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Q. Why is the premium support proposal the way to go in reinventing Medicare? A. Well, it's a way to go, and we invite anyone else to give us any other options that may solve the problem. The problem has evolved over time, and where we are now is that a program that once was relatively easily financed, as most folks' health care costs were, is extremely expensive. The various ways to fix it have been tried - payroll tax, removing the cap, creating a structure which tries to move the government run, administer price arrangement more into the real health care world, and what you need to do when it simply can't be jerry-rigged anymore is to rethink the basic way in which you deliver health care, and retain all of the protections of the current system but simply redesign it, and that's what we're trying to do with the premium support model. Q. Is it clear that all the protections would, in fact, be maintained because, of course, many of the critics of the proposal argue that they would not. A. Well, the critics of the proposal will argue a number of things. Frankly, they really cannot sustain the argument that they wouldn't be protected. It would remain an entitlement. There would be a benefits package. The dollar amount may be in question, but that's in question now as we've seen the change in terms of the beneficiary's premium amount. But the amount that the government is willing to support would be locked into law. It would be a fixed percentage of the cost. Q. Now, again, some of the critics have claimed that the entitlement would be ended, that in fact, beneficiaries would be disentitled under this plan. You say that's not the case. A. that's just not the case, and of course we haven't written the proposal, and the legislation would have to follow. But if it's done the way Chairman Breaux and I envision it to be done, what will be in place is a guaranteed benefits package, a guaranteed commitment of paying a percentage of the amount, an entitlement to that amount, and that's where we are today. If someone says that we are changing the commitment because there is not a guaranteed dollar amount that was going to be required of the beneficiary to pay, that's not the case now. Q. so it is clear in your view that there will be a standard benefits package. A. Well, when you say standard benefit package, you want to talk about what is a standard benefit package. One of the problems in the old Medicare was that if you get too specific in the package, X number of hospital days, sometimes you can do it at home, sometimes you can do it in an outpatient clinic. But if the only way you're going to get paid is if you meet the specific letter of the law that you do it in a hospital, that's probably not the best practice of medicine. So what you need to do is talk about what benefits are essential. Some people use the term core benefits. You could use standard benefits. As long as you don't put specific in there, I think we're talking about the same thing. Make sure people know that they're going to get a basic package of health care support needs. One of the problems with current Medicare is that it's so locked into statute that you have to have this monumental battle, unfortunately sometimes political, to change the law. That only happens every ten years or so. In today's changing health care market, ten year adjustments simply won't get the job done. The beauty of the premium support model is that it protects that package in law but allows for reasonable changes to make sure that the beneficiaries get the best practice as soon as possible. |
The Federal Employees Health Benefits System. |
Q. Now, in effect, the structure of Medicare would come to resemble the Federal Employees Health Benefits System. What particularly about that model do you find attractive? A. Well, that's the only one that's been used. But actually, I don't think if you want to examine the model that that's one that makes a lot of sense because the management structure of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program is, in fact, an agency, so called OPM. We're really thinking more about a board where you have some very knowledgeable professional people making decisions about what would occur in the field of medicine to incorporate into the plans. Perhaps maybe the Fannie Mae board in terms of dealing with mortgages and the finances would be a better model. But the only one that we have around for quick comparison would be the so called FEHBP. But when you get the details, you'll find that if you simply say what we want to do is put Medicare under a plan identical to the Federal Employees, that's not accurate. We want to put a far better model in place than the one that we have. Q. Because the Medicare board would play a much more active role in determining what plans could participate, what benefits needed to be covered, etc? A. No, we would have that core benefits in law, but where someone came in and said this is what used to be done, this is the way we would like to do it, giving you the same basic benefit but in a slightly different way, those judgments need to have a professional group examine them. If it's too extreme, you may have to come back and discuss a law change. If it's a reasonable extension and, in fact, produces better outcomes at the same or a cheaper cost, you want that put in as soon as possible, so that what you get is a constant review of what's offered, and best medicine is what is decided on. Q. From the standpoint of the top down approach of the program, I understand you're differentiating between what you have in mind versus federal employees. From the standpoint of the beneficiary, it would be very similar to what federal employees have because they would have a range of plans to choose from, and a defined, if you will, contribution, not to use that term in a technical sense but a specified contribution. So individuals would have this menu of options; correct? A. Well, they would have the menu of options, but remember it's an entitlement and all of the Medicare guarantees carry over to the board. That is, no one can be denied coverage, so you have -- and plus all of the folks who are in this particular health plan are all seniors, so there are some basic differences. None of the protections of the federal government as in local parenthesis, in terms of making sure the plans are not fraudulent, that the information given is accurate, all of those would remain in place. So we're not saying that we're changing the basic support structure. We're saying that the way in which the plans determine how they meet the criteria, and the time frequency in which they can modify that would be done on an ongoing basis given the rapid changes occurring in health care, rather than being tied to statutory change. We're really talking about a system which incorporate the best of health care faster. Q. The underlying premise, though, is that individuals in this new system would have an inducement to choose, not necessarily the lowest cost plan, but the one that most expressly met their needs, and that over time that would tend to favor plans that were delivering care very cost effectively; correct? A. Well, cost effective is the buzz word because the problem with the Medicare system is that they're