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Their Biggest Worry Is the Cost of Health Care October 24, 2024 by Judith Graham - What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies, and their ability to pay.
Utilities Plunge Nursing Homes into Darkness September 23, 2024 by Kate Ruder - When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, CO, the state’s largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses
Dementia: A Diagnosis Too Often Delayed August 9, 2024 by Mary Jacobs - Last year, a bank officer phoned Kelli Brown’s brother with a concern: a lot of money was going out of their 87-year-old father’s bank account. Their father, a retired accountant, lived alone in Cincinnati. He seemed to be functioning well…
Special Programs Teach Much-Needed Skills to Dementia Caregivers November 15, 2023 by Judith Graham - There’s no cure—yet—for Alzheimer’s disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with dementia and their caregivers. 
What AI Can Do for Older Adults November 7, 2023 by Mary Jacobs - When Alyssa Weakley’s 82-year-old grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2019, the family scrambled to respond. Her grandmother lived in southern California; Weakley and other family members were in northern California and Washington State. As problems arose, they took turns…
Remote Work: An Underestimated Benefit for Family Caregivers October 31, 2023 by Joanne Kenen - For Aida Beltré, working remotely during the pandemic came as a relief.
Innovators Find Creative Ways to Connect the Generations September 12, 2023 by Mary Jacobs - As the pandemic receded, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, a community center in New York City’s Upper East Side, came back to life. The halls buzzed with people of all ages, from young children in the preschool to older adults who…
What to Do When Your Older Parents Resist Help or Advice August 28, 2023 by Judith Graham - It was a regrettable mistake. But Kim Sylvester thought she was doing the right thing at the time.
An Underestimated Benefit for Family Caregivers July 27, 2023 by Joanne Kenen - For Aida Beltré, working remotely during the pandemic came as a relief.
A Possible Solution for the Staffing Crisis in Long Term Care May 8, 2023 by Michelle Andrews - When Margarette Nerette arrived in the United States from Haiti, she sought safety and a new start.
Friendships Are Good for Your Health March 15, 2023 by Mary Jacobs - As a human resources executive, Carole Leskin traveled around the world and worked with a diverse group of interesting people. She never married and never had children, but life was full. Then a recession ended her career at age 65.…
Nursing Home Patients Caught in a Squeeze January 25, 2023 by Susan Jaffe - After 11 days in a St. Paul, MN, skilled nursing facility, recuperating from a fall, Paula Christopherson, 97, was told by her insurer that she should return home.
Needed: New Ways to Prepare Older People for Disasters December 8, 2022 by Judith Graham - All kinds of natural disasters—hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, dangerous heat waves—pose substantial risks to older adults.
Older People’s Mental Health Undermined by the Pandemic November 2, 2022 by Mary Jacobs - In early 2020, Sarah Crouch started a tally on her cell phone: a list of names of family members and friends who died since the pandemic began. As of July 2022, there were 51 names. About half died due to…
‘It’s Becoming Too Expensive to Be Alive’ October 19, 2022 by Judith Graham - Economic insecurity is upending the lives of millions of older adults as soaring housing costs and inflation diminish the value of fixed incomes.
The Struggle to Find Home Health Care October 4, 2022 by Judith Graham - Frail older adults are finding it harder than ever to get paid help amid acute staff shortages at home health agencies.
Colorado Passes the First Right-To-Repair Bill for Wheelchairs August 18, 2022 by Markian Hawryluk - Robin Bolduc isn’t the type of person who takes “no” for an answer—particularly when it comes to fixing her husband’s wheelchair.
Your Medicare Drug Plan Can Hike Its Prices Almost Anytime August 3, 2022 by Susan Jaffe - Something strange happened between the time Linda Griffith signed up for a new Medicare prescription drug plan during last fall’s enrollment period and when she tried to fill her first prescription in January.
Villages: Boutique Options for Aging in Place July 28, 2022 by Judith Graham - Twenty years ago, a group of pioneering older adults in Boston created an innovative organization for people committed to aging in place
Top Experts Question the Value of Advance Care Planning May 24, 2022 by Judith Graham - For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming terminally ill—living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders and other written materials expressing treatment preferences.
Senior Centers Are Evolving - The first time Sue and Mike Miller visited their community’s senior center in Portage, MI, several years ago, they found a few people playing pool or bridge—and decided it wasn’t for them. But the couple tried again in 2022, when…
The Upside and Downside of Being Owned by a Cat - I love my cat, but until now, I hadn’t thought of her as a way to stay healthy. In fact, when I first brought Velvet—a small, feisty black kitty—home, I thought of her as a dog substitute. My beloved dog…