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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: senior citizens

senior citizens stories: 27 news summaries

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Poll Sees Texas Dead Heat, Slight Clinton Lead in Ohio

Races close ahead of March 4 primaries

Feb 22, 08 4:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are running neck and neck in Texas, while Clinton holds a significant but tenuous lead in Ohio, according to a Washington Post-ABC News Poll. Heading into the crucial March 4 primaries, Clinton leads Obama 48% to 47% in Texas, and 50% to 43% in Ohio... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Texas • primary • Ohio • caucus • US economy • Latinos • Hispanic • Washington Post ABC poll • independents • African-American voters • white men • white women • senior citizens

Candidates Court Fla.'s Senior Power Brokers

40% of the Sunshine State's voters are over 65

Jan 29, 08 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - The road to the GOP nomination may pass through The Villages, a retirement community outside Orlando with an upper-crust, Republican-heavy population. “If you don’t get your condos to the polls, you don’t win,” a professor says of the 350 retirement communities in Florida, where 40% of... More »

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John McCain • Florida primary • The Villages • retirement communities • senior citizens

Octogenarian Busted for Racing

New traffic-safety law applies to 85-year-old speedster

Jan 8, 08 12:18 PM CST
(Newser) - An 85-year-old speedster has been charged with street racing after a Canadian cop clocked him going 100mph, the Globe and Mail reports. When the officer tried to pull over the rocketing Oldsmobile Intrigue, the heedless octogenarian sped up, weaving between lanes in icy conditions to maintain speed. When he... More »

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Canada • speeding • old age • Oldsmobile Intrigue • street racing • senior citizens • speed limit

Nursing Homes Misuse Meds to Control Patients

'Off label' antipsychotic use drives up costs, sparks concern

Dec 4, 07 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Understaffed US nursing homes are increasingly turning to antipsychotic drugs to control elderly residents, even though most display symptoms of dementia rather than the psychotic disorders the drugs are intended to treat, the Wall Street Journal reports. Such “off-label” usage defies FDA warnings that elderly patients using the... More »

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elderly • dementia • antipsychotic drugs • nursing homes • rehabilitation center • psychosis • eldercare • elder abuse • senior citizens • Alzheimer's Disease

Hillary Captures Base Critical
to Primaries

She's solid among vital women, seniors, blue-collar voters

Oct 8, 07 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - While cautioning that it's still early, the LA Times reports that Hillary Clinton’s frontrunner status owes largely to her dominance among groups that are stalwarts in the Democratic nominating process. Barack Obama rules among the young and affluent, but likely primary voters are women, seniors, and blue-collar voters—all... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • women • Democratic presidential primaries • blue-collar vote • senior citizens • young voters

Nursing Homes Raise Profits, Cut Care

Private equity firms buying up, stripping down facilities

Sep 23, 07 5:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Caring for grandma has become big business for private firms that are buying nursing homes and making them profit generators. But to do it, they’ve severely cut staff—sometimes below legal levels, the New York Times found. “Chains have made a lot of money by cutting nurses,”... More »

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private equity • elderly • nursing homes • nursing • private equity firms • eldercare • senior citizens

Fake Experts
Fool Seniors

Elderly cheated by 'certified' advisers whose shady offerings make millions

Jul 8, 07 9:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elderly Americans are being duped out of millions by financial advisers with trumped-up credentials, the New York Times reports. Over 39,000 "certified senior advisers" have been rubber stamped by pay-for-service courses in the last decade, and they're selling popular—but unnecessary—financial products to the elderly. More »

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elderly • insurance companies • certified senior advisers • financial planning • scam • senior citizens

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