simply going bankrupt. And what you need to do is incorporate those cost saving devices as quickly as you can. Just as today people have the old fashioned fee for service, but they can try a Medicare plus choice plan which incorporates a number of managed care provisions, and more health care delivery services than is normally available in fee for service. What we want to do is modernize Medicare. Put some of those protections into the basic fee for service program, but not hinder the ability to make change when change is appropriate, as reviewed by a professional board under a statute for backup. Q. Individuals would be able to choose among a variety of private plans, as well as the traditional Medicare program. A. In fact, we're talking about allowing Medicare or the Health Care Financing Administration that offers the government version of health care to compete against itself. There is no inherent reason why regions that HCFA breaks itself into couldn't compete against other regions if they think they could do a better job. It is the key of controlled and managed competition over time that has the chance of saving money. But as Dr. Tyson said at one of the Medicare commissions, saving money is obviously one of our goals, but putting into practice more efficiently and faster advances in medicine is one of the key reasons we ought to look at the premium support model. Q. By not having the constraints imposed by a specific payment mechanism. A. Well, and having the system run, in essence, by the Congress through HCFA and that political decisions always have to be made on the floor of the House and the Senate before medical decisions can be made by HCFA. That's just not a very smart way to run a medical program. |
Including prescription drugs. |
Q. Now, one of the key areas of dispute among commission members at this point is prescription drugs, whether the prescription drug benefit should be added to the traditional program, what the cost of that would be. What is your view on that? A. I don't think that there is any fundamental disagreement that prescription drugs have to be incorporated into Medicare. Currently out of pocket costs of seniors cover almost 50 percent of the total health care cost. People who think Medicare pays seniors' bills don't really understand how much is being paid. Sometimes former employers have insurance programs for their retirees. A lot of people pay out of pocket for the so-called wraparound insurance, Medigap. Some people simply pay out of pocket. Others are low enough income that they qualify for the subsidy programs through the state and federal combined financing. What we really want to do is to take today's Medicare, integrate the program. Drugs are being substituted for surgery more and more. Drugs have to be accommodated in tomorrow's Medicare. How they're accommodated is what the debate is all about. Currently, 65 percent of Medicare beneficiaries get some kind of a drug benefit. What we ought not to do is simply substitute taxpayers' dollars for those private dollars and drive out those private dollars. What we have to address are the 35 percent of the seniors who don't have any kind of drug coverage at all. If we focus on those in need, and build a plan that incorporates those that already have it, then we can get an effective prescription drug program in a cost effective way. Q. some of the commission members, though, seem to have signaled that the price of them supporting the premium support plan that will be incorporating a prescription drug benefit into traditional fee for service Medicare; do you think that's likely to be supported broadly? A. If you examine what they mean by incorporating a prescription drug program into fee for service, that is, if it's a new premium, if it is a shared cost between government and the taxpayer, then there are areas to discuss. But if what they mean is that they want to ignore the 65 percent of the people who currently have a way to get prescription drugs, and that they want to drive out every one of those private dollars because their goal is to create a government plan that runs a government structured and administered drug program, completely paid for by the taxpayers. That is a cost that is enormous, and more sadly, unnecessary because we should be focusing on the 35 percent who don't have prescription drugs. To ignore the 65-35 split is to want to create a government program financed by taxpayers. That's what got us into trouble in the first place. Q. The President's proposal to shore up the part A trust fund with a large portion of the budget surpluses, I know that you had objections to that. Why is that not the way to go at this point? A. Well, if you're going to say that solvency is the part A trust fund, and then all you're going to do is transfer general fund money into the part A trust fund, you really haven't addressed the fundamental financial problems of Medicare. We initially removed the cap on the payroll tax. It's a much more progressive tax than social security. In 1997 we transferred the fastest growing area of Medicare home health care from the payroll tax to the general fund. To now take general fund money and simply say we're going to dump it into the HI fund and pretend then that we've created a solvency that reaches to 20/20 is playing games. Now, the President has been roundly criticized for playing numbers games with his budget. Nowhere does this strike more clearly than what he's talking about doing with Medicare. And additionally, he's created a climate which is just really unfortunate. In his state of the union message, what a lot of people heard - providers, beneficiaries, others - was that the President was saying hey, I'm throwing a $700 billion dollar party and I'm bringing the drugs. It makes it very difficult to get people to realize that decisions are going to make this program work in 2015 and 2020, are not what the president is talking about. It is creating a better program that changes more rapidly, and fixes itself as much as possible. To argue that solvency is simply putting general fund money into the HI trust fund is meaningless. What we need to do is talk about equity, fair share, the amount that the taxpayers are willing to subsidize other people's health care costs, and that if you'll look at the percent or the amount of the general fund that's going to be expended versus the payroll tax versus the beneficiary's share, that, I think, would be a far better way in tomorrow's Medicare world to talk about solvency. Equity, fairness would be words that would be more appropriate because solvency isn't relevant anymore if all you're going to do is transfer funds from one area to shore up the fund without basic underlying reforms like the premium support model. Q. do you feel you have a clear signal at this point from the administration on whether it could be supportive of a premium support approach? A. Well, clear signal is a relative term, but there are a number of people, and I would guess no one more disappointed than Senator Breaux since he's a member of the President's party and I'm not, the President has to step up to the plate. He cannot continue to generalize. He has to either empower his appointees to the commission to be able to negotiate on their own - they're very bright people, they're very knowledgeable, they've been involved in this area for a long time. But if they're waiting for a signal from the White House, we are telling you it hasn't come. Or we need to sit down with whoever the President says are the key people. The President cannot wait for the commission to offer up a proposal. The president's participation is essential in making sure the commission gets the 11 votes. And the President has an opportunity - he's never going to run again. Post current debate in the Senate. I'm quite sure he would like to chalk up a few victories. It will be almost impossible to debate this issue if we don't get 11 votes in the commission, because the commission provides the bipartisan support and a specific proposal that would be introduced to the Congress. To have congress come up on its own after having had the Medicare commission fail, is a probability that it's not going to occur. The President has between now and March 1st to guarantee the maximum possibility of a bipartisan solution to the Medicare problem. Really, the ball is in his hands. |
