ASCOG Advocate: September 5, 2013

Begin, Carter and Sadat.

On this date, in 1978, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat met with U.S. President Jimmy Carter.  They met at Naval Support Facility Thurmont, which was nicknamed this, after the father and grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 

What was the name given to Thurmont by Eisenhower?

China is facing their own aging population boom in very western ways.

The number of doctors accepting new Medicare patients rose to 90.7%.

Medicaid managed care set to expand in Florida.

Over 200,000 heart disease deaths every year are preventable.

Using music as an insurance policy to stave off dementia.

Wife of Seth Rogen uses comedy to attract young people to Alzheimer's cause.

Caregiver:  Alzheimer's is 100 percent fatal.

Elizabeth Dole extends an arm of her foundation to caregivers for military families.

WSJ:  Spotting elder financial abuse.