Category: Seniors
Age-Proofing a Home Doesn’t Come Cheap
Aging in place is a major financial commitment, one that may be at odds with retirees’ plans to downsize their lives and budgets.
How Hospitals Harm Patients by Keeping Them in Bed
Hospitals have become so overzealous in fall prevention that they are producing an “epidemic of immobility,” experts say.
On-Site Health Care Could Help Seniors Stay at Home
Many seniors want to stay in their homes, but can’t when they grow older and more infirm. A pilot project aims to provide services needed to make that possible.
In Search Of Age-Friendly Health Care, Finding Room For Improvement
For older adults, health care facilities can be difficult to navigate and, occasionally, perilous.
Starving Seniors: How America Fails To Feed Its Aging
Millions of seniors across the country quietly go hungry as the safety net designed to catch them frays.
Tech could help with the shortage of caregivers for seniors
For maximal benefit, technology must be responsive to new generations of older adults who are aging in place.
The Talk Seniors Need To Have With Doctors Before Surgery
Older patients have different priorities than younger ones. More than longevity, they value remaining independent and having quality time with loved ones
Genetic-Testing Scam Targets Seniors
Scores of older Americans who have been targeted in a scam that uses DNA tests to defraud Medicare or steal personal information.
Webcams in nursing home rooms may deter elder abuse – but are they ethical?
Evidence suggests that ever more people are putting cameras in a relative’s room to detect and deter abuse.
Getting Older, Going Broke: Who’s Going to Pay for Long-Term Care?
‘A Slow-Moving Train Wreck’: Most Americans don’t have long-term care insurance yet many will need it.
Dream Of Retiring Abroad? The Reality: Medicare Doesn’t Travel Well
Medicare doesn’t pay for care outside the U.S., except in limited circumstances.
New Heat Wave Threatens Public Health in Cities, States
As a heat wave clamps down on much of the nation, cities are scurrying to provide shelter and assistance to the most vulnerable: the homeless and the elderly.
Health Aging: What is sarcopenia and what can be done about it?
As we grow older, the size and strength of our muscles deteriorats. For some, muscle wasting can be more severe, leading to frailty and loss of independence.
More Seniors Are Dying In Falls
Fewer than half of seniors at high risk — people who’d fallen repeatedly or sought medical attention for falls — received a comprehensive fall risk assessment,]\.
In Secret, Seniors Discuss ‘Rational Suicide’
More seniors are weighing the possibility of suicide as the baby boomer generation — known for valuing autonomy and self-determination — reaches older age.