Register Now for Nov 15 HCAO Statewide Strategy Meeting in Salem

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Let's Get to Work Building A Movement to Win

Health Care for All Oregon member organization's and local action group's delegates, individual members and other supporters will gather Saturday, November 15, in Salem, to celebrate victories, plan strategies and strengthen our movement to create universal health care in Oregon.

We will be rolling up our sleeves to do the hard work to reach victory. Included in the day's agenda will be an update on the HCAO Strategic Plan, a report on progress on our 2015 legislation, a discussion of the post-election political environment and a lobby training focused on our upcoming Health Care for ALL Oregon Rally, February 11, 2015 at the State Capitol.

Register here to attend the HCAO Statewide Strategy Meeting

HCAO Statewide Strategy Meeting

Saturday, November 15, 2014

10:30 am to 3:30 pm (Registration at 10:00 am)

First Congregational Church of Christ, 700 Marion St NE, Salem

Lunch will be provided (donations are encouraged)

HCAO now has 98 member organizations and over 13,000 supporters in our database. Local action groups statewide are working week in and week out to educate voters. Twice a year representatives of all our groups gather to strategize, hone our skills and build our momentum and enthusiasm.

Be there prepared to get to work on building a movement to win!

Register here to attend the HCAO Statewide Strategy Meeting

Undernews: Bookshelf: The medicalization of aging and what to do about it (#PFD)

http://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2014/10/bookshelf-medicalization-of-aging-and.html

Bookshelf: The medicalization of aging and what to do about it

Michael Mechanic, Mother Jones - The latest book from surgeon and best-selling author Atul Gawande may not change your whole life, but it could very well improve how it ends.

In Being Mortal, Gawande, a longtime staff writer for the New Yorker, takes on the utter failure of the medical profession when it comes to helping people die well, and the short-sightedness of the elder facilities that infantilize people rather than bother to figure out what they actually need to maintain a modicum of meaning in what's left of their lives. In the process, he gives us a lesson on the basic physiology of aging and on the social and technological changes that led to most of us dying in hospitals and institutions rather than at home with our loved ones. And he chronicles the rise of the nursing home and the creation of assisted living as its antidote—if only it were.

The picture can seem pretty bleak. Many of Gawande's subjects are dealing with the always-hopeful oncologists who, rather than accept the inevitable, coax their patients into trying futile fourth-line chemotherapies that nobody can pronounce. And then you've got hospitals axing their geriatrics departments (aging Boomers be damned) because Medicare won't cover the extra costs of making someone's last years worth living. There's also a deeply personal aspect to the book, which goes on sale today. Gawande recounts the recent travails of his family, which began when his father, also a surgeon, was diagnosed with a cancer that would slowly eat away at his physical capabilities and ultimately end his life.

But Being Mortal is hopeful, too, and that's why it could make a difference. Most of the changes we need to make aren't expensive. Indeed, some of them could save us a bundle in cash and needless suffering. It turns out, for example, that terminal patients in hospice programs often live longer and better than their counterparts in treatment. In fact, the mere act of talking with caregivers about what you value as you near the end of your life leads to a longer one.

Interview with Gawande

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Great Stuff: Fill Your Pantry, Buy Some Extra for Marion-Polk Food Share

"Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay."

Hey folks --

 

Here's a great way to stock your pantry for the winter while supporting local farms! Check out the Fill Your Pantry events in Shedd, Oregon and Corvallis.

 

The Shedd event:

http://www.greenwillowgrains.com/33-fill-your-pantry-2014

The Corvallis Event:

 

FRIENDS OF THE SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY

FALL BOOK SALE
OCTOBER 16 - 19

Special Sale Location
1555 12TH ST SE, SALEM
FREE PARKING

Friends Night – October 16th from 4 pm-8:30 pm
(Memberships offered at the door, new members welcome!)

Friday October 17th & Saturday October 18th 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Sunday October 19th 1 pm – 5 pm $4/Bag Day all Sunday

Paperbacks $0.75  
Hardbacks $1.25
Fall Sale only blow-out price for Children’s & Teens .50 each
Audio Visual $0.50 – $1.00

CASH, CHECKS & CARD
SPECIALTY & COLLECTIBLE books at marked prices

For More information:  503-362-1755 
SPLFriends@Peak.org  or  www.salemfriends.org

See you at the Sale!