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Brookdale Senior Living Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.25 per share for the third quarter of 2008. The $0.25 per share dividend is payable on October 17, 2008 to holders o

according to research from Duke University Medical Center published in the October issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.

Several important decisions from previous Supreme Court terms left unresolved legal issues of critical importance to older people. And, of course, as lower courts issue decisions and legislatures make laws, new issues inevitably arise. This section discusses some of the issues which AARP and its attorneys in AARP Foundation Litigation have on their radar screens.

TheWashington, D.C. office of Porter Novelli announced last week that it has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for outreach and awareness activities for the 2009 Medicare Open Enrollment season.

This nationwide survey, commissioned by the AARP Bulletin, finds that almost one-quarter of consumers age 18+ are not confident about being able to afford their home energy costs this winter. Many plan to take steps such as weatherproofing their homes and lowering the temperature setting on their thermostats. Almost two-thirds believe that the country is facing an energy shortage. (5 pages)

The House on Friday voted 264-158 to approve a $60.8 billion second economic stimulus package (HR 7110) that includes additional federal funds for Medicaid and other programs, CQ Today reports (Higa, CQ Today, 9/26). The bill would provide $14.7 billion in additional funds for state Medicaid programs.

WHEN CAN HOUSING PROVIDERS BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR FAILING TO MEET THE ACCESSIBILITY REQUIRMENTS OF THE FHA?

AARP Chief Executive Officer Bill Novelli issued the following statement regarding the lack of bipartisanship and decisive action in Congress yesterday. In addition, AARP released an assessment entitled ?The Cost of Inaction: Ten Ways It Impacts You.?

Raising children or tending to aging parents can be challenging for today's caregivers, particularly for those who also work full time jobs. Now a growing number of Americans are facing a new challenge: providing care for their parents while simultaneous

Nearly 60 percent of the nation's elderly have trouble sleeping, whether it's a lot of tossing and turning or outright bouts of insomnia. While for most people sleeplessness can be annoying at best or unhealthy at worst, for elderly individuals who have suffered from depression in the past, poor sleep may be the first sign that a new bout of depression is coming on.