As Californians Get Older and Less Mobile, Fires Get Hotter and Faster
Retirement areas are increasingly being built in the idyllic wooded fringe of towns and cities. Being close to nature also means being in the path of wildfires.
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Pandemic Erects Barriers for Prized Bloc of Voters in Nursing Homes, Senior Facilities
Voting is a point of pride for many older Americans, and senior living facilities in past years have encouraged the civic act by hosting voting precincts, providing transportation to the polls and bringing in groups to help explain election issues. But fears of the spread of the coronavirus among this vulnerable population make voting more difficult this year.
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Lifetime Experiences Help Older Adults Build Resilience to Pandemic Trauma
These seniors use coping strategies to keep them socially active yet safe from the coronavirus.
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Post-COVID Clinics Get Jump-Start From Patients With Lingering Illness
Pop-up care facilities bring together a range of specialists to address the needs of patients who survive but continue to wrestle with COVID-19ās physical or mental effects, including lung damage, heart or neurological concerns, anxiety and depression.
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āNo Mercyā Explores the Fallout After a Small Town Loses Its Hospital
Listen to āWhere It Hurts,ā each episode debuting on Tuesdays, from Sept. 29 through Nov. 10. When Mercy Hospital Fort Scott shut its doors, locals lost care. Health workers lost jobs. The hole left behind is bigger than a hospital. Season One is āNo Mercy.ā
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It’s Not Just Insulin: Lawmakers Focus on Price of One Drug, While Others Rise Too
While insulin is the poster child for outrageous prescription costs, patients are paying ever more to treat depression, asthma, HIV, cholesterol and more. And the pandemic has overtaken efforts to force the issue in Congress.
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A Pandemic Upshot: Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where to Live
More than 70,000 residents and staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities have died of COVID-19, and others are under strict rules designed to keep the disease from spreading. That has evoked concern that living in a communal facility could be dangerous.
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New Dental Treatment Helps Fill Cavities and Insurance Gaps for Seniors
A new treatment for tooth decay is cheaper, quicker and less painful than getting a filling. Originally touted as a solution for kids, silver diamine fluoride is poised to become a game changer for treating cavities in older adults or those with disabilities that make oral care difficult.
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With No Legal Guardrails for Patients, Ambulances Drive Surprise Medical Billing
Studies show that at least half of ground ambulance rides across the nation leave patients with āsurpriseā medical bills. And a $300-a-mile ride is not unusual. Yet federal legislation to stem whatās known as balance billing has largely ignored ambulance costs.
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Hospitals, Nursing Homes Fail to Separate COVID Patients, Putting Others at Risk
COVID patients have been commingled with uninfected patients in California, Florida, New Jersey, Iowa, Ohio, Maryland, New York and beyond. While officials have penalized nursing homes for such failures, hospitals have seen less scrutiny.
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Why Black Aging Matters, Too
Older Blacks are perishing quietly, out of sight, victims of the pandemic and a lifetime of racism and its attendant adverse health effects.
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Is Cuomo Directive to Blame for Nursing Home COVID Deaths, as US Official Claims?
New Yorkās governor directed nursing homes to take COVID patients. But is it fair to say he āforcedā them to do so, or that his directive led to the deaths of thousands of elderly residents? Most public health experts say no.
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Trump Is Sending Fast, Cheap COVID Tests to Nursing Homes ā But Thereās a Hitch
Experts say the administrationās approach with antigen tests could add cost and risk for the most vulnerable patients.
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We Put Off Planning, Until My Father-in-Lawās Medical Crisis Took Us by Surprise
Although the family patriarch did not face a life-threatening emergency, the episode was a reminder that you have to prepare for a real crisis.
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Isolation, Disruption and Confusion: Coping With Dementia During a Pandemic
COVID-19 has upended the lives of people with dementia, limiting their interactions with others and complicating matters for their caregivers.
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Bereaved Families Are āthe Secondary Victims of COVID-19ā
New research suggests the pandemicās deaths are taking an enormous toll on surviving family members and worrisome ripple effects may linger for years.
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Pandemic Hampers Reopening of Joint Replacement Gold Mine
The COVID-19 pandemic brought knee and hip replacements to a virtual halt because they arenāt usually considered emergency procedures. But they are profitable, and hospital systems are now counting on the surgeries to help restore their financial health.
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What Seniors Can Expect as Their New Normal in a Post-Vaccine World
Experts say folks 60 and up must continue to limit exposure in the years to come ā even after there is a vaccine for COVID-19.
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Technology Divide Between Senior āHavesā and āHave-Notsā Roils Pandemic Response
Older adults with the ability to use technology have more access to virtual social interactions and telehealth services, and more opportunities to secure essential supplies online. Those who donāt know how to use it or canāt afford it are at greater risk of social isolation, forgoing medical care and being without food or other necessary items.
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States Allow In-Person Nursing Home Visits As Families Charge Residents Die āOf Broken Heartsā
Half the states are rolling back strict policies that have kept family members out of nursing homes because of fears of spreading the coronavirus.