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	<description>Transforming Home Care for the 21st Century</description>
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		<title>Concord MA &#8211; &#8220;Home Care in the 21st Century&#8221; Free Lecture</title>
		<link>http://blog.caringcompanion.net:81/blog/concord-ma-home-care-in-the-21st-century-free-lecture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Reynolds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging in Place Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[21st Century Caregiving: Essentials for Caring for a Disabled or Aging Loved One” is a free lecture. Come and learn how the new challenges and opportunities of aging in the 21st century can come together to benefit elders and those with disabilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Help End Senior Hunger in Metrowest Boston</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Caregiving Industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Minuteman Senior Services
Minuteman is an active member of the Meal on Wheels Association of America and is proud to help promote Barilla&#8217;s Share the Table campaign. By simply visiting www.ShareTheTable.com, you can help end senior hunger now!
Barilla will donate $1 to the Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), up to $150,000, to support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Elder Care &#8211; Focusing on Wellness, Not Illness</title>
		<link>http://blog.caringcompanion.net:81/blog/massachusetts-elder-care-focusing-on-wellness-not-illness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Reynolds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hands-On Caregiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Whole Elder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wellness care for elders focuses on what is still possible, rather than what is lost. Wellness care is life-affirming.  It increases clients’ sense of purpose, zest, and resilience. Find out how to put this in practice for your loved ones.]]></description>
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		<title>Depression and Anxiety: Heartbreakingly Undertreated</title>
		<link>http://blog.caringcompanion.net:81/blog/depression-and-anxiety-heartbreakingly-undertreated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Deborah Bier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Build Your Caring Network]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿It seems to clear to me after 20+ years as a mental health clinician,  plus one year working in this position at CCC, how ignored mental health  problems are in the elder population.  Ignored, misunderstood, and  brushed off as of little importance would be more accurate.
The emotional life of people has long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Care in Massachusetts &#8211; 21st Century vs 20th Century Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Reynolds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CCC News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your Stories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The post below is adapted from an except of our white paper, Re-Imagining Home Care: New Needs, New Approaches.  This is the 2nd in a series of of 11 posts.
Ted and his wife Marian – everybody called her “Mikie” – retired to Cape Cod in the 1970s. In 1984, at only age 60, Mikie was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Does Home Care Need to Change?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Reynolds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging in Place Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's home care clients differ dramatically from those of the past 30 to 50 years. Find out how home care agencies can improve service and outcomes for today's clients.]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Elder Home Care Technology &#8211; Available Today!</title>
		<link>http://blog.caringcompanion.net:81/blog/boston-elder-home-care-technology-available-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Reynolds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging in Place Technology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.caringcompanion.net:81/blog/?p=663</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Improvements in elder care connected health technology do not need to await the day of universal 4G networks and RFID chips in our underwear. We could do more with what is available today. It requires more a change in thinking than the development of new technology.]]></description>
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		<title>Free “21st Century Caregiving” Lectures</title>
		<link>http://blog.caringcompanion.net:81/blog/free-%e2%80%9c21st-century-caregiving%e2%80%9d-lectures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday September 20 in Sudbury, and Wednesday September 29 in Lincoln, learn how the new challenges and opportunities of aging in the 21st century can come together to benefit elders and those with disabilities. “21st Century Caregiving: Essentials for Caring for a Disabled or Aging Loved One” is a free lecture and community service. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Earl Emergency Planning for Elder Care Clients in Eastern Massachusetts</title>
		<link>http://blog.caringcompanion.net:81/blog/hurricane-earl-emergency-planning-for-elder-care-clients-in-eastern-massachusetts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.caringcompanion.net:81/blog/hurricane-earl-emergency-planning-for-elder-care-clients-in-eastern-massachusetts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Deborah Bier</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Home Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caring Companion Hurricane Earl emergency planning instructions for elder care clients in MetroWest Boston.]]></description>
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		<title>NPR recognizes CaringCompanion.Net!</title>
		<link>http://blog.caringcompanion.net:81/blog/npr-recognizes-caring-companion-connections/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.caringcompanion.net:81/blog/npr-recognizes-caring-companion-connections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Reynolds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging in Place Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NPR's series Aging at Home linked to CCC as 1 of only 4 additional resources. This national recognition confirms what many know: CCC is an innovator in home care.]]></description>
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