HeraldNet
In Japan, dying alone is the new normal. Bloomberg News. Itoko Uchida, 82, was counting on the nephew she raised to support her in old age. He refused, forcing her to pay for a sponsor to join the 420,000-long queue of Japanese waiting for a nursing home bed. With no relatives willing to help, the Tokyo widow had to spend $7,600 on a professional service to be her guarantor and assist with an application to a nursing home, she said. An erosion of traditional Confucian values in Japan means fewer elderly are being cared for at home by relatives -- a fact neither Uchida nor Japan's government were fully prepared for...
6 Realities of the 'New Normal' for Seniors - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: When President Obama gives the State of the Union address Tuesday, it will doubtless be filled with aspirational calls to improve lives in the ...
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Newtown victim Anne Marie Murphy's parents face new normal after Sandy Hook ...
Newsday
Two months after the Newtown, Conn., massacre that left 27 people dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the 86-year-old parents of slain teacher Anne Marie Murphy are getting used to the new normal. While the Dec. 14 killing of 20 children and six ...
Newsday
Real-Time Marketing is the New Normal
Business 2 Community
Everything is happening now. Instant delivery of films and books to our computers. Instant gratification. And if we can't have it now, we can certainly get it tomorrow, rather than waiting for the Wells Fargo Wagon or Pony Express to make a delivery ...
Temporary work called the new normal for many in NH
The Union Leader
Woodsville native Kimberly Maki, who was hired by Bonney Staffing for a temporary work stint screening applicants, sits at her desk and talks with employment specialist Jasmin Curtis. Maki, who has a background in human services and speech and language ...
The New Normal: America, Debtor Nation
Roosevelt Torch
The New Normal: America, Debtor Nation. By Ari Shroyer. Student Trustee. Published: Monday, February 18, 2013. Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013 14:02. Before Congress and the American people, President Obama delivered a rousing manifesto for ...
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