ASCOG Aging Advocate November 15, 2012

Happy Thursday.  How is everybody?

On this day in 1969, the Soviet submarine K-19 collided with the USS Gato.  K-19 was later the subject of the independent film K-19 the Widowmaker.

 

 

The Oklahoma Policy Institute is predicting a flat budget year for Oklahoma.  Meanwhile, Secretary of Finance Preston Doerflinger is seeing an "upward swing."

 

A September report from the National Council on Disability estimates that one in every ten children (nearly 10%) have parents with disabilities.

 

In a question of semantics, the Census Bureau revealed in a recent report the possibility that an additional 3.5 million people a living in poverty. 

 

The Federal Housing Authority could be looking for a bailout from the federal government according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal.

 

Hurricane Sandy may cost insurers as much as $25 billion.

 

Members of Medicare plans with a rating below three stars will be asked to reconsider.

 

Florida A&M's Dr. Debora Oliveira provides tips to older adults and their caregivers on how to prevent falls.