Senior living: Lack of affordability tops older Americans’ list of health care worries
The costs of various health care services is a major source of anxieties for seniors, research shows.
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Senior living: Older women are different from older men. Their health is woefully understudied
What priorities should be on the initiative’s list when it comes to older women?
Senior Living: New help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia
Help for caregivers is available from a first-of-its-kind website created by prominent experts in this field of dementia.
Senior living: Stranded in the ER, seniors await hospital care, suffer avoidable harm
Even when physicians determine senior patients need to be admitted to the hospital, they often wait for hours in the ER in pain and discomfort.
Senior living: Using hearing aids can be frustrating — but necessary
Why it's important for seniors to use hearing aids when they need them, even though doing so may be frustrating.
Senior living: Do we simply not care about old people?
The pandemic was supposed to lead to change in health care for seniors. But that hasn't happened.
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Senior living: America’s health system isn’t ready for surge of seniors with disabilities
The number of older adults with disabilities will soar in the decades ahead. But the health care system isn’t ready to address their needs.
Senior living: Who will care for older adults? Plenty of know-how but too few specialists
Geriatricians will be unable to meet soaring demand for their services as the aged U.S. population swells for decades to come.
Senior living: Let’s have an honest conversation about what to expect as you age
Aging gradually alters people over a long period -- decades -- because of multiple factors.
Senior living: New Medicare proposal would cover training for family caregivers
A new proposal would authorize Medicare payments to health care professionals to train informal caregivers.