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		<title>Older Americans Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Varisco, GCM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each May we celebrate the contributions and achievements of older Americans. The 2012 theme for Older Americans Month is, &#8220;Never Too Old to Play.&#8221; This theme encourages older Americans to stay engaged, active, and involved in their own lives and in their communities. Older Americans are living longer and are more active. Since 1963, communities have celebrated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pgcmblog.com&#038;blog=5831023&#038;post=1721&#038;subd=pgcmblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Women&#8217;s Health Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Shein, GCM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 13th-19th is National Women’s Health Week.  It is a very important week that women really need to look deep into, taking some personal time and care for one&#8217;s self.  This week-long health observance was coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health.  It brings together communities, businesses, government, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pgcmblog.com&#038;blog=5831023&#038;post=1723&#038;subd=pgcmblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Come to the Ridgewood Health Fair</title>
		<link>http://pgcmblog.com/2012/01/09/come-to-the-ridgewood-health-fair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Linard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to believe that the health fair that I have been so busily involved in is almost here. I’ve been very involved as co-chair of the committee and I think it will be a real success! I am hoping lots of people will take advantage of all that is being offered by so many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pgcmblog.com&#038;blog=5831023&#038;post=1509&#038;subd=pgcmblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seniors Staying in the Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Shein, GCM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday night was Andy Rooney&#8217;s final broadcast on 60 Minutes.  At the age of 92 and still working as a writer, a profession that he has loved since starting out in the Army during WWII.  He stated that he will not be seen on the television anymore, but he will never stop being a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pgcmblog.com&#038;blog=5831023&#038;post=1310&#038;subd=pgcmblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Enrollment Begins October 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Jordan, Office Manager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the summer, I received a call from the daughter of one of our clients. She wanted to get a jump on reviewing her mother’s Medicare coverage, as she knew that open enrollment (the annual period in which changes in coverage can be made) would be coming up soon. In fact, this window of opportunity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pgcmblog.com&#038;blog=5831023&#038;post=1281&#038;subd=pgcmblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resistant Germs</title>
		<link>http://pgcmblog.com/2011/08/12/resistant-germs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Varisco, GCM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine a world where bacteria no longer responds to antibiotics. The widespread use of antibiotics in humans, animals and agriculture is creating an increase in resistant bacteria. Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics has played a significant role in the emergence of resistant bacteria. Patients insist on antibiotics and physicians prescribe them. One third of people believe that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pgcmblog.com&#038;blog=5831023&#038;post=1213&#038;subd=pgcmblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://pgcmblog.com/2011/07/28/1185/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Shein, GCM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have worked in Cardiology for most of my nursing career, but now have tried to bring many of the things that I have learned over the years with me to my clients as a Geriatric Care Manager. One of the cardiologists that I worked very closely with was a firm believer of a prudent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pgcmblog.com&#038;blog=5831023&#038;post=1185&#038;subd=pgcmblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What a Good Read!</title>
		<link>http://pgcmblog.com/2011/07/25/what-a-good-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Linard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read a good book recently, Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer’s by Lauren Kessler. The author is a journalist who feels that she failed in the role of caregiver for her mother who had Alzheimer’s. So when her mother passed away, she decided to give it another try, but in a different way. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pgcmblog.com&#038;blog=5831023&#038;post=1154&#038;subd=pgcmblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today’s Hot Topic: Dehydration</title>
		<link>http://pgcmblog.com/2011/07/20/today%e2%80%99s-hot-topic-dehydration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Jordan, Office Manager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, you know it’s hot outside when your fit-as-a-fiddle landscaper passes out from the heat. It is hot here in North Jersey. Really hot. Blistering-tar-in-the-driveway hot. It is 6 p.m. and my thermometer in the shade still reads 104 degrees. And this heat wave is expected to continue for the next few days. I’m sitting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pgcmblog.com&#038;blog=5831023&#038;post=1161&#038;subd=pgcmblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hoarding Heartache</title>
		<link>http://pgcmblog.com/2011/07/18/hoarding-heartache/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Linard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended a seminar recently on hoarding at The Brownstone in Paterson, NJ. (Just a little aside, for those of you who are fans of Real Housewives of New Jersey, The Brownstone is the catering place owned by Caroline Manzo and her family of Franklin Lakes, NJ.) It was a lovely venue for a difficult [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pgcmblog.com&#038;blog=5831023&#038;post=1152&#038;subd=pgcmblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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