Monday, February 11, 2013

ASCOG Aging Advocate: February 11, 2013

Circa 1937 - Public Domain
Good Monday morning!  Hope you had a great weekend!

On this date, in 1990, this man was released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town after 27 years as a political prisoner.  What is his name?

A new bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate is designed to boost mental health-care.  The Houston Rockets' Royce White is advocating for mental health.  A Minneapolis sheriff asks for more funding for mental health care.  And Katherine Heart is fighting for routine mental health screenings.

Charles Kenny explains why an aging population "may be what the world needs."

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a permanent change to the Medicare sustainable growth rate.

Caregivers now have their own version of "Chicken Soup for the Soul."

A Tulsa World article shares how much Oklahoma's Medicare patients saved in prescription drug costs.

The Edmond Sun's Mike Hinkle explains how science should be embraced by the aging population.

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