Swamped by the news of Monday’s failed bailout vote on Capitol Hill, was the report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that more than 90% (yes you read that right, more than 90%) of U.S. nursing homes were cited for violations of federal health and safety standards last year.In the New York Times

For our Twin Cities residents, join the Ecumen team and hundreds of others at tomorrow’s Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk in Bloomington, Minn. It will be a beautiful day in more reasons than one. More information can be found

Here’s something America needs much more of. A Democrat and a Republican coming together to work together on issues. In today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune, Republican State Rep. Laura Brod and Democratic State Rep. Paul Thissen discuss aging services financing reform. The full text is below.

New York Times reporter John Leland would like your help for an upcoming article in The Times about the small daily insults that can come with getting older. Recently he got an this e-mail from a reader:I am offended when first-named by children, strangers and receptionists (often in their teens); what they consider “friendly” I consider false intimacy. Strangers have begun to call me…

You are invited to the discussion (title above) as part of the Minnesota Department of Human Services