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Aging
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New tip sheet gives guidance for reporting on opioid use among the aging
Opioid addiction is at crisis levels in the United States. Over two million people are addicted to opioids, which include…
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Study finds disparities in end-of-life hospice care
We’re all familiar with the very real issue of health disparities when it comes to receiving care throughout the United…
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Continuing care retirement communities: Another version of aging in place
On a recent visit to south Florida, I met a quite extraordinary 90-year-old named Jules. He’s a former high-level business…
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A personal perspective on helping aging family members live well, with assistance
I spent part of the holidays in southern Virginia, visiting with my husband’s family. The whole clan was there to…
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Helping Lakota elders with advance care planning
A unique outreach program is helping elders of the Lakota nation to address issues of palliative and end of life…
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New tip sheet offers assistance in covering LGBT aging issues
Covering LGBT aging can be an exercise in frustration for journalists. Though more older adults are living openly as LGBT…
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Celebrity deaths and moving end-of-life conversations forward
It’s been some month. With so many high-profile deaths reported this January — David Bowie, Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey, Dan…
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Common respiratory virus often flies under diagnostic radar, especially for seniors
While waiting for a shuttle bus at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Orlando, I met…
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Increase in ‘gray’ divorce hurts finances, health for many women
When older women get divorced, their new status often puts both their financial future and health at risk than that…
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Looking back at 2015 on Covering Health
Bacon, chocolate, vaccines and Mark Cuban: Those were the topics of some of the most-read Covering Health posts of 2015.…