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AETNA A E T N A STILL S T I L L SELLING SELLING LONG-TERM L O N G - T E R M INSURANCE INSURANCE Thank you for an intelligent intelligent profile of of Thank long-term insurance insurance and the various long-term available ("Private ("Private InsurInsuroptions now available Experimental Policies to ers Float Experimental Long-Term Care," Care," in Help Pay for Long-Term March-April 1986). 1986). News Watch, GN, March-April Ms. Corliss and I were pleased to talk reporter about Aetna Life with your reporter Insurance and Annuity Annuity Company's Company's Insurance long-term indemnity indemnity policy. I am conlong-term cerned, however, about possible concerned, fusion surrounding surrounding the marketing marketing of of this plan. We did not not mean to convey (as the article says) that that Aetna has closed sales article remainder of of 1986. We continfor the remainder through Aetna ue to offer the policy through agents and the Worldwide Worldwide Insurance agents Insurance Network in Colorado, Colorado, Arizona, Arizona, South Network Dakota, California, California, Michigan, Michigan, Ohio, Dakota, Kentucky, and Florida. Florida. Illinois, Kentucky, MICAELA WOODBRIDGE MICAELAWOODBRIDGE Corporate Corporate Communications, Aetna
efforts to be helpful to them in their efforts ofthose caring meet the needs needs of those they are caring Thank you. for. Thank KATHLEEN MALONEY SR. KATHLEEN St. Louis, Louis. Missottri Missouri
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YOU WORK FOR FOR M ME Y O U WORK E geriatric nursing nursing for sevI have been in geriatric years and I love it. The field is so en years rewarding to me, and the patients patients give rewarding return. so much and ask for for so little in return. fulfills a need in me that This work fulfills that I unable to fulfill fulfill in any other have been unable field. Please print print this; this; I feel it may field. open some eyes.
As I[ lie here helplessly waitingfor waiting/or you you As my to clean up the mess I've made, my mind goes back to the days when I[ mind could do those things that are second couM nature to you--walking, you-walking, talking, being nature able to hear and and see well, going to the andpulling my own pants pants ltp up bathroom and pulling my and and down. I[ visualize in my my mind mind my my first prom, a high school schoo/football football game, my my first slow dance, myfirst nO,first kiss, my my wedON O N DORIS D O R I S SCHWARTZ SCHWARTZ ding day, my Iny first child. [1 remember a Ijust reading the article I just finished finished reading article in the walk in the park on a sunny sunny day; the May-June May-June issue of GN about about Doris windgently wind gently blew the leaves o/trees of trees and and Schwartz. Schwartz. I enjoyed enjoyed the article article very the birds chirped softly. much, and you seem to be right right on tartarI'm almost ahnost asleep when you appear. appear get when you you say "extraordinary." "extraordinary." You quickly flop me me on my my side and and From From the article article she seems to be a very hastily wipe my my botton with a cold coM rag. warm, warm, personable, personable,and sensitive wom- You pull the dirty pad out, put the clean an who knows what what is really really imporimpor- pad down, and all the while you tell me me tant; tant; certainly certainly she has her her values and what a mess I've made and that [I priorities prioritiesin proper properorder. order.What What a priv- should be as/wined ashamed o/myself of myself ilege for for those of you who have the Well, Well, o/course of course I'm ashamed ofmyof myhonor honor of knowing knowing her her personally personally and self self Don't you know that [would I would love working working with her her directly. directly. I wish her her to be able to go to the bathroom by myonly the best! best! self!Don't self?Don't you know that e~'en even though [I After After having having worked worked 12 years years in can't can "tmake make my my needs known, [I can hear community community health health here herein St. Louis, Louis, I and understand what you are saying? am now now working working with our retired retiredand Don't you know that you work/or work for me; elderly elderly sisters sisters here here at our our MotherMother- that [feedyou I feed you andyour and your children?Don't children? Don "t house h o u s e...and . . . a n d I am enjoying enjoying it. it. Our Our li- you know that iff if I were not old and unbrary brarysubscribes subscribes to Geriatric Nursing, able to care for myself myself you would not and and I never never miss reading reading it. I like it have a job? very very much much and and each issue has has someDo you realize that if if you don't die thing thing in itit I find find applicable applicable to my job; job; young you die old? Care for me me as you often often I find find myself encouraging encouragingothers others Ivould wouM want to be caredfor. cared for. My grandwho work work with with the older older sisterssisters~ children might be working for you either either in our our nursing nursing home section section or someday. on our our ambulatory ambulatorycare care division-to division--to DEBBIE KARNES. KARNES, LVN DEBBIE Garland. Garland, TX TX read read certain certain articles articles that that I feel feel would :z72 986 2'72 Geriatric Geriatric NursinR Nursin~ September/October Septernbcr/Octobcr t1986
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55 Dundee Dundee Healthcare Healthcare Products, Products, NJ NJ ... 251 251
66 Good Good Books, Books, PA PA ............................. 256 256
77 Grant Grant Airmass Airmass Corporation, Corporation, CT CT ...... 270 270
1 Halbrand, Halbrand, Inc., OH OH
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Cover Cover II, 225 225
Halbrand, Inc., OH .......................... 262 262 16 Halbrand,
Hollister, Inc., IL Hollister,
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Laclede Professional Professional 15 Laclede Products, CA Products,
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Johnson Nutritional Nutritional 13 Mead Johnson Division, IN .............................. Cover IV Division,
N / R Laboratories, Laboratories, OH .................... 281 9 N/R
11 J.T. Posey Company, CA ............... 279
4 Fred Sammons, Inc., IL .................. 235
Ssndoz Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, NJ ......... 229 3 Sandoz
Whitestone Products, NJ ......... Cover III III 12 Whitestone