LA city councilmember bill rosendahl calls HIV/AIDS elder advocacy summit & new media training feb 12 (0131)

February 4, 2010 Contact: Nate Kaplan-(213) 473-7011, Richard Kearns-(310) 488-1328 ROSENDAHL CALLS LOS ANGELES HIV/AIDS ELDER ADVOCACY SUMMIT & NEW MEDIA TRAINING Forum Open to the Public Los Angeles – Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl is co-costing an “HIV/AIDS Advocacy Summit and New Media Training Conference” with the City’s AIDS Coordinator’s Office, and a [...]

miguel gomez et al, AIDS.gov: peer-generated new media in the fight against AIDS — a call to action (0130)

New Year’s Messages from AIDS.gov and Colleagues chers— this is an excellent 5-minute introduction to advocates using the new media for HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, treatment & survival education. namaste —rk New Year’s Messages from AIDS.gov and colleagues highlighting voices and new media lessons learned.

alicia williams et al, AARP: volunteers over 50 now serve more hours more often (0129)

Connecting and Giving: A Report on How Mid-life and Older Americans Spend Their Time, Make Connections and Build Communities By: Alicia Williams, John Fries, Jean Koppen and Robert Prisuta; AARP Knowledge Management January 2010 prnewswire report here Americans 45+ adding informal service to their work with established organizations; African Americans extremely active and engaged in [...]

USDA report (in americaBLOG): 81% more seniors living alone rely on foodbanks (0128)

The Obama failure: senior citizens increasingly relying on food pantries by Chris in Paris 11/28/2009 chers— the text about this US department of agriculture (USDA) report is excerpted in a 11/28/2009 post on americaBLOG. i have put the report first and the 2 paragraphs of commentary after, reversing the order of the original post. namaste [...]

allan brett, journal watch: increased copays disproportionately “dissuade” elders from seeking timely & necessary medical care resulting in more hospitalizations (0127)

Consequences of Increasing Co-Payments for Ambulatory Care by Allan S. Brett, MD January 28, 2010 Even small increases in cost-sharing were associated with fewer outpatient visits and more inpatient admissions among elders.