For Seniors, COVID-19 Sets Off A Pandemic Of Despair
The guidance to stay sheltered as society slowly reopens wears on older Americans, who have a growing sense of isolation and depression.
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鈥楴o Intubation鈥: Seniors Fearful Of COVID-19 Are Changing Their Living Wills
Still, medical experts say, it鈥檚 not a black-and-white decision of either go on a ventilator or die.
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As COVID-19 Lurks, Families Are Locked Out Of Nursing Homes. Is It Safe Inside?
鈥淭he awful truth is families have no control over what鈥檚 happening,鈥 one advocate says.
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Seniors With COVID-19 Show Unusual Symptoms, Doctors Say
Older bodies respond to infection in different ways. Seniors may sleep more or stop eating. They may be confused or dizzy. They might simply collapse.
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What Does Recovery From COVID-19 Look Like? It Depends. A Pulmonologist Explains.
Reports offer a glimmer of hope, especially for older adults.
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Should You Bring Mom Home From Assisted Living During The Pandemic?
Families are weighing the challenges of providing home care with the isolation or potential danger of leaving folks in senior housing or long-term care.
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Does Everyone Over 60 Need To Take The Same Coronavirus Precautions?
Just how careful should older people be? Here鈥檚 what geriatricians think is reasonable.
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The Startling Inequality Gap That Emerges After Age 65
The good news: Life expectancy for people who make it to 65 has increased. Yet, coastal and urban people fare better than those in rural and middle America.
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U.S. Medical Panel Thinks Twice About Pushing Cognitive Screening For Dementia
Because seniors are at higher risk of cognitive impairment, proponents say screening asymptomatic older adults is an important strategy to identify people who may be developing dementia and to improve their care. But the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force cited insufficient evidence the tests are helpful.
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Stalked By The Fear That Dementia Is Stalking You
For those worried they have an elevated risk of Alzheimer鈥檚 and other forms of dementia, testing is an option. But words to the wise: It鈥檚 hardly foolproof and could even backfire by heightening your fear of memory loss.
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What To Do If Your Home Health Care Agency Ditches You
If you鈥檙e told Medicare鈥檚 home health benefits have changed, don鈥檛 believe it: Coverage rules haven鈥檛 been altered and people are still entitled to the same types of services. All that has changed is how Medicare pays agencies.
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What The 2020s Have In Store For Aging Boomers
On the bright side, advances in medical science and a push for healthier lifestyles might extend the quality of life for aging boomers. Among clouds on the horizon: ageism, strained long-term care services and the need to work well past retirement age.
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Parenting Your Aging Parents When They Don鈥檛 Want Help
Relationships between adult children and their parents can fray with age. Experts offer help on how loved ones can preserve the love and negotiate those tension-filled final years.
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The Health Care Promises We Cannot Keep
Family caregivers pledge to fulfill their loved ones鈥 end-of-life wishes. But too often circumstances change, and they must break their word and guard against breaking hearts 鈥 including their own.
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As His Wife鈥檚 Caregiver, A Doctor Discovers What鈥檚 Missing At Health Care’s Core
Harvard psychiatrist Arthur Kleinman shed his 鈥渧eil of ignorance鈥 during 11 years serving as the primary family caregiver for his wife, who had a rare form of early Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. In a new book, 鈥淭he Soul of Care,鈥 he offers suggestions for transforming health care 鈥 just as caregiving transformed him.
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When Caring For A Sick Spouse Shakes A Marriage To The Core
A long illness creates a real risk: that the relationship will be undermined and essential emotional connections lost.
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Drumbeat Builds For A Peace Corps Of Caregivers
The notion of a national program to tend to the day-to-day needs of a booming older population has circulated for years. Now, there are grants 鈥 and grit 鈥 behind it.
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The Delicate Issue Of Taking Away A Senior鈥檚 Smartphone
Knowing when 鈥 and how 鈥 to limit a loved one鈥檚 access to digital devices is akin to taking their car keys.
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In Search Of Age-Friendly Health Care, Finding Room For Improvement
Simple alterations 鈥 like better signs, seating, parking or door design 鈥 can make it easier for older patients to navigate health care facilities. Here are several changes doctors鈥 offices, clinics and hospitals could make.
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Feds Pave The Way To Expand Home Dialysis 鈥 But Patients Hit Roadblocks
What changes are needed to bring home dialysis to more patients 鈥 especially older adults, the fastest-growing group of patients with serious, irreversible kidney disease? We asked nephrologists, patient advocates and dialysis company officials for their thoughts.