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Aging
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Done right, humor can blunt the indignities of aging
Can making older adults the butt of jokes be a blessing – in disguise? Read this New York Times article…
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Tools, questions to see if nursing home oversight is really working in your area
Any story that mentions maggots coming out of a patient’s ear is going to grab my attention. After recovering from…
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AHRQ details spending on health care
Among recent releases from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, its data on who’s spending what on health care…
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Retirement center modifies dining policy following media coverage
Stories by The New York Times and The Virginian-Pilot about discriminatory dining room practices at a continuing care retirement center…
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Find out how demographic shifts affect the aging community in your area
The population of people 65 and older is growing, but not equally across the United States. Some cities are experiencing…
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Belluck shows us dementia behind the prison walls
Dementia is a harrowing illness. Mix it with life in prison and you get a truly alarming situation. Pam Belluck…
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Dining decision brings discrimination issues in aging to forefront; lessons for reporters
Paula Span of The New York Times clearly struck a nerve with her recent story about an upscale retirement community’s…
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Brutally honest accounts of caregiving yield insights
We’re all going to hear a lot more about the trials and tribulations of caregiving in the years ahead, as…
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Poet’s piece on bias against elderly people serves as reminder to reporters
Anyone writing about older people with any seriousness will eventually confront the phenomenon known as “ageism.” The great gerontologist Dr.…
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Investigation delves into Wash.’s prescription drug problem
Everything time we think prescription drug abuse stories have peaked