Deputy Spots Pot Plant at Senior Home

A Yavapai County sheriff's deputy patrolling a senior housing development outside Prescott Wednesday spotted a 5-foot-tall marijuana plant growing between two residents' driveways.

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The massive ad campaign designed to frighten seniors about health care reform currently being waged by the 60 Plus Association, the self-styled conservative counterpart to AARP, is the handiwork of the same ad guru that created the infamous Willie Horton ads, we've confirmed.

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For seniors, it is a different story. Economist John Williams of Shadow Government Statistics has estimated that if the original methodology of CPI had not changed, Social Security checks would be nearly double what they are today.

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"The misuse of psychotropics, which some experts say is a nationwide problem in nursing homes, suggests a troubling future for many seniors." This article focuses on the situation in Illinois.

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Many who might be considered beyond retirement age continue to work. They do so for enjoyment, a perceived need, or both.

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AARP: Judas and Benedict Arnold Type Betrayer and Killer of Senior Citizens?

AARP is betraying senior citizens, and is one of the most dishonest organizations around. James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles--who exposed ACORN--need to take their undercover camera to AARP. The mind boggles at what they might discover.

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Wall Street is seeking to replace the failed real estate securitization scheme with another, even more insidious, plan. An economic infrastructure is being created promoting the buying of life insurance policies from Senior citizens at huge discounts.

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WASHINGTON – The poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the traditional 10 percent level, according to a revision of a half-century-old formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations in the cost of living.

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Haggling over haircuts is now the norm at one Connecticut barber shop. A veteran barber has begun allowing senior citizens and those out of work to tell him what they can afford to pay for a good-looking style, Hartford's WFSB-TV reported.

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Are ther no limits to what corportations will and are allowed to do to keep control of the country Read:

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The president has largely stopped promoting "cost control" as one of the virtues of his reforms -- but every nation that has adopted anything like that has also adopted measures that kill medical innovation.

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Most of the arguments we're hearing about health care reform involve big numbers: Millions of people now uninsured, billions of dollars to be spent or saved. And that's probably the right place to start the discussion – in the middle of the bell curve where most people live.

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Remember this story from the Anchorage Daily News in July, reporting on the deaths of elderly patients due to mismanagement and neglect from Alaska state medical programs?

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At the risk of bringing down the digital wrath of blog-savvy oldsters, I've noticed that a considerable number of the anti-reform Republican "hooligans," as Rachel Maddow describes them, who turn up at various town hall meetings to shout incomprehensible loud noises just happen t …

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excerpt: ""The threat of raucus Tea Party activists disrupting public events has led at least one Democratic Congressman to take steps that could complicate his ability to help seniors and veterans.

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excerpt: ""In an August 3 NY Post op-ed, Marc Siegel parroted the myth that the House health care reform bill would require end-of-life counseling for seniors every five years, which is false.

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"Sex bans in nursing homes: Is it proper, or even legal, to keep intimacy off-limits in nursing homes?"

Psychologist Ira Rosofsky, the author of "Nasty, Brutish, and Long: Adventures in Old Age and the World of Eldercare," has an excellent editorial with this title in today's L A Times.

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"Doing something unusual, like knocking on wood or patting yourself on the head, while taking a daily dose of medicine may be an effective strategy to help seniors remember whether they've already taken their daily medications, suggests new research from Washington University in  …

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Obama Describes the Experiences Of His Mother and Grandmother

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Crime is generally a young person's game, but that hasn't stopped an ever-growing number of older Americans from breaking the law.

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The American Dental Association whines about being left out of the Healthcare Reform process but they've been fighting and making things difficult for Dental Hygienists, Denturists and Dental Health Aide Therapists, even to the point of having Denturists prosecuted for providing  …

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excerpt: ""Vice President Joe Biden is expected to announce Wednesday that three major hospital associations have agreed to provide $160 billion in savings to pay for a health care overhaul, according to sources close to the negotiations. ""

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The American Dental Association whines about being left out of the Healthcare Reform process but they've been fighting and making things difficult for Dental Hygienist, Denturist and Dental Health Aide Therapist, to the point of having Denturist prosecuted for providing affordab …

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American senior citizens "are mentally 10 years younger than their English counterparts" according to a study.

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An increasing body of evidence has suggested that participating in mentally stimulating activity, socializing frequently and exercising may help protect against age-related decline — at least cognitive decline.

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Dress Code for Seniors (Humor)

I don't often forward jokes sent to me by friends, but this one really made me laugh. Maybe it hit a little too close to home as I am approaching 50 and trying to hang onto a youthful appearance.

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