SENIORLINK - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/170573.xml SENIORLINK - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Medicaid Funded Elder Care Program To Pay Massachusetts Family Caregivers Up To $18,000 Per Year To Care For Their Elders At Home http://www.prweb.com/releases/eldercare/homecare/prweb488318.htm Caregiver Homes announces participation in a new Enhanced Adult Foster Care Program begun in Massachusetts on Dec 1, 2006. The new program - enacted by the state Executive Office of Elder Affairs and the Office of Medicaid - aims to ease the financial burden on care giving families by paying a family (or non-family) caregiver to care for an elderly or disabled adult at home. The program provides the elder client with community choice and has demonstrated a 40-50% cost savings compared to nursing home placement. (PRWeb Dec 8, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/eldercare/homecare/prweb488318.htm Home-Based Technology Plays Key Role in Keeping Seniors Out of Nursing Homes http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb430699.htm Seniorlink (www.seniorlink.com), a Boston-based eldercare company, has launched a new technology application as the centerpiece of an innovative program to delay or prevent nursing home care. SeniorTouch™ is the case management technology behind Caregiver Homes (www.caregiverhomes.com), an enhanced version of foster care in which an elder - even one with complex care needs - can live in the home of a caregiver and still receive needed clinical supervision from a team of professionals. (PRWeb Aug 31, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb430699.htm Family Caregiving Program Gives Frail Elders Community Care Choices http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb425021.htm http://www.caregiverhomes.com [Caregiver Homes], in partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has developed an innovative approach to helping frail elders who choose to live at home do so – even if they require daily assistance more often provided in an institutional setting. The MA Caring Homes program allows family (and non-family) caregivers to provide 24/7 care to their elder – providing a community choice option not available to many older and disabled Americans. (PRWeb Aug 17, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb425021.htm Lynn, Massachusetts Seniors Have New Option for Long-Term Care http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb352064.htm An innovative new eldercare program offers seniors who require intensive care and supervision a much-desired, cost-effective alternative to nursing homes. (PRWeb Mar 1, 2006)

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