Understanding Medicare. |
Q. You have had long-standing concerns about how much beneficiaries understand about the Medicare program, how much Medicare makes itself understood to them and so forth, and, of course, the new study seems to indicate that at least a large percentage of Medicare beneficiaries don't understand the Medicare program, don't understand particularly Medicare HMOs. How would you imagine that a new system could be structured so that it deals with some of these problems of lack of understanding the way the program operates? A. well, actually all the health care financing administration has to do is really copy what the federal employees' benefit program now does in terms of information. They've never done it before, and in our attempt to get them in the newer choice program, Medicare Plus Choice, they have failed to make virtually every deadline in providing the educational information to the seniors. It's no wonder that the seniors don't understand because they've never been given the materials in a way that they could understand. What we need to do is to understand that there are people who want to make their own decisions. Those people should be provided the opportunity, telephone numbers, and materials to make their own decision. There are others who do not, and in that instance, we have to make sure that we maintain the kind of protections that we have in law now so that whatever the program is that they choose, they have the assurance that the federal government has examined it, it is an appropriate program, and that they should feel comfortable picking a program on price because we will have guaranteed that the content is appropriate and acceptable. That's how you minimize choice. You create a comfort for those who don't want to make a choice, but you create an opportunity for those who do. And the federal government doing both sides of the street, the government run program and the choice program, has simply shorted the choice program. The premium support model allows that to occur under a board that wants the government program to be treated equally with the private sector programs, but as importantly, the private sector programs treated equally with the government program. Q. If the health care financing administration has had so much difficulty meeting these information and education demands, why would we believe a Medicare board would do that job any better? A. Because if you'll take a look at the health care financing administration, their beginning was a bureaucratic administered price structure. Eighty-five percent of their clientele are still the old administered price government program. They've only recently tried to recreate themselves, reorganize themselves to offer these other programs. The private sector has been offering these programs for decades, and under a Medicare board, including the government side running the administered fee for service program which HCFA does well, and if we can give them some modernizing tools they'll do better, it doesn't make any sense to try to have the government then run the other side as well. Why not let the people who know how to do it and who have, in fact, been keeping prices down better than the government run that part of it? Why should both parts be run out from under the government. The reason the choice side isn't doing well is because the bureaucrats who know administer prices are trying to run it. The Medicare board will give an equal weight to both products so that there is a fair competitive structure. Fair competition with a guaranteed package means a better price, with quality, for the seniors. |
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Q. If you achieve 11 votes for the commission's recommendation, what do you think will happen? A. Well, first of all, we'll have a presentation that we can make to Congress under the umbrella of a bipartisan agreement in which the President's folk - the Democrats, the House, the Senate, the Republicans, the House, and the Senate have come together. That creates a significantly different environment for discussion in committees. The chances of moving a product in a reasonable timeframe are greatly enhanced. Success is - you never say guaranteed, but tremendously promoted by the President's guarantee that we have 11 votes. If he isn't willing to guarantee that, it's back into the pits, and frankly, I will be very disappointed, but I will do the best I can in a climate that could have been significantly different if the President stepped forward and led. Q. And if, in fact, the 11 votes are not achieved, what happens, do you think, to the premium support idea? A.Well, it will be in competition with other ideas without the endorsement of the 11 votes of the Medicare commission. If people have better ideas, we would have hoped they would have brought them up in the commission structure. If they don't, then we'll talk about the premium support model in the legislative arena and see if they bring alternate models up there. It's extremely difficult working with people who only criticize and don't offer constructive alternatives. The President has a chance to guarantee that we don't have to go through that fight if he'll engage, and his commission folks will engage to maximize their chances of getting 11 votes. I hate to put it this way, but really in this kind of a country on these kinds of issues that are so politically sensitive, we have the maximum chance of getting 11 votes if the President engages. We probably have no chance if the President doesn't engage. And leadership is what's in question right now. Q. If, in fact, the 11 votes materialize, do you think that Congress, given everything else on the agenda, could actually pass some reforms of this magnitude this year? A. If we have 11 votes, our chance of passing are pretty good. I'll tell you one thing, if we don't have 11 votes, our chances are a whole lot less. Q. Thank you very much, Congressman. |
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'Les Miserables' Wows First Audience in New York, Clearly Headed for Oscars (Analysis)
The star-studded musical is the first film directed by British filmmaker Tom Hooper since he won the best director Oscar for 'The King's Speech' two years ago.
