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Your neighbors are not the disease
Individuals might spread coronavirus by not socially isolating properly — but the conditions under...
Keeping Older People Safe During the Coronavirus Crisis
In the United States today, there are approximately four million older adults who are not in...
Keeping Older People Safe During the Coronavirus Crisis
In the United States today, there are approximately four million older adults who are not in...
5 Tech Breakthroughs for Caregivers
With AR, VR and all other tech innovations, caregiving takes on a modern approach.
Updates On Coronavirus And The Disabled Community
By now it’s clear what we all should be doing to protect ourselves and curb the spread of...
Compassion Isn’t Enough For Family Caregivers. They Need Training Too
We demand training and minimum staffing levels for aides at nursing homes, where fewer than...
Why caregivers could have so much influence in coming elections
Two of America’s most influential advocates for caregivers, Maria Shriver and Ai-jen Poo, recently...
Mobilizing the hidden army of first responders
Canada’s ability to successfully respond to the climate crisis depends on the freely given,...
16 Things to Know About Your New Medicare Card
Since April, the government has been rolling out new Medicare cards to almost 60 million seniors...
Hospitals Lure Diabetes Patients With Self-Care Courses, But Costs Can Weigh Heavily
When a routine physical revealed mildly elevated blood-sugar levels, Michael Phillips was strongly...
Medicare Takes Aim At Boomerang Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Patients
“Oh my God, we dropped her!” Sandra Snipes said she heard the nursing home aides yell as she fell...
Paying the price for insulin
The debate about drug costs can be hard to follow because it is both broad and deep. Between...
A Tale Of Two CT Scanners — One Richer, One Poorer
Benjamin Hynden, a financial adviser in Fort Myers, Fla., hadn’t been feeling well for a few weeks...
Tax-Funded Mental Health Programs Not Always Easy To Find
Back in 2008, Mary Hogden was homeless, living on the streets of Berkeley, Calif. “I got beat up...
Living Apart Together: A New Option for Older Adults
Three years ago, William Mamel climbed a ladder in Margaret Sheroff’s apartment and fixed a...
When Credit Scores Become Casualties Of Health Care
After a devastating horse-riding accident in January 2017 landed him in the hospital for about 30...
Sick building syndrome: is it the buildings or the people who need treatment?
In Finland, people whose sickness is linked to certain buildings fear being labelled as mentally...
At 88, this doctor won’t give up on a long-ignored treatment for strokes and heart attacks
He’s a professor at Harvard Medical School, but in many ways, Dr. Victor Gurewich is an outsider....
‘Rapid Autopsy’ Programs Seek Clues To Cancer Within Hours Of Death
After Keith Beck died of bile duct cancer last year, family members said more than 900 people...
Mind Over Body: A Psychiatrist Tells How To Tap Into Wisdom And Grow With Age
We’ve all seen it happen: An older friend or family member retires, is diagnosed with a serious...
What We Know And Don’t Know About Memory Loss After Surgery
Two years ago, Dr. Daniel Cole’s 85-year-old father had heart bypass surgery. He hasn’t been quite...
Everything You Need To Know About The New Medicare Cards (But Beware Of Scams)
In April, the government began sending out new Medicare cards, launching a massive, yearlong...
Listless And Lonely In Puerto Rico, Some Older Storm Survivors Consider Suicide
A social worker, Lisel Vargas, recently visited Don Gregorio at his storm-damaged home in the...