Montana’s Tribal Nations Preserve COVID Restrictions To Preserve Their Cultures
As Montana plows forward with its reopening, including throwing open the doors to tourism on June 1, the outlook is starkly different for members...
For Seniors, COVID-19 Sets Off A Pandemic Of Despair
As states relax coronavirus restrictions, older adults are advised, in most cases, to keep sheltering in place. But for some, the burden of isolation...
Bringing ‘Poogie’ Home: Hospice In The Time Of COVID-19
After she landed in the hospital with a broken hip, Parkinson’s disease and the coronavirus, 84-year-old Dorothy “Poogie” Wyatt Shields made a request of...
‘No Intubation’: Seniors Fearful Of COVID-19 Are Changing Their Living Wills
DENVER ― Last month, Minna Buck revised a document specifying her wishes should she become critically ill.
“No intubation,” she wrote in large letters on...
El miedo a COVID-19 hace que adultos mayores rechacen ser intubados
En abril, Minna Buck revisó un documento que especificaba sus deseos en caso de enfermar gravemente.
“Sin intubación”, escribió en letras grandes en el formulario,...
As Deaths Mount, Coronavirus Testing Remains Wildly Inconsistent In Long-Term Care
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Mary Lanham’s assisted living complex in Florida tested all residents for...
Beyond The Glam: Feeding The Coachella Valley’s Most Vulnerable Residents
Poverty is real in the Coachella Valley, a region known for its glitzy resorts and music festival. During the COVID crisis, the California National...
As COVID-19 Lurks, Families Are Locked Out Of Nursing Homes. Is It Safe Inside?
Families are beset by fear and anxiety as COVID-19 makes inroads at nursing homes across the country, threatening the lives of vulnerable older adults.
Alarmingly...
Seniors With COVID-19 Show Unusual Symptoms, Doctors Say
Older adults with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, have several “atypical” symptoms, complicating efforts to ensure they get timely and appropriate treatment,...
Médicos dicen que los adultos mayores con COVID-19 presentan síntomas inusuales
Los adultos mayores con COVID-19, la enfermedad que causa el coronavirus, tienen síntomas “atípicos”, lo que complica los esfuerzos para asegurar que reciban un...
‘I Wasn’t Eating’: Senior Twin Sisters Battle Pandemic Anxiety Together
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Ethel Sylvester dialed 911, trembling with fear. The 92-year-old felt hot. She thought turning off her thermostat could fix...
In Shutting Out Threat, Seniors In Continuing Care Communities Feel Shut In
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With tight restrictions in place at their continuing care retirement community, Tom...
What Does Recovery From COVID-19 Look Like? It Depends. A Pulmonologist Explains.
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Reports of recovery from serious illness caused by the coronavirus have been trickling in from around the world.
Physicians are swapping anecdotes on social...
Retiree-Rich Palm Beach County Leads Florida In COVID-19 Deaths
JUPITER, Fla. — No place in Florida has recorded more deaths from COVID-19 than Palm Beach County, the tropical vacation and retirement destination that...
Inside Meals On Wheels’ Struggle To Keep Older Americans Fed During A Pandemic
In the best of times, Meals on Wheels faces the herculean task of delivering 200 million meals annually to 2.4 million hungry and isolated...
‘Staying Away From Grandma’ Isn’t An Option In Multigenerational Homes
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FLORISSANT, Missouri — The Walker family never thought having an age range...
Sheltered At Home, Families Broach End-Of-Life Planning
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Long before she contracted COVID-19 at a Kirkland, Washington, nursing home, Barbara...
Should You Bring Mom Home From Assisted Living During The Pandemic?
Dr. Alison Webb took her 81-year-old father out of assisted living, to live.
Coleen Hubbard took her 85-year-old mother out of independent living, to die.
With...
Does Everyone Over 60 Need To Take The Same Coronavirus Precautions?
She knew it wasn’t a good idea and her daughter would disapprove. Nonetheless, Barbara Figge Fox, 79, recently went to four stores in Princeton,...
Congress Approves Boost In Food Aid For Seniors But Funding Falls Short Of Growing...
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Advocates for senior citizens hailed the bipartisan passage of a federal bill that calls for...
The Startling Inequality Gap That Emerges After Age 65
Judith Graham
In an era when “deaths of despair” — from substance abuse and suicide — are on the rise among middle-aged Americans, those who...
As Coronavirus Cases Grow, So Does Scrutiny Of Nursing Home Infection Plans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is ordering health inspectors to focus on infection-control practices at nursing homes and hospitals, particularly those where...
Getting To The Heart Of Presidential Fitness: How Much Do We Need To Know?
Differences in health policy weren’t the only bones presidential candidates had to pick last week. They also sparred over details of their personal health....
Stalked by The Fear That Dementia Is Stalking You
Do I know I’m at risk for developing dementia? You bet.
My father died of Alzheimer’s disease at age 72; my sister was felled by...
Readers And Tweeters Fired Up Over Employer’s No-Nicotine Policy
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What The 2020s Have In Store For Aging Boomers
Within 10 years, all of the nation’s 74 million baby boomers will be 65 or older. The most senior among them will be on...
Parenting Your Aging Parents When They Don’t Want Help
David Solie’s 89-year-old mother, Carol, was unyielding. “No, I will not move,” she told her son every time he suggested that she leave her...
The Health Care Promises We Cannot Keep
It was a promise Matt Perrin wasn’t able to keep.
“I’ll never take away your independence,” he’d told his mother, Rosemary, then 71, who lived...
As His Wife’s Caregiver, A Doctor Discovers What’s Missing At Health Care’s Core
Caring for someone with a serious illness stretches people spiritually and emotionally, often beyond what they might have thought possible.
Dr. Arthur Kleinman, a professor...
Readers React: UVA Doctors Outraged Over Their Own Health System’s Billing Practices
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Facebook Live: Intimate Lessons From The Front Lines Of Family Caregiving
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Family caregivers are the backbone of our nation’s system of long-term care for older adults. Every...
Nursing Home Safety Violations Put Residents At Risk, Report Finds
As huge swaths of California burned last fall, federal health officials descended on 20 California nursing homes to determine whether they were prepared to...
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Happy Friday! Tis the season of getting wretched colds, and I blame daylight savings as any reasonable person would. So, we’re going to make...
When Caring For A Sick Spouse Shakes A Marriage To The Core
For a dozen years, Larry Bocchiere, 68, didn’t find it especially difficult to care for his wife, Deborah, who struggled with breathing problems. But...
California Nursing Home Residents Told To Find New Homes
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Some of California’s most vulnerable nursing home residents, many of whom have nowhere else to...
For Boomers Reframing Aging, Age-Proofing A Home Won’t Come Cheap
AUSTIN, Texas — Dennis and Chris Cavner, in their early 70s, are preparing to move less than two blocks away into a 2,720-square-foot, ranch-style...
‘Fear Of Falling’: How Hospitals Do Even More Harm By Keeping Patients In Bed
Dorothy Twigg was living on her own, cooking and walking without help until a dizzy spell landed her in the emergency room. She spent...
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Happy Friday! Yours truly is back from beautiful Vietnam and it seems I missed one or two … ahem … minor news events while...
Drumbeat Builds For A Peace Corps Of Caregivers
Imagine a government program that would mobilize volunteers to help older adults across the nation age in place. One is on the way.
The Administration...