FAMILIES & FRIENDS BULLETIN
A monthly consumer-focused newsletter designed especially for long-term care families and friends.
Spring 2008
- State budget troubles reach long-term care in 2008: Medi-Cal providers brace for cuts and hope for continued funding
- Watching out for Medi-Cal fraud
- The national view: Long-term care questions for the presidential candidates
- CAHF thanks e-mail subscribers to the Families & Friends Bulletin
- Love Is Ageless: National Nursing Home Week, May 11-15
May-June 2007
- Satisfaction survey gives nursing facilities high marks
- Online resident-rights brochure available in four languages
- Don't ignore complaints
- Tips for families and friends
- Medicare finances better than expected but still troubled
- CAHF thanks e-mail subscribers to the Families & Friends Bulletin
- New name, reorganization coming for state 'DHS'
March-April 2007
- Culture change going strong in 2007 and beyond
- Medicare Part D help
- Long-term care takes a role in disaster preparedness
- Disaster volunteers in Fresno
- Tips for families and friends
- CAHF thanks e-mail subscribers to the Families & Friends Bulletin
November-December 2006
- Making nursing facilities more like home
- Holiday activities can be easy
- Bringing back the family table: It all started with soup
September-October 2006
- Vaccinations are important key to preventing the flu
- CAHF wins grant for disaster preparedness
- Medicare letter explains erroneous refunds
- Advocacy groups support waiving Part D penalty
- Department of Health Services to be renamed, reorganized
- "Guide to Medi-Cal Programs" available
July-August 2006
- Staying cool is important in summer weather
- New federal rule: Medi-Cal recipients must prove citizenship
- State program has help for people with difficulty using phones
- Finding help online
- Clinic-based physical therapy more successful for osteoarthritis
- Thanks again to 'electronic' Families & Friends
May-June 2006
- Part D shifts into high gear
- Watching out for Medicare fraud
- Long-distance caregiving
- Visits outside the nursing facility
- Longer rehab may help elderly hip fractures
March-April 2006
- Honor 'Legends in Our Own Time'during National Nursing Home Week
- Nursing Home Week since 1967
- California bills help protect Part D coverage
- Medicare offers Part D enrollment tips
- Seniors don't always ask for help with Part D
January-February 2006
- Big changes coming with Medicare Part D prescription program
- What about 'dual-eligibles'?
- Celebrating National Nursing Home Week
- Read Familes & Friends online
- Library of Congress offers tips on interviewing veterans
Holiday 2005
- Visits take on special meaning during holidays
- Error reported in new handbook for Medicare recipients
- New pharmacy Web pages
- New law improves Medi-Cal funding for nursing facilities
- New rule requires offer of flu shots for nursing-facility residents
August-September 2005
- No cuts for Medi-Cal long-term care as governor signs state budget
- New Medicare prescription-drug plan will make changes in 2006
- What is HIPAA?
- Special days and weeks coming in August and September
June-July 2005
- No cuts for Medi-Cal long-term care in governor's budget plan
- Families & Friends Bulletin goes electronic with bigger bi-monthly editions
- Capitol rally for quality care
- Ensuring the quality of nursing facilities and long-term care
- What is Alzheimer's disease?
- Computers simplify Medicare prescription-drug purchasing
- Looking at the practical benefits of wheelchairs, scooters and canes
- Medicare handbook to be revised
- Improving hospice care
- What is CMS?
- Planning for retirement with long-term care insurance
- State program has help for people with difficulty using telephones
- Report confirms nationwide shortage of nurses
- Considering a career in LTC
April 2005
- It's Rally time - Join CAHF May 3 for our traditional gathering at the state Capitol
- Congress debates the future of Medicaid and Medicare - CAHF thanks Families & Friends who wrote letters to Washington
- Nursing Home Week information now online
- Thanks again - and a request for those receiving Families & Friends e-mails
March 2005
- Getting the word out about Medicare prescription drug plans
- States, federal government look for Medicaid solutions
- Help from Medi-Cal with Medicare costs
- What rights do residents have?
- CAHF thanks 'electronic' Families & Friends
January 2005
- No cuts to Medi-Cal long-term care as budget process begins
- Study finds most seniors miss out on benefits of Internet access
- Living in a nursing facility: Myths and realities
- Using the Internet
December 2004
- Awards recognize best caregivers, outstanding programs
- Facility Super Stars - 'from the heart'
- Excellence in Programming - good ideas that work
- Web site has long-term care information
November 2004
- 'Landmark reform' - Governor signs Nursing Home Quality Care Act
- Health-care professionals revise priorities as millions of flu shots recalled
- Art with Elders 2005 calendar available
- El Cajon Walk-a-Thon celebrates long-term care and passage of AB 1629
- Perfect state surveys: Parkside Special Care Center is a zero again
- CAHF celebrates landmark Nursing Home Quality Care Act
September 2004
- Legislature sends important Medi-Cal bill to Gov. Schwarzenegger
- Award-winning administrator is innovative leader and a storyteller
- Contaminated vaccine will not seriously delay delivery of flu shots
- Who needs flu shots
- Training program helps keep new nurses in Modesto
- Send us your ideas for Families & Friends classes
August 2004
- 'It's a privilege' - Chula Vista Veterans Home takes on history project
- No cut for Medi-Cal long-term care funding in new state budget
- CAHF letter-writing campaign supports Medi-Cal bill
- Send us your ideas for Families & Friends classes
- Families & Friends respond favorably to e-mail
July 2004
- Veterans History Project preserves extraordinary stories of ordinary people.
- WWII worker is typical subject of Veterans History Project
- Late budget will not affect Medi-Cal long-term care
- New bills in congress would help long-term care consumers
- Families & Friends Bulletin by e-mail – would it work for you?
June 2004
- Bigger than ever Capitol rally supports Medi-Cal
- CAHF Families & Friends program grows – and grows
- New book offers information on aging
- L.A. nursing facility earns perfect state surveys
May 2004
- Capitol Medi-Call rally grows
- Children's day care at nursing facility brings toddlers and elders together
- Families 4 Care keeps the public in touch with national issues
April 2004
- Rally at the Capitol to protect Medi-Cal: Join us May 18 in Sacramento
- Legislative visits preceed rally
- Tell us about yourself: CAHF Families & Friends grassroots survey
February/March 2004
- Medi-Cal long-term care spared from budget cuts – for now
- Congress creates Veterans History Project
- February and March have special health dates
- March is National Mental Retardation Awareness Month
- "It's a family': Warm-hearted newspaper articles focus on life and nursing facilities
- The long-term care answers you need are online at www.cahf.org
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