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Coming Soon: Slowing Human Aging
Once only a prospect of science fiction, modern medical advances are closer than ever to determining ways to slow human…
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Suffering in Silence
When considering domestic violence, most individuals would not immediately conjur images of aging persons who have suffered physical or psychological…
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Confronting the Challenges of Elder Abuse
This presentation provided a statistical and historic overview of the scope of the nation’s elder abuse, neglect and exploitation problem;…
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Community Efforts to Improve Aging
Community is a powerful influence on our health. Location can control access to health providers, bring about language barriers, restrict…
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Diffusing Geriatric Nursing Knowledge
The majority of all U.S. health care is devoted to older adults, and the aging population comprises hospitals’ core business.…
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Caring for our Parents and Grandparents (and Ourselves)
As the baby boomer generation ages, the medical profession faces a new challenge: How to care for an incresingly older…
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Reporting Health Stories from any Beat
These presentations are from the California Chicano News Media Association's Job Opportunities Conference, Oct. 15 & 16, in Los Angeles.…
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Digging Into Hospital Finances: Recent trends and five key documents
Karl Stark of The Philadelphia Inquirer has written an extensive tip sheet on covering hospital finances – an especially daunting…
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Applications sought for second annual AHCJ-CDC Fellowships
AHCJ and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have agreed to a second annual national fellowship program for journalists.…
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Reporter discovers data missing from federal Nursing Home Compare
Duane Schrag of the Salina (Kan.) Journal recently discovered critical data was missing from the federal Nursing Home Compare data…