so low, because nondiscretionary spending is crowding out the marine corps, scientific -- we'll be in an assisted living home with an army. You've given me the perfect segue with army rines to talk about what happened this week lifting

    Assisted Living home found at 10:26

    is crowding out the marine corps, scientific -- we'll be in an assisted living home with an army. You've given me the perfect segue with army rines to talk about what happened this week lifting the ban
  7. Puppies Thrive With Only Two Legs

    Thu, 27 Sep 2012

    like any other canine. and grabber or rescued by a shelter that works with special needs animals they go to assisted living facilities and day care centers for homeless children. To show that it's okay to be different.

    Assisted Living facilities found at 0:19

    by a shelter that works with special needs animals they go to assisted living facilities and day care centers for homeless children. To show that it's okay to be different.
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Photos

  1. PHOTO: Police are searching for a fake nurse who steals from assisted living facilities.
  2. PHOTO A government strike force today charged that Alzheimer?s and dementia patients living in Miami assisted living facilities were exploited in a fraud that netted an estimated $200 million in ...
  3. VIDEO: AARP's Elinor Ginzler explains how to talk to your parents about assisted living
  4. Photo: Retirees Flock South of the Border for Savings: Mexico Offers Full-Time Assisted Living Retirement Development At Fraction of Price

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