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CARIE Job Announcements
CARIE is seeking a new full time advocate to join our staff in the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. The job description provides an overview of the position as well as the required qualifications. CARIE is also seeking a VISTA Volunteer that is a full time temporary position to provide outreach and help enroll older consumers in the Low Income Subsidy (LIS) programs.
CARIE Connection -- E-newsletter
CARIE is pleased to present our electronic newsletter, "CARIE Connection." To see past issues, click on the date of the issue listed below. Click here (or Email Sign-Up above) to register to have "CARIE Connection" delivered right to your inbox.
February 2008 CARIE Connection
December 2007 CARIE Connection
November 2007 CARIE Connection
September 2007 CARIE Connection
February 2007 CARIE Connection
December 2006 CARIE Connection
Ethics Concept Paper
Michele Mathes, JD, CARIE's Director of Education and Research, has written an ethics of long term care concept paper, "Relationship, Responsibility and Commitment: Cornerstones for an Ethics of Long Term Care," that describes a framework about how to make ethical decisions in long term care settings. The ethics concept paper also provides background information about CARIE's newest training offering, Competence with Compassion™: Ethical Decision-Making in the Changing Culture of Long Term Care.
CARIE's Annual Report
CARIE is pleased to present our Annual Report for July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, celebrating 30 years of advocacy and envisioning our future. CARIE sincerely appreciates the time and contributions our supporters made during this time.
CARIE Partners with Consumer Reports
The Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs Program was initiated in 2004 and seeks to provide unbiased information about prescription drugs to consumers and healthcare professionals. The mission of this program is multifaceted. First, Consumer Reports seeks to provide unbiased in-depth information on prescription drugs to consumers, doctors, pharmacists and others. Second, is to increase access and affordability to needed medicines. Third, is to help relieve the financial burden caused by high drug prices to consumers and business.
A goal is to get the informational brochures from this program into the hands of as many consumers and healthcare professionals as possible. The research shows that the information provided through this program can save an individual up to $2,000 per year depending upon the type of prescription drugs they are taking. It is also important for consumers to remember that while this program does not evaluate a person’s health problems, consumers can use the literature available on Consumer Reports’ website or in hard copy from CARIE to begin a dialogue with their physicians about their individual needs.
Information about this program is free and downloadable by visiting the Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs’ website at www.crbestbuydrugs.org or contacting Lynn Heitz at CARIE. Lynn is also available to provide presentations to senior groups about the program.
Click here to read the press release.
CARIE's Newsletters
CARIE is pleased to share our reinstituted newsletters! Newsletters are being produced by staff with the help of three volunteers -- Tim Monahan, Jean McLaughlin, and Mary Mammarella.
CARIE Launches New Web Site
January 16, 2006 - CARIE's website has had a makeover! While our address remains the same, our website has been redesigned and looks completely different. There is expanded content information that will be updated on a regular basis. One of the new features is a “Resource Center” that includes information and links on topics of interest to older adults, their caregivers, aging services' professionals, and students. Now, browsers can also learn how to “Get Involved” to help CARIE advocate for older adults. Some of the popular features from our original website have been preserved but have a new look. Those seeking assistance can still read about CARIE's programs and services as well as utilize the CARIE OnLINE service to receive answers to eldercare questions and help with resolving problems. Thanks to Verve Internet Solutions, the site is very easy to navigate and includes a new Search function. Please take few minutes to visit www.carie.org and feel welcome to provide any feedback or recommendations.
Better Jobs Better Care Pennsylvania
CARIE is helping to establish a new non-profit organization, Better Jobs Better Care Pennsylvania (BJBC-PA), dedicated to improving the quality of jobs for direct care workers in long term care settings. Please visit http://www.bjbc-pa.org/ for more information.
On September 22, CARIE held its 28th Annual Conference, Medicare Part D: Prescription for Confusion at WHYY’s Technology Center.
More than 100 consumers and professionals attended to learn about the challenges and opportunities of the new prescription drug benefit to be provided by Medicare. Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Aging as well as the Director from the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE) program were there to describe the expected impact of the Medicare changes on the PACE program and participants. Read More >>
Annual Golden Games
CARIE's 20th Annual Golden Games was held on Wednesday, September 12, 2007. Please contact Lori Walsh if you are interested and able to volunteer for this event. CARIE’s 19th Annual Golden Games was held on September 14, 2006 at Carousel House. More than 125 residents from 15 long-term care facilities will compete in races and relays. Read More >>