Sunday, February 8, 2009

Is Government Finally Getting It?

New stuff is happening in the health care, senior services and disability/independence policy world. Here are some recent happenings:

President Obama has reauthorized the Children's Health Insurance Program, expanding access to health care to an additional 4 million children. http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=138

"Mind-Body Medicine Practices in Complementary and Alternative Medicine" has been added to Research Results for the Public, a collection of fact sheets for National Institutes of Health (NIH). To view these updates, please go to http://www.nih.gov/about/researchresultsforthepublic/index.htm.

"U.S. Department of Health & Human Services" Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:12:04 -0600 (CST)Subject: Caregivers' activities Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:01:00 -0600
Being an active caregiver for someone can wear a person down physically. But a study indicates that being a physically active caregiver – taking time for exercise, for instance – can offset some of the toll.