Universal's highly-anticipated awards hopeful Les Miserables, the first film directed by British filmmaker Tom Hooper since he won the best director Oscar for The King's Speech two years ago, screened for the first time on Friday afternoon at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
No movie musical has seriously contended for the best picture Oscar since Chicago (2002) won it a decade ago, though several have tried, including The Phantom of the Opera (2004), The Producers (2005), Rent (2005), Dreamgirls (2006), Hairspray (2007), Mamma Mia! (2008), and Nine (2009). But, judging by the loud applause that followed every one of Les Mis' big numbers -- which were divvied up between stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen, respectively -- and the raucous standing ovation that the film and its key talent received once its credits started to roll, that could certainly change this year.
At the very least, Les Mis joins Argo, Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook in the top echelon of this year's contenders, and puts Universal back in the thick of the race for the first time since Frost/Nixon (2008) was in contention five seasons ago. If it wins, it would be the studio's first best picture winner since A Beautiful Mind (2001).
At about 3 p.m. EST, Hooper came out before the packed house to introduce the film, and told the crowd that he had only finished working on the film at 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning. "You are the very first people to see the film," he said to cheers. He then noted that The King's Speech had begun its theatrical rollout on Thanksgiving weekend two years ago, and that last night, at his first Thanksgiving dinner, everyone was asked what they were grateful for. He said that he can now say, "I'm grateful that I finished it [the film]... I'm grateful to the thousands of people who have been on this journey, particularly the wonderful cast... and I'm grateful to Victor Hugo [who wrote the novel upon which the Broadway play upon which the film is derived], who unfortunately can't be with us."
When the film finished roughly two hours later, Hooper was joined on-stage by several unannounced special guests -- Hathaway, Redmayne, Seyfried, and Barks -- for a Q&A moderated by Columbia University's Annette Insdorf.
Journalists in attendance at the screening had to agree not to review the film, but can offer general reactions. Mine:
- Whether or not the use of actors' live on-set singing (as opposed to re-recording it in post-production) actually enhances the believability of a film more than it compromises the quality of the music, audiences seem to have been sold on the former, thanks in large part to Universal's recent featurette about the practice. Moreover, any "first" makes for a great talking-point on the awards season campaign trail. (Incidentally, all of the musical numbers were also shot in close-up and uninterrupted takes.)
- Hooper could become only the 19th person to win two best director Oscars. Considering the fact that most film people hadn't even heard of him three years ago, that's pretty amazing. He seems to inspire a great deal of loyalty and affection from his actors -- who rehearsed for this film with him for nine weeks before the cameras started rolling -- which matters, since actors account for the largest branch of the Academy.
- Hathaway, a Hollywood darling since she blossomed from an ugly duckling into a princess in her breakthrough role, is probably now the frontrunner in the best supporting actress category. As Fantine her screen time is brief, but she makes an indelible impression, particularly during the showstopping "I Dreamed a Dream" number. Moreover, she has some great talking-points: she lost 25 pounds for the part, and you can tell -- she's all eyes and teeth in the film; she spent four months working with a vocal coach before the nine-week rehearsal period in order to learn how to make her face look relaxed in a close-up while belting out a number; and she cut her hair off for the role even though it meant she'd be almost bald on her wedding day ("When I eventually looked in the mirror I just thought I looked like my gay brother," she told the audience).
- In Valjean, Jackman has finally found a screen role custom-made for and worthy of his talents as a great physical specimen who can sing as well as anyone who can also act. He even lost 30 pounds in order to play Valjean as a prisoner in the film's opening scenes. But this year's best actor Oscar race couldn't be more competitive, and, despite giving a career-best screen perf (you'll have to forgive him for Australia), he's no sure-thing for a nom -- remember that Chicago's lead male Richard Gere was snubbed the year that his film won everything. That being said, if he hits the campaign trail hard then his unequaled off-screen charm should put him over the top.
- Crowe, who plays Javert, was the only principal cast member whose singing was not prominently featured in the film's first trailer and featurette, sparking concerns in some circles that he must have struggled. As it turns out, the Oscar winner, who got his start in musical-theater back in Sydney, actually acquits himself quite nicely as a vocalist.
- Barks, who played Eponine on London's West End production of Les Mis from June 2010 to 2011 before returning to play the part in this film, is very good and could join Hathaway in this year's relatively thin best supporting actress category, but that is not a sure thing. Frankly, her prospects are probably compromised by the fact that co-stars Seyfried, as adult Cosette, and Carter, a Madame Thenardier, are very good, as well.
- Theater buffs will appreciate Hooper's inclusion of Colm Wilkinson, who originated the role of Valjean on the stage, and makes a cameo in this film as the bishop.
- One original song, "Suddenly," was written for the film, and it too, of course, will be an Oscar contender.
