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2008 Economic Stimulus
In 2008, Congress approved an economic stimulus package that includes stimulus payments to most American households. Learn more about how this impacts residents of long-term care facilities.

Letters of Support Needed for Research (Aug. 2001)
Dr. Ann Burgess and Dr. Tim Baker are seeking funding to continue their important work on sexual abuse in long term care facilities. Letters of support for this research are needed. They would be interested in talking to anyone who experienced such a personal and egregious violation. For more information on the project and how to contact the researchers, click here.

New Assistant Secretary for Aging
Josefina Carbonell was confirmed August 1 by the Senate as the new Assistant Secretary for Aging in the Department of Health and Human Services. Her nomination had been unanimously approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on July 25th. The Administration on Aging is the arm of the Department of Health and Human Services that oversees many provisions of the Older Americans Act, including those pertaining to the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. Ombudsmen around the country have anxiously awaited the naming of AoA's new head. For background information, see the Miami Herald's announcement of Carbonell's nomination.