2010 Senior Lobby Day Photos
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Health Reform by the Numbers: 1,114 - That is the average premium for employer-sponsored family coverage per month in 2009. Annually, that amounts to $13,375--or roughly the yearly income of someone working a minimum wage job, see Control of Their Health Care
Moving Forward on Health Reform
Moving Forward to Put the American People Ahead of Insurance Companies, click on Health Reform
The President's Proposal puts American families and small business owners in control of their own health care, click on President's Proposal
The threat is not reform: it's doing nothing, click on Health Care Reform
Senior Lobby Day - Thursday Feb 18, 2010
320 people attended Senior Lobby Day on Thursday February 18, 2010. The highly successful event was scheduled from 9:00 - 3:00 pm The morning program was held in United Churches from 9:00 - 12:00 with coffee, Robin Arnold-Williams, Executive Policy Office Director spoke on behalf of the Governor. In addition, Susan Dreyfus, Secretary DSHS, Representative Hans Dunshee, Senator Rosa Franklin, John Burbank, Executive Director of Economic Opportunity Institute, Remy Trupin, Executive Director, Washington State Budget and Jim Dawson, Organizing Director for FUSE Washington all spoke.
We want to thank the following for their generous support. The success of Senior Lobby Day is the direct result of the donations of these organizations, businesses and individuals; Coffee, Pastries - MHOA, Lunches - SEIU Health 775NW, Tote Bags -Washington Association of Area Agencies on Aging (W4A) and Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby and designed and printed by Red Creek Apparel and Promotions and Lanyards for Name Badges, and Facilities provided by United Churches.
Planning Committee: Walt Bowen, Mary Lou Pearson, Ingrid McDonald, Dennis Mahar, Allen Morrow, Bruce Reeves, Ruth Shearer, Misha Werschkul, Karen Bowen, Peggy Quan,
Volunteers: Kathy Knight, Nancy Wicker, Lorna Muchmore, Rebecca Robison, Allen Morrow, Mary Lou Pearson, Bruce Reeves, Zach Smith
Louise Ryan, the Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, is an advocate for vulnerable adults. Her office offers education, consultation and complaint resolution. She also overseas a corps of 400 certified volunteer ombusdman. Ryan answered reader questions live between noon and 1 pm on Wednesday Feb 3, to read the questions and answers, click on Ombudsman
Seniors for Sale
Exploiting the aged and frail in Washington's adult family Homes - Three part Series by the Seattle Times
Part 1 -The Owners, With few rules and state support, a growing home-care industry finds it easy to exploit Washington's aged, click on The Owners
Part 2 -The Homes, A home stays open, despite a death, a decade of neglect, and inspector's attempts to shut it down, click on The Homes
Part 3 - The Exodus, The state saves tens of millions by emptying nursing homes but the frail can get hurt, click on The Exodus
About the Series
"Seniors for Sale" is the first comprehensive accounting of Washington's adult family homes. Seattle Times reporter Michael J. Berens interviewed more than 250 people, including adult-family-home owners, residents and their families, industry experts, state and federal regulators and law-enforcement officials, About the Series
Contact
"Seniors for Sale" is an ongoing series. The Seattle Times will continue to report on problems faced by the aged and medically fragile who rely on adult family homes. Please send your comments and story ideas to reporter Michael J. Berens at mberens@seattletimes.com or (206)464-2288 Letters or documents can be mailed to him at: Michael J. Berens, The Seattle Times, 1120 John St., Seattle, WA 98109
