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By Herb Sanderson, Director
Division of Aging and Adult Services

These columns have appeared in Aging Arkansas,
a publication of the Arkansas Aging Foundation.



2008

Planning for Long-Term Care		August 2008
Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes		July 2008
Then, Now and 2020		June 2008
With Age Comes Happiness		May 2008
A State of Mass Confusion?		April 2008
Money for You		March 2008
Lazy and Insulting		February 2008
This is Not Normal Aging		January 2008

2007

Access to Health Information		December 2007
Health Care for Older Adults: Debunking the Financial Myths		November 2007
Money Follows the Person		October 2007
Save Money and the Environment		August 2007
July 4, 1826		July 2007
When I'm 64		June 2007
Daring, Hope and Will (reprint from 2001)		May 2007
A Giant Step Forward		April 2007
The Sky is (Not) Falling		March 2007
The Reality of Long-term Care		February 2007
Strength at 85		January 2007

2006

Where Are the Missing Elders?		December 2006
Medical Tourism: A Brave New World?		November 2006
SeniorNet Celebrates 20 Years of Success		October 2006
26th Annual Aging Conference		August 2006
The Silent Crisis		July 2006
Arkansas, First in the Nation		June 2006
Modernize Mental Health		May 2006
Choices in Living		February 2006

2005

Adult Day Care		December 2005
Veteran's Day		November 2005
AR Get-Care		October 2005
In the Living Years		September 2005
A Tipping Point		August 2005
Seeking Balance		July 2005
Who is Responsible?		June 2005

2004

Enrich Your Life	August 2004
Older Workers — A Triple Win	April 2004
Aging America Takes a Break	March 2004
We Remember Them	January 2004

2003

A Passage Back Home Guest Columnist	September 2003
You Pay for Medicare Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Guest Columnist	August 2003
Long-Term Care Insurance, Who Needs It? Guest Columnist	July 2003
Ageism in American Health Care	June 2003
Healthy Aging	May 2003
Who Cares About Frail Elders? Guest Columnist	April 2003
Crisis Faces State’s Most Vulnerable Elderly	March 2003
Aging By the Numbers	February 2003
Before the Boom	January 2003

2002

Big Savings in Prescription Drugs	December 2002
Comments Encouraged on Olmstead Plan	November 2002
Love in an Elevator	October 2002
Olmstead — Will it Shape Your Future?	September 2002
The Super Myth	August 2002
A Legend Among Us	July 2002
New Initiative on Mental Illness	June 2002
Help is on the Way	May 2002
PACE	April 2002
Aging in the 21st Century	March 2002
Health Insurance for Retirees Eroding	February 2002

2001

2000

1999

Falling Between the Cracks	December 1999
Redefining Retired	November 1999
Mental Illness and the Elderly	October 1999
Off Their Rockers	September 1999
Good News and Then Reality	August 1999
Help for Families	July 1999
Health Care Savings For You	June 1999
Violent Kids -- You Can Help	May 1999
Assisted Living	April 1999
Nursing Home Reform	March 1999
What To Do About Y2K	February 1999
Y2K	January 1999

1998

Heroes	December 1998
Choices	November 1998
Raising Grandchildren	October 1998
New Choices	September 1998
Health Care Savings for You	August 1998
Treasures Among Us	July 1998
Shaping Our Future	June 1998
A New Age	May 1998
Where the Money Goes	April 1998
Long-Term Care Insurance: Buyer Be Aware	March 1998
Dialing for Dollars	February 1998
The Visit (reprint of January 1997 column)	January 1998

1997

The Visit	January 1997
The Trillion Dollar Solution	February 1997
The Golden Year$	March 1997
More Than a Meal	April 1997
Therapeutic Optimism	May 1997
The Visit Revisited	June 1997
Death	July 1997
Exploding Myths	August 1997
ARKids First	September 1997
Living Longer, Living Better	October 1997
Future Shock	November 1997
Reforming Long-Term Care	December 1997

Division of Aging and Adult Services
Herb Sanderson, Director
PO Box 1437 - Slot S-530
Little Rock AR 72203-1437
Telephone: (501) 682-2441
Fax: (501) 682-8155

This page was updated on 8/1/2008 by Ron Tatus.
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