- During the post-screening Q&A, Hathaway revealed that her mother, who was in attendance, had also played the part of Fantine in a Philadelphia production of Les Mis that was mounted when Anne was just seven; her mother initially played the factory worker who got Fantine fired and understudied Fantine, but eventually got to play the primary part on stage. Also, Seyfried revealed that she had played the part of Cosette in an amateur production of Les Mis when she was 15.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013, 4 PM PST
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women typically have slightly higher savings balances than men, the difference as a proportion of earnings is quite substantial," Halifax economist Martin Ellis said."Female savers seem to be managing to devote more of their earnings to savings." The report revealed that the customers in the South had a typical balance of 8,734 pounds, which is 29 per cent of gross annual earnings for those regions.While, those in the rest of the UK had a slightly lower balance of 7,759 pounds, but had put a higher proportion of income away, which was at large 33 per cent.The Halifax used its savings database to compile the report, alongside official statistics on earning
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It's time for imports with God Eater 2, Metal Max 4, and a robot war that we don't even bother numbering. Plus Bravely Second, Granblue Fantasy, and the way that anime should embrace old games.
Release date: 2007-08-15
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Age rating: 13+
Buok and Myung-ja race against time to gather four musical geniuses and sign them up for Song-Song's Audition.
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BlackBerry investors hopeful
Most give CEO positive feedback at meeting
WATERLOO, Ont. -- BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins stood before shareholders of the smartphone-maker on Tuesday and asked for patience as the company pushed ahead with its goal to become profitable again.
"We are still in the midst of a major, complex transition of this company, and like most of these transformations... progress can be volatile," Heins told the BlackBerry annual meeting.
"BlackBerry will pursue every opportunity to create value for shareholders," he added.
Investors generally took an optimistic and loyal tone at the event, especially given their shares have been pummelled since the company reported a first-quarter loss less than two weeks ago and its stock dropped 28 per cent.
The market also appeared to feel encouraged as BlackBerry shares closed up 10 cents at $10.20 on the Toronto Stock Exchange Tuesday.
It was a noticeable shift from a year ago, when several of the company's shareholders used the annual meeting as an opportunity to express their concern over the company's future. This year, a few took to the microphones to express their hope for BlackBerry's future and its significance to Canada.
"I am not somebody who thinks the company should be broken up," said one shareholder to a round of applause from the crowd.
"I don't believe that's a way to create wealth in this country."
Activist shareholder Vic Alboini of Jaguar Financial, who has been a vocal critic of the company, even took a moment to tell Heins how pleased he was with the progress so far, but he also repeated his opinion the company should consider breaking apart its operations to sell them off.
Heins downplayed the option, but didn't rule it out, saying the company needs to be in a stronger market position first.
"Before you go into any option, you have to create value, and the value of the company 15 months ago was way less than today," he said.
In the meantime, Heins said he's aware some investors aren't pleased.
"Clearly, in the short term, investors expect better results and faster progress from us," he said.
"I can assure you, we are driving night and day to implement the improvements in our company necessary to build this as a strong company for the long term."
Much of Hein's speech focused on a three-stage plan that included pushing ahead with products yet to be unveiled, focusing more on corporate customers, and opening the BlackBerry Messenger service to competing devices such as Apple's iPhone and smartphones on the Android operating system later this summer.
From there, Heins said the company aims to return to profitability, which he called the third stage of the plan, but he stopped short of predicting when that would happen.
Others weren't quite as enthused, including one shareholder who told Heins a recent visit to the U.S. left him with the perception that the rollout of BlackBerry's Z10 touchscreen phone "was a disaster" because of minimal advertising and retailers who weren't properly trained on the device's abilities.
-- The Canadian Press
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In caring for aging or ill parents, adult children face difficult and sometimes heartbreaking choices
Another holiday season has come and gone. We visited, we reminisced and we laughed, then we left our aging parents, our hearts heavy, wondering what the next year will hold. As we say goodbye, we wonder if that was the last one.
It's something nobody wants to think about: caring for ill or elderly parents. It can be a grueling, frightening and lonely process to watch much-loved parents age, nearing the end of their lives. It can turn our own lives upside down.
Gladys Deutsch (right) spent years trying to convince her mother Mary to move from New York to Connecticut so the two could be closer together. Eventually, her powers of persuasion prevailed.
A popular face in the Elm City knows this all too well. Just three years ago, while former WTNH-TV anchor Kristen Cusato was working in California, her then-61-year-old mother, Linda, was diagnosed with Lewy Body Disease, the second most common form of dementia after AlzheimerÂ's. This winter, Cusato left WTNH to become the Southwestern Regional Director for the Connecticut chapter of the AlzheimerÂ's Association.
"I was having quite the life in San Diego at the time. When the doctor said she could no longer live alone, and could not drive, I knew what I had to do," Cusato recalls. "It wasn't really much of a decision — it was right." So she quit her job and moved back to New York to live with and care for her mother.
"We struggled to communicate, struggled with our new reality, as I saw what this memory-robbing disease was doing to my best friend, to a person usually so 'on,' so full of life, so able to balance a checkbook to the penny," Cusato explains. Before the illness set in, her mother was director of personnel management for Orange County, N.Y. and president of her local Rotary club. Three short years later, at the still-young age of 64, she is in a nursing home, unable to perform the most elementary tasks — unable even to speak.
Cusato recounts: "We were having a discussion one day while we were cleaning out her house in preparation for her move into an assisted-living home, she said something to me I will never ever forget: 'I'm a good person, right?' 'Yes, Mom, the best, the strongest person I know.' She said, 'Then why did someone pour acid in my ears?' It makes me cry whenever I think about it."
