Aside from the basics - utilities, schools, clean streets, efficient public transport - at which Tokyo traditionally excels, the Japanese megapolis provides sign-language interpreters for the deaf, home helpers for the elderly, and subsidies for single-parent households.
Multi-agency teams which provide help for people at home and prevent the need for admission to hospital were praised for the "tremendous improvements" they have brought to home care for the elderly.
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Then the "help at home" staff for the elderly began a 24-hour strike.
In a clever invention from screenwriter Eric Roth ("The Good Shepherd" and "Forrest Gump"), Queenie runs a caring home for the elderly, so Master Benjamin fits in reasonably well, though one old lady is disconcerted by his fondness for her granddaughter Daisy.
As well as funding the cost of home care where appropriate, he said other help was available for the elderly, including home heating and free bus fares.
Allegations of neglect at a new private care home for the elderly in Devon are being investigated by police.
It's a home for the elderly in a commune-like setting, 30 miles from Manhattan, that takes an unusual approach, integrating seniors into the broader community and encouraging them to contribute to its welfare.
Bed-blocking is often thought to occur due to a lack of care home places for the elderly.
Most in-home care for the elderly is performed by family members.
During the week-long trial the court heard Ms Young, of Pennine View, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, was alleged to have spat at Margaret Castleton, who was in her 80s, at the care home for elderly men and women.
The beneficiaries range from the elderly poor with insufficient funds to pay for their nursing home or in-residence care, to those under 65 who suffer various mental or physical long-term disabilities which require extensive care.
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The Social Welfare Council pays for 24 qualified "home helpers" to attend to the needs of some 60 bedridden elderly.
Even as home health care for the elderly became professionalized, those women continued to be categorized as companions, not eligible for minimum wage or overtime.
The authority also plans to close a children's centre at Finningley and increase home care and day care fees for the elderly.
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Even with a well-functioning Medicaid home care program, it is not possible for the low-income frail elderly to live safely at home without these additional supports.
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Reverse mortgages, which hold great promise as a way for the frail elderly to pay for long-term care costs while living at home, are failing to do the job.
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The home specialises in caring for elderly people and those with dementia.
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Their home and community-based programs exist on paper, but often are often insufficient for the needs of the frail elderly and those younger people with disabilities who are trying to stay at home.
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Why would House Republicans slash programs that make it possible for the frail elderly and adults with disabilities to live at home?
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At that time, he was serving a life sentence for the brutal robbery and assault of an elderly man in his home in Lee.
And its economy, though it has now been overtaken in size by China's, remains home to a huge industrial apparatus with the innovative clout to make life easier for its elderly citizens.
Another important reason is that the average dollar amount per Medicare claim is much higher than for private insurance because the elderly and disabled use hospital and nursing home services far more than do children or non-elderly adults.
Capuano's mother lives in housing for the elderly, and he is especially concerned about rising rents and home prices in the Boston-area 8th District.
The report pointed to a greater use of day surgery to treat patients, greater provision of care for the elderly in nursing homes or caring for patients in their own home.
Police and charities working with older people all offer advice on crime prevention measures for the elderly, ranging from not keeping large sums of cash at home, to installing an entry phone or using a door chain.
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