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Thursday, November 15, 2007

KOHL HEARING TO HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION ABOUT NURSING HOMES

Ashley GlacelPress SecretarySpecial Committee on Aging (Press Release)

Senator Herb Kohl, ChairPh: (202) 224-5364 Cell: (202) 340-3299
www.aging.senate.gov

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, November 15, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) will hold a hearing to highlight the need for increased transparency and accountability with respect to information that is publicly available about nursing homes. Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) will testify before the committee on the need to strengthen the federal government’s system of nursing home regulation, outlining the main objectives of the Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2007, legislation he and Chairman Kohl plan to introduce in the coming weeks. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Kerry Weems will provide an overview of the government’s Special Focus Facility Program, which was designed to resolve problems in poorly performing nursing homes that exhibit a history of non-compliance. Weems will also discuss the agency’s strategic initiatives focused on improving nursing homes and increasing transparency.

A webcast of the hearing will be available on the Committee webpage: www.aging.senate.gov

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Elder Abuse Warning Signs

1) Power of Attorney given or recent changes of will when the person is incapable of making such decision.
2) Placement in nursing home or residential care facility which is not commensurate with alleged size of estate.
3) Missing personal belongings such as art, silverware or jewelry.
4) Deliberate isolation of an older adult which results in the caregiver having total control.
5) Sudden changes in bank accounts or banking practice, including unexplained withdrawls of large sums of money by a person accompanying the elder.
6) Abrupt changes in Real Estate Deeds or other Financial Documents.
7) Sudden appearance of previously uninvolved relatives claiming their rights to an elder's affairs and possessions.

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Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long."

John 8:32 "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

1 Corinthians 13:12-13 "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

Romans 13:8 "Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another."

Leviticus 19:32 "Rise in the presense of the aged, show respect for the elderly."

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 "For the sake of respect, honor, veneration and indeed pride is said to be of ... superiors like the father and mother, and in cleanliness, simplicity, and nonviolence."

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Robinson Jeffers "The heads of strong old age are beautiful beyond all grace of youth."

Pindar (522 BC - 443 BC) A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.

Carol Matthau There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you.

Booth Tarkington (1869 - 1946) "Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age."

Gloria Pitzer About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.

"Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions."

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

KOHL HEARING TO HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION ABOUT NURSING HOMES

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