When her mother first moved into assisted living, Cusato would visit every day as she and her brother prepared their motherÂ's house for sale to help pay for her care.
"I learned that the caregiver needs to take time for themselves," Cusato says. "You have to be healthy, both physically and mentally in order to deal with this. You have to work hard to balance your life." After returning to the East Coast, she rejoined WTNH as a freelancer, commuting for several months until she was re-hired as the morning anchor. She then moved back to Connecticut and visited her mother every weekend.
"That was part of my self-preservation — working," she says. "I was so busy in the early morning hours and had to be 'on' so much so that the time I was on TV was a perfect distraction to what was going on with Mom," she says. "She had a heart attack in the fall of 2010, and I was appreciative of my employer giving me time to get back to New York to care for her, through several hospital and rehab stays."
"Having an understanding employer is helpful," Cusato adds. "I would suggest that if someone in your family is diagnosed with dementia, you sit down with your boss and explain what is happening. You may have to take some immediate sick time. This disease is unpredictable, and every person is different."
Cusato's mother now lives in a Connecticut nursing home, on a dementia unit. She doesn't talk, just a few words here or there, but rarely a full sentence, since her ability to process and form words out of thoughts is severely degraded.
"Imagine being trapped in your mind like that. It's a horrid prison," Cusato says. She still visits her mother nearly every day and it does not get any easier with time.
"She's not eating, really, just drinking, and she doesn't know who I am," says Cusato. "However, I know she is in there, so I talk to her like I used to, tell her about my day, share things, all in a positive, uplifting voice.
"I will admit how hard it is to have one-sided conversations with a confidante who I depended on for years," she adds. "I give her nothing but love, because that's what she gave me my whole life. I tell her how proud I am of her, and how I know she is working very hard at this."
Living in California a few years back, Cusato had no idea what turmoil was about to hit. Little could have prepared her for the rapid progression of her motherÂ's disease, but she urges others to educate themselves on the warning signs of dementia and other illnesses, and to prepare as best they can.
"My advice for younger folks dealing with aging parents is to give a lot of love," says Cusato. "Offer support and comfort. They are confused about what's happening to their bodies and minds as well. They still want to be useful and important to you, their children. Tell them they are."
To adult children with parents suffering from dementia, she offers: "Bring the grandkids, ask their advice and don't argue when they are not correct. What difference does it make, anyway? If they think it's Tuesday and it's Wednesday or if they insist you haven't been to visit in a month and you were just there yesterday, tell them you are sorry and 'Let's go for a walk or look at family pictures!' Or, "Let's talk about that great vacation we went on!" Short-term memory may be gone, but many memories from long ago still remain…you just have to get them to come out."
If there is any good news, it may be this: "You do not have to do this alone," Cusato says. "Our helpline is open 24/7 at 800-272-3900. And our website is full of info: alz.org/ct. There are support groups, there are respite programs, education, things you can get involved in: Walk to End Alzheimer's! There are five generic ambien events] in the state. New Haven's and Norwalk's are in the fall."
Though Cusato was forced to make quick decisions due to the speed at which her mother's illness progressed, many face a less black-and-white scenario and are better able to prepare — as they should.
Gladys DeutschÂ's mother Mary was living in New York City when mother and daughter made the mutual decision to live closer together. Living in New York City all of her life, Mary was surrounded by friends and family, but as she got older that circle began to shrink.
"As she was becoming older and I had to participate more with her doctor's appointments, it was hard to navigate the distance," explains Deutsche, who lives in New Haven. "Between her becoming more isolated after being very active until she was well into her 80s and health issues cropping up, it made sense for her to be closer to family
"It made sense — but it was still a very difficult process for her mother, who didn't want to leave her lifelong New York home.
"She was very familiar with [the city] and it's not easy when you're older to adapt to new places. We had talked about it for a long time and she was very resistant for a long time," Deutsch recounts. Her mother kept saying only that she would know when the time was right.
"We all let her know that we missed being with her and we wanted to remain involved with her, but she wanted to remain as independent as she could be," says Deutsch. Fortunately, "At a point, she said it was time. She moved into her apartment last year the day before Christmas. It started snowing and it didn't stop all winter. cheap ativan timing worked out right."
Figuratively and literally, "It's a journey and a process," Deutsch allows. "The more you can keep the communication open [the better]. There was a lot of time when my mother really just didn't want to talk about it. Change is not easy at any point in your life, and it's certainly not easy when you're older."
Today, Deutsch is comfortable knowing that her mother is in a warm and nurturing environment at Tower One/Tower East, a Jewish community for seniors in New Haven.
"We've done it, it was the right decision, and there are things that are great about it, but there were sacrifices," Deutsch says. "She misses her independence, she misses her apartment and her [New York] friends. Even though not so many people are there anymore, she misses the life that she used to have. There's no way around that."
Alternately, she adds: "If you move earlier, you have an opportunity to build a life in a new place. You have more of your faculties and valium generic resources available."
Deutsch loves having her mother close to her and says it's been great for their relationship, since visits are easier and more frequent. "Even though there are more issues and needs to tend to, I feel I can be more supportive and providing in a way that is more meaningful and helpful to her. It's less disruptive to my own life."
