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		<title>Obama to boost Alzheimer&#8217;s research funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (CNN) &#8211; The Obama administration will push for a $156 million increase in funding for Alzheimer&#8217;s research over the next two years, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday. The National Institutes of Health will commit another $50 million in funding this year, and the White House will propose an additional $80 million... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/news-affecting-us/obama-to-boost-alzheimers-research-funding/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Put elderly on ice?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: Amitai Etzioni is a sociologist and professor of international relations at George Washington University and the author of several books, including &#8220;Security First&#8221; and &#8220;New Common Ground.&#8221; He was a senior adviser to the Carter administration and has taught at Columbia and Harvard universities and the University of California, Berkeley. (CNN) &#8211; No one has come... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/news-affecting-us/put-elderly-on-ice/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hospice has &#8216;become abortion for the elderly&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florence Schorske Wald has died at age 91. It is probably safe to say she was not a patient of the hospice system that she helped to bring to the United States. She decided to &#8220;die peacefully at home.&#8221; Had she been treated by hospice, it is unlikely she would have made it to 91.... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/hospice-has-become-abortion-for-the-elderly/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>CSRA Parkinson Walk- November 13th</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Description: The CSRA Parkinson Support Group, a chapter of NPF, will host its eleventh annual Walk to support local and national Parkinson care and cure. The Walk is a festive event with families, friends, school students and business acqaintances walking,strolling, cheering,eating,and enjoying each others company. There will be drawings for prizes and tables with Parkinson... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/news-affecting-us/announcements/featured-event-csra-parkinson-walk/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Shriver Report™: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Groundbreaking Look Into the Epidemic’s Effect on Women as Caregivers, Advocates and People Living With Alzheimer’s -Marissa Moss LOS ANGELES – Maria Shriver and the Alzheimer’s Association – the leader in Alzheimer’s care, support and research – today released The Shriver Report: A Women’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s.  This groundbreaking report reveals the epidemic’s effect... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/the-shriver-report%e2%84%a2-a-woman%e2%80%99s-nation-takes-on-alzheimer%e2%80%99s/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver Announce Minerva Scholarship Winners for 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver Announce Minerva Scholarship Winners for 2010 WE Educate awards 20 scholarships totaling $100,000 for 2010 LOS ANGELES (October 13, 2010) – California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver today announced the winners of the 2010 Minerva scholarships, which seek to meet... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/california-governor-arnold-schwarzenegger-and-first-lady-maria-shriver-announce-minerva-scholarship-winners-for-2010/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>~We Are Family~ California’s Family Day~</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia &#8220;Family Day means being together and spending time as a Family&#8221; Family Day &#8211; A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children™ is a national movement launched by The Naitonal Center on Addiction Substance Abuse (CASA) in 2001 based on their research that has consistently found that the more often kids eat... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/we-are-family-california%e2%80%99s-family-day/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GENOMICS AND THE FUTURE OF CANCER TREATMENT~ EDWARD J. BENZ, JR., MD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image by ?Adriënne via Flickr Centuries ago, when disease was thought to result from a disruption of the body’s four basic “humors” – fluids that collectively governed health – treatments were designed to bring them back into balance. “Therapies,” some of them ghastly by modern standards, were intended to relieve patients of harmful surpluses of... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/genomics-and-the-future-of-cancer-treatment-edward-j-benz-jr-md/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego Hospice Offers Psychiatric Care To Ease Suffering via KPBS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia SAN DIEGO — Over the past few decades, hospice care has become a more common choice for people who have a terminal illness. These patients forgo life-prolonging treatments and instead get help to make their final days as comfortable and pain-free as possible. The San Diego Hospice is the only one in the nation... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/san-diego-hospice-offers-psychiatric-care-to-ease-suffering-via-kpbs/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maria Shriver&#8217;s March on Alzheimer&#8217;s &#8211; October 24, 2010 &#8211; Long Beach, CA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia “Alzheimer&#8217;s is a mind-blowing disease that disproportionately impacts women – both as victims and caretakers of loved one&#8217;s suffering from it. With more than 5 million people living with Alzheimer&#8217;s in this country and every 70 seconds a new person developing Alzheimer&#8217;s, I believe it&#8217;s time to pick up the pace and... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/maria-shrivers-march-on-alzheimers-october-24-2010-long-beach-ca/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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