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Search results for "older Americans" ...
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Golden Opportunities
The series "examined how businesses and investors are reaping enormous profits by exploiting the soaring number of older Americans."
Tags: elderly; policyholders; grievances; lawsuits; nursing homes; telemarketing fraud; financial advisors
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Out in the Cold: Challenging the eviction of a family member from a long-term care facility can be a tough, but necessary, battle.
According to the article, "With an estimated 2.5 million Americans now residing in nursing homes or assisted-living centers, more and more families are learning a hard lesson: A move to a long-term care facility isn't always forever. For reasons that are sometimes sound and perfectly legal--and sometimes capricious and unwarranted--providers can initiate what the industry calls an 'involuntary transfer or discharge' to move residents from their quarters."
Tags: assisted-living; nursing homes; long-term care; elderly; older; aging; health care; costs; money
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Bird Brained
"Under the misguided stewardship of Peter Angelos, the once-proud Orioles have become the laughingstock of baseball - and the worst may be yet to come." Tom Verducci takes a look at the Baltimore Orioles baseball franchise under the leadership of owner Peter Angelos. Angelos, 71, bought the Orioles in 1993, and took the team to the American League Play-offs in 1996 and 1997, but since then the decline of the franchise has been swift. The Orioles have one of the oldest starting line-ups in the major league with seven of the nine spots in the batting order taken up by players 30 or older. Often Angelos will involve himself in the signing of players, but as Verducci points out "the health-sensitive Angelos's track record for signing durable players is awful." The Orioles have also had troubles retaining general managers for the team because Angelos's hands on" style of ownership.
Tags: Sports; baseball; Baltimore Orioles
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Out of Africa
Education Week reports on the increase of African refugees who are moving to Columbus, Ohio and the challenges of teaching students with little or no previous education. "While Somalis at the elementary level participate in regular ESL programs, older Somali children can attend one of two 'welcome centers' at the middle and high school levels before entering a regular ESL program." Students in the Welcome Centers "may interact with native-born American students at lunch or during electives . . . all of the core academic classes are self-contained. . . Students are further divided into six levels according to their literacy skills . . . Their central philosophy is that immigrant students should be placed in a transitional, self-contained program for a short time to learn ESL and academic content before attending regular schools." This article reports on the benefits of these programs, but also raises the concerns of Somali community organizations who disagree.
Tags: refugees; education; teachers; ESL (English as a Second Language); Somalia
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College Prep: Separate and Unequal
A three-month investigation of Chicago's six new college prep high schools by Catalyst Magazine reveals that the schools "have not been created equal. 'College Prep: Separate and Unequal' reports on what amounts to a north-south divide of resource allocation. College preps located on the North Side of Chicago are housed in lavish facilities and principals had at least nine months of lead time to hire staff and develop curriculum. But college preps based on the city's South Side, which serve predominantly African-American communities are housed in older buildings (many in dire need of rehab work) and most principals had fewer than 30 days to convert staff and curriculum to the new academic format."
Tags: Chicago; college prep; high schools; allocation of resources; African Americans
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Uncovered Losses: Life Insurers' Race Bias In Decades Past Affects Policyholders Even Now; MetLife, for One, Remedied Some but Not All Effects Of Inequality to Blacks; A Curious List of Risky Jobs
The Wall Street Journal reveals that MetLife Insurance Company's past discriminatory policies have not been entirely remedied. Before 1959, MetLife gave preferential treatment to whites; whites received better policies than blacks. (Salesmen, in fact, were not allowed the offer black customers the best policies MetLife had to offer.) MetLife claims to have discontinued its discrimination, however, many of the companies' older, black clients still have inferior policies. For example, when the company converted into a publicly held institution in 2000, it had to give out stock to its policyholders. Many of the companies older, black customers received less stock than white customers who had purchased similar coverage for the same amount at the same time. The Wall Street Journal reveals that MetLife is being investigated by agencies from all 50 states, focusing on the current effects of its past practices.
Tags: MetLife; racisim; discrimination; insurance; bias; black; African-American; life-insurance; policy; investigation
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Ohio Hedges Its Bet
"Increasing competition from neighboring states and an interest by Gov. Bob Taft in enhancing Ohio's lottery options prompted The Dispatch to explore the issue during the past year." Proponents argue that billions of dollars are lost when Ohioans gamble out-of-state, but who are the real losers? The Dispatch finds that "lottery players with annual incomes under $20,000 spend nearly twice as much per person ... as those in the middle-income bracket."
Tags: gambling; lottery; elderly; older Americans; casino; Powerball; slots; online gambling; bingo
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Hunger in America
Five million elderly Americans have no food, or worry about getting enough to eat. The Nation looks at at the federal Older Americans Act and the need for a renewed commitment to the elderly.
Tags: Meals on Wheels National Institute of Health Head Start
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Three out of four Americans age 65 and older have licenses to drive. As the size of the senior citizen population keeps growing rapidly, the percentage of them who keep driving expected to increase, too. The Asbury Park Press takes a look at how driver testing is handled and how skills are evaluated. (January 19, 20,24, 1997)
Tags: Linsk Heine Collision course older driver in new jersey 27 pgs.
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No title (id: 12346)
USA TODAY investigates the safety and longevity of passenger aircrafts. Experts seem to agree that older planes present no safety problem if maintenance is done right, and on time. The Federal Aviation Administration places no limit on how long a plane may fly. The main reason older planes aren't being replaced is a pocketbook matter. (July 5, 1995)