Rebecca Olshansky, director of marketing/occupancy and community outreach for Tower One/Tower East, agrees that involvement and anticipation can help make a difficult situation easier. She suggests that adult children do research to determine what type of here situation would be best for their loved ones before a crisis arises.
"It's good for them to visit and tour — see that this is who we are," Olshansky says. "The walls speak for themselves. [Prospective seniors] have to feel that comfort level and I encourage people when they come to visit to speak with our residents. Our residents are engaging. We are fortunate that we've had different generations of the same families living here over the 40 years we've been here."
Olshansky adds, "Look closely at your parents' needs and what will help make their golden years more fulfilling and enriched and remember that life is not over."
For one resident, moving to the towers meant resuming some of the interests he had as a young man.
"He moved here and he realized that this wasn't just a place to live, this was life," Olshansky says. She tells a story of the resident who enjoyed photography as a young man, but when family and a career came along, his hobby fell by the wayside. Once he moved to assisted living, he had more time for photography. "We've coordinated two gallery openings for him," Olshansky says. "Assisted living isn't the end of life!"
Olshansky encourages the families of prospective residents who ask when the time is right to not wait for the crisis moment. "Do your homework and come with your parents," she says. "Let them be part of the decision. Help your loved ones plan their future. Since last winter, so many people were shut in and not able to get around in the weather. Not here — life went on here. We dined with friends, saw movies, played cards, and we never shut down."
According to Joy DeMarchis, director of development at Mary Wade, a senior community in New Haven, there is an uptick in website visits during the months of November, December and January as grown children become more concerned for their aging folks.
"These are the three months when family members come home for the holidays and notice changes in their aging parents. It starts the discussion about what to do," DeMarchis says. Mary Wade offers an assisted-living facility and short-term rehabilitation for people who have had surgery and need a place to stay to get better and go back home. Mary Wade also has a rehabilitation program for out-patient and in-patient care as well as hospice care for those nearing the end of life.
Explains DeMarchis: "Often times what happens is decisions for care for aging parents becomes a crisis with a rush to the emergency room followed by surgery. Now they can't come home right away, but what is going to happen?"
She adds: "Many will say Mary Wade is full, but that's not the case. We do have a waiting list for skilled nursing, but not for the adult day center, assisted living or transportation." DeMarchis points out that Mary Wade's transportation program goes door-to-door, not door-to-curb, and that's important during the winter months when it becomes very hard to navigate slippery streets and sidewalks.
DeMarchis urges adult children of seniors to at least begin communicating with their parents about buy xanax online no prescription future: "It is mostly women who make the decision — if not the daughter, the daughter-in-law — and navigate the system," she says. "It can be very confusing. It can be cumbersome and one of the hardest things you'll have to deal with."
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By Rachel Farkas
Published: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 9:00 p.m.
Riding a unicycle is not just for circus acts or clowns.
The sport of unicycling seems to be growing both in Western Pennsylvania and nationally, said Dave Krack of Butler.
Krack, 41, and his wife, Lisa, 40, formed the unicycle group, Butler Wobble, in 2009 to bring together unicyclists in the area and to teach willing learners how to ride. The term "Wobble" refers to a group of unicyclists.
Visibility for the sport will only grow as the Butler Wobble hosts the North American Unicycling Convention and Championships in Butler July 21-27, which will bring in more than 200 unicyclists.
"We're seeing more people who are in their 20s, 30s, 40s looking to get exercise, and with a few of us just riding around, it seems to be building steam," Dave Krack said.
He said anybody can learn to ride a unicycle, but it takes commitment and time.
"It's an investment. The average time to learn to ride is 10 hours or so," he said. "Most of us forget that when we learned how to ride a bike, it took us a long time."
Anne Austin, 26, of Zelienople began riding in October after watching her fiancé, Kevin Burr, 27, also of Zelienople, practice with the Wobble at the YMCA in Butler. She said Burr took up unicycle-riding a year and a half ago after he met the Kracks on a Friday night group ride in Butler.
"It's a lot of fun, just the atmosphere and the people," Austin said. "Without the people, it wouldn't be as much fun."
Adam Hall, 16, of Butler, said he learned to ride when he was 10 after watching Dave Krack. He's been riding with the group since its inception.
His favorite thing about riding a unicycle is the response he gets from people on the street. It's a mix of surprise, curiosity and interest.
"I like to see whenever I'm riding out in public what people say," he said. "They're kind of shocked — it's not something they see every day."
The Kracks picked up the sport about eight years ago because it looked like fun.
"We're like, you know, this is really fun, we should try it," he said. "And we found that it was, so we told other people, 'Hey, this is fun, you should try it.'"
The Butler Wobble has taught 90 people to ride; only one or two people haven't stuck with it, he said.
"You have to practice, just like anything," he said.
Learning is all about patience and determination, Lisa Krack said. Riding a unicycle uses completely different muscle groups and requires a different type of balance than riding a bicycle. It also builds core strength and improves balance.
"It's a lot of patience because it's a learned skill," she said.
The group practices at the Butler YMCA throughout the fall and winter. In the summer, it offers mountain unicycling Mondays at The Wheel House, an indoor mountain bike park in Pittsburgh. For more information, visit butlerwobble.com
Rachel Farkas is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-779-6902 or email@example.com.
