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Press Releases | MediaView the 30 Second Spot
Press ReleasesPictures from February Honor The Promise Event Congressman John Sarbanes endorses LifeSpan's Honor the Promise Campaign Maryland Democratic Congressman John Sarbanes endorsed LifeSpan's Honor the Promise Campaign to a large crowd gathered earlier this month at Roland Park Place, a Baltimore senior care center. Senior care gets squeezed The elderly care industry is being squeezed as Maryland's elderly population grows and the workforce shrinks, say managers who want the state to provide more Medicaid money they can use to keep workers on the job. Seniors told to be advocates Using the Roland Park Place retirement community as a backdrop, three legislators Feb. 5 endorsed an advocacy group's campaign to improve health care in Maryland. News Advisory: February 5th Press Conference Meet with U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes, LifeSpan President Izzy Firth, Deborah Roane representing Secretary Carol Baker of MD Dept. of Aging, and Maryland State Delegates Barbara Robinson and Shawn Tarrant as they formally endorse Mid-Atlantic LifeSpan's "Honor the Promise Campaign." Lifespan to Honor Maryland Legislators Maryland legislators exert tremendous impact on the daily lives of Maryland citizens, according to LifeSpan President Isabella Firth. "Our position is that Maryland legislators must champion the rights of seniors and their families in a meaningful and concrete fashion. To recognize those who do so, we will present an annual Champion of Seniors award to State legislators who support better care for Maryland seniors and their families." LifeSpan claims workforce incentives urgently needed to care for Maryland seniors in 2007 Fewer people are entering health care professions throughout Maryland everyday, yet more and more people—especially seniors—need these services. "Maryland began to seriously examine this problem with the Governor’s Healthcare Workforce Summit back in 2003, and although the work to date has been commendable, if we don’t create meaningful health care workforce incentives, address vacancy rates, pay and training in 2007 those most vulnerable—seniors—will suffer," said LifeSpan President Isabella Firth. LifeSpan calls upon Maryland officials to ‘Honor the Promise’ for its seniors LifeSpan President Isabella Firth today announced the beginning of a statewide 'Honor the Promise' campaign to encourage State officials to adopt four key action items that will ensure Maryland delivers proper care to its rapidly-growing senior population. "It is clear from recent election results that voters want change and are weary of the same-old status-quo when it comes to elected officials living up to the promise of bipartisan performance of their duties” said Firth. “Our Honor the Promise campaign calls for those taking office in the next legislative session to tackle the problems of providing for the needs of Maryland’s increasingly vulnerable senior population. From the beginning, our system of government has promised to ensure that the needs of its citizens are met. We are simply asking elected officials to honor that promise." This form/file is in PDF format. Most computers have Acrobat Reader installed. If you need it, it is a free download at Adobe.Com. |
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