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Necitas Homes: A family story
By Maricar CP Hampton For Marrieta Barcelon-Cinco, an experienced Certified Geriatric and Critical Care Nurse, putting up a senior assisted living home is something personal. “I grew up in my grandmother’s home, from my father’s side. I was very close to my lola Felisa. When she started getting weak due to old age I was […]
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Nurses demand better Ebola care preparedness, higher wages
By Maricar CP Hampton At least a dozen Filipino nurses joined a November 12 rally at Providence Hospital in Northeast D.C. protesting alleged inadequate Ebola preparedness for health workers and patients. The walkout is part of a National Day of Action from California to Maine, organized by the National Nurses United (NNU). The group is […]
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Fun and family in this nursing home
By Maricar CP Hampton Marrieta Itom Barcelon, a critical nurse, first realized her heart belongs to geriatric care while working at the Sibley Memorial Hospital, a division of Johns Hopkins Medicine. “Most of our patients were seniors,” she said. “My heart went out to them and the senior community, and that was when I made […]
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Calamansi juice goes mainstream, now sold at Wal-Mart, Cost Plus stores in MD
It takes a village to raise a child or grow an idea. Nothing can be farther from the truth for Victor Elizaga, founder and CEO of Pacific Fruit and Beverage of California. It was the Filipino community’s support for his All-Natural Calamansi juice drinks that got them on the shelves of major retailers, including […]
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What’s the penalty if you don’t buy health insurance?
By Viji Sundaram New America Media To buy or pay the penalty? That is the question that will confront many U.S. residents in the coming months, when open enrollment season begins for health insurance coverage, under the terms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. ACA will be fully implemented on January […]
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PH health secretary receives award from World Bank
By Maricar CP Hampton Health Secretary Enrique Ona was in town last week to receive the Emerging Partnership Award from the World Bank for his Hemodialysis Project. An initiative of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI), the Hemodialysis Project made renal care accessible and affordable to ordinary Filipinos, said the Philippine Embassy in a […]
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Will Medicare follow baby boomers to the Philippines?
By Maricar CP Hampton A growing number of FilAm baby boomers are now choosing to spend their retirement years in their country of birth. Many of them are looking for ways to receive quality and affordable healthcare even when they are in the Philippines. Thus, the proposed Medicare portability is becoming an attractive concept. In […]