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Murder of Krista Harrison
The murder of Krista Lea Harrison occurred on July 17, 1982, in Marshallville, Ohio. The case remained unsolved for two years, until Robert Anthony Buell was convicted of her murder in 1984.[1] Harrison's case appeared on the American television show Forensic Files in an episode titled "Material Evidence: The Krista Harrison Case".[2]
Eleven-year-old Krista Harrison[3] (born May 28, 1971, in Orrville, Ohio)[4] had been picking up aluminum cans in the Marshallville park with one of her friends. It was reported that a man with shoulder-length hair walked up to Harrison and whispered to her, and then guided the girl into his van. After six days, her body was discovered. She had been strangled and sexually assaulted.[1][5] She was buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Marshallville.[4]
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"Jerry and Shirley, I didn't kill your daughter. The prosecutor knows that ... and they left the real killer out there on the streets to kill again and again and again." --Robert Anthony Buell's final words in 2002.[6]
In 1984, 44-year-old Robert Anthony Buell kidnapped a twenty-eight-year-old woman, Deborah Davies, while she was working at a gas station. Davies was then bound to Buell's bed and raped, but after he had left Davies to go to work, she was able to escape and notify police.[1] Police then compared the orange carpet fibers found on Harrison's body to the ones in Buell's van, and concluded that they had matched. Buell was then tried and sentenced to death, and was executed by lethal injection in 2002.[1]
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Although evidence indicates Buell had murdered two other young girls, he was never prosecuted.[3]
- Twelve-year-old Tina Marie Harmon was raped and murdered in 1981. When DNA was tested from her clothing, it was matched to Buell.[3]
- In 1983, ten-year-old Debora "Debbie" Kaye Smith was raped and murdered, with wax found on her body, which matched candles from Buell's house.[6]
Author James Renner has implied through several of his works that Buell's nephew, Ralph Ross, Jr., may have played a role in the murders, if not have been fully responsible.[6]
- ^ a b c d Clark Prosecuter.org. "Robert Anthony Buell". Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Forensic Files Episode Guide". 50megs.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Renner, James. "Krista Harrison". Wordpress.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ a b Gunn, Margaret. "Krista Lea Harrison". Find-A-Grace.com. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ "Robert Anthony Buell Appeal". Michbar.org. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Renner, James. "The Serial Killer's Desciple". Retrieved 22 May 2012.


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The state Department of Health and Human Services said Dianna Lightfoot told the agency's top leader Thursday morning she would not become the director of child development and early education. Lightfoot, who was named to the $110,000-a-year job late Tuesday, was supposed to start next Monday.
Lightfoot informed Secretary Dr. Aldona Wos "that she does not wish to be a distraction to the department and will pursue other opportunities," a department statement said.
McCrory's office referred questions to the Health and Human Services Department, which declined to comment on questions seeking information on how Lightfoot was chosen for the position. Lightfoot did not return a phone call or email seeking comment Thursday.
Republicans and former Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue have argued about pre-K funding over the past two years as part of a broader discussion about whether the state can place restraints on giving at-risk 4-year-olds access to early childhood education.
Lightfoot, from Winston-Salem, started the National Physicians Center for Family Resources more than a decade ago. It's designed to get physicians involved in health and child welfare issues, according to the group's website. She also has a master's degree and has previously worked for nonprofit groups in Alabama and South Carolina that advocate for limited government.
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"Universal preschool appears to be yet another one-size-fits-all approach offered by bureaucrats for what may be a non-existent 'crisis,'" the policy statement said. "Reform should start with the age groups in which children are more physically and emotionally mature, and therefore, ready to absorb and retain what they are taught."
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Engineering company Foster Wheeler said on Wednesday it had signed a contract with Kuwait to manage and service a clean fuels project at two refineries in the country in a deal worth around $500 million.
The project at the Mina Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries forms part of Kuwait's four-year development plan announced in 2010. Implementation of the plan has been delayed in part to political turmoil in the Opec member state.
Kuwait plans to spend a total of 4.6 billion Kuwaiti dinars ($16.4 billion) on the clean fuels project to upgrade and boost capacity at the refineries.
Foster Wheeler, whose operational headquarters are in Switzerland, signed the project management and consultancy contract with state-owned Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). Foster Wheeler said it expects the project to be completed in the second quarter of 2018.
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As you can see by my reengaging Vril I was truly amazed a while back. He has started to take more responsibility for his errors. Now, he will tell you that that is just my perception of him, he has always done so, I disagree. But, he actually has nothing to do with this.
Accurately describing one's actions is not "name calling."
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The police confront violent people and criminals in our society on a daily basis. Their job is certainly tough, but the police are people too, and sometimes they make bad decisions on the job.
However, that shouldn't give them a free pass, especially when something goes terribly wrong. They should be held to a higher standard.
The letter writer is trying to imply that our police are our saviours or knights in white shining armour, always there to protect us. But in the real world "to serve and protect" is nothing more than a slogan. Like the fire department and EMS, the police only come after something has already happened, not before. They investigate the crime and hopefully get the criminals responsible, but there is no guarantee.
Innocent victims, especially vulnerable ones, are faced with the same criminals that the police face every day. Criminals do not change. When it comes to self-defence many Canadians are also prepared and are quite capable of handling themselves before the police arrive. Criminals are less likely to complete their crime when they are faced with an armed victim.
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