When Alaska Vocational Technical Center, or AVTEC, closed its Allied Health Program in Anchorage this year, it was forced to end relationships with some rural communities that used AVTEC’s professors for their certified nurse’s assistant, or CNA, programs.
Aging
Pioneer homes won’t take new residents, at least for now
Alaska’s Pioneer Homes have stopped accepting new residents, at least for a while. It’s one more impact of state budget cuts.
Senior center ballot question on Skagway assembly agenda
On Thursday, the Skagway Borough Assembly will hold its first reading of an ordinance to put a senior center bond question on the October ballot.
Hospital units tailored to older patients can help prevent decline
Elderly hospital patients often arrive sick and leave worse off. But some hospitals are preventing these sharp declines by treating the elderly in units that minimize bedrest and spur mobility.
Federal officials seek to stop social media abuse of nursing home residents
After ProPublica identified dozens of cases of dehumanizing photos posted on social media sites, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveiled a plan to increase oversight.
Federal Health Official Praises Kenaitze Programs
Federal official praises the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s innovations in health and wellness.
Phone scams target Kenai Peninsula seniors
Michelle Tabler, Alaska Regional Manager for the Better Business Bureau, says she has gotten several reports of the so-called “Publishers Clearinghouse scam” in Homer and Soldotna.
Senior tax exemption will go to Kenai Peninsula Borough voters
Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will have their say on whether the borough’s optional senior property tax exemption will be phased out. Currently, seniors in the borough receive $350,000 in property tax exemptions — $150,000 mandated by the state, $150,000 offered by the borough and another $50,000 from the borough for all residential property owners.
Boxer Muhammad Ali, ‘The Greatest of all Time,’ dies at 74
Muhammad Ali, former Heavy Weight Champion of the World died Friday night of natural causes.
WWII Veteran, Who Fought To Expose Secret Mustard Gas Experiments, Dies
Charles Cavell spent decades fighting for VA compensation, even after he and others — who had been sworn to secrecy by the U.S. military — helped bring the testing program to light. He was 89.