I.1 Creating Competitive Advantage in Private Duty Home Care

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

What is it that makes your private duty home care company different from your competitors. There are 17500 companies in the private pay, non-medical home care business. How will you differentitate yourself from the others. This video is designed to help you understand the seven sources of competitive advantage in private pay home care, and to select the strategy that is best for you.
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NAELA Calls on U.S. Senate to Confirm Marilyn Tavenner to CMS Administrator

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) December 08, 2011

The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) supports the Obama administration?s nomination of Marilyn Tavenner for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator and urges the Senate to swiftly confirm her. NAELA looks forward to supporting Tavenner as she continues the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

NAELA President Edwin Boyer, Esq., CAP, notes that, ?Marilyn Tavenner brings leadership skills and experience in the private and public sectors as a former nurse, health care executive and government official.?

NAELA has long supported comprehensive reforms to the health care system to ensure affordable access to health care, care coordination and supportive services for all Americans, and innovations to improve quality and reduce costs.

About NAELA

Members of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) are attorneys who are experienced and trained in working with the legal problems of aging Americans and individuals of all ages with disabilities. Established in 1987, NAELA is a non-profit association that assists lawyers, bar organizations and others. The mission of NAELA is to establish NAELA members as the premier providers of legal advocacy, guidance and services to enhance the lives of people with special needs and people as they age. NAELA currently has members across the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit http://www.NAELA.org.

About Elder and Special Needs Law

Elder and Special Needs Law are specialized areas that involve representing, counseling and assisting seniors, people with disabilities and their families in connection with a variety of legal issues, with a primary emphasis on promoting the highest quality of life for individuals. Typically, Elder Law and Special Needs Law address the convergence of legal needs with the social, psychological, medical and financial needs of individuals. The Elder Law and Special Needs Law attorney handles estate planning and counsels clients about planning for incapacity with health care decision-making documents. The Elder and Special Needs Law attorney also assists clients in planning for possible long-term care needs, including at-home care, assisted living or nursing homecare. Locating the appropriate type of care, coordinating public and private resources to finance the cost of care and working to ensure the client?s right to quality care are all part of the Elder and Special Needs Law practice.

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New Partnership To Support Youth Education in Africa Encourages Holiday Shoppers to Buy a T-shirt that will Help Build A School

Saturday, December 10th, 2011


Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) December 08, 2011

In an innovative new collaboration, Roots Canada and two leading Toronto-based organizations are raising funds to provide education for youth in Africa. On Thursday, December 8, Roots Canada will begin selling specially designed T-shirts to support the official launch of the ?This Shirt Built a School in Africa? initiative. In a three-way partnership involving Roots, the Michael ?Pinball? Clemons Foundation (MPCF) and the Academy of Lions, the project focuses on raising funds to support the building of schools in Sierra Leone and Kenya, providing marginalized youth with much-needed educational opportunities.

Dubbing the day of the launch as ?Build A School Day,? the aim is to sell at least 500 shirts on the first day, the proceeds of which represent the amount needed to build one school. To help achieve this goal, Toronto Argonauts Vice-Chair and MPCF Co-Founder Michael ?Pinball? Clemons has enlisted the involvement of media and sports organizations and plans to have various prominent figures wear This Shirt in public in support of the cause.

?The commitment to build schools in Africa is only possible through the bounty of great, caring, compassionate Canadians,? says ?Pinball.? ?We hope many people will wear ?This Shirt? because it can help change lives forever in such a positive way. We owe special thanks to community builder and visionary of ?This Shirt? The Academy of Lions and to our friend and champion, the incomparable Bob McCown of Fan 590 Radio, for using his platform to ultimately give birth to This Shirt.?

Supporters are asked to direct all social media activities toward the project by changing their Facebook profile pictures to the image of This Shirt, and using the #ThisShirtBuildASchool hashtag on Twitter.

To track the initiative?s progress, ThisShirt.com will be updated regularly to provide information on where schools are being built, and how many have been constructed to date.

Retailing at $ 29.95 each, the 100% cotton T-shirts are designed by The Academy of Lions and made in Canada. They will be available in both men and women?s styles, and are offered in black with the project name printed in large white lettering. The shirts can be purchased online at roots.com with free shipping across Canada and the United States and at select Roots locations in Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa. All net proceeds will be donated to the MPCF.

The MPCF has committed to building 131 schools in seven countries in Africa through Free The Children?s Adopt A Village program for which it has raised two-thirds of the funding. Proceeds from ?This Shirt Built A School in Africa? will go toward creating schools specifically in Sierra Leone and Kenya.

About MPCF

The mission of the Michael ?Pinball? Clemons Foundation is to inspire hope through philanthropy and to empower the disengaged while being a conduit for accountability. The MPCF aims to develop academic excellence, infuse depth of character, promote health and vitality, and inspire generosity in our youth.

The MPCF believes that character is the foundation of good citizenship, education is the catalyst of success and progress, and health is the foundation of vitality.

About The Academy of Lions

As a collective of organizations and projects, The Academy of Lions builds functional communities locally and beyond. Located in downtown Toronto, the academy provides a diversity of services such as athletics, health, fitness and nutrition. The non-profit division, called the Academy of Lions Foundation, offers health, lifestyle and entrepreneurial skills to urban, at-risk and homeless youth. Ultimately, the Academy of Lions aims to “help youth help themselves to help others.”

About Roots

Established in Toronto in 1973, Roots has evolved into an internationally celebrated lifestyle brand known for its quality leather goods, athletic apparel, accessories and home furnishings. From a small store selling a single product (Roots negative-heel shoe), Roots now has 125 stores in Canada and the United States and more than 45 stores in Asia. A privately held company, Roots has state-of-the-art manufacturing and design facilities in Toronto.

For more information, please contact:

Jennifer Branco

Executive Director

Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemons Foundation

Tel: 416-735-4040

jennifer(at)mpcf(dot)ca

http://www.mpcf.ca

Dhani Oaks

Director

Academy of Lions/The Shirt Project

Tel: 416-557-2997

dhani(at)academyoflions(dot)com

http://www.academyoflions/thisshirt

Robert Sarner

Director of Communication and Public Affairs

Roots Canada

Tel: 416.781.3574, ext. 4280

rsarner(at)roots(dot)com

http://www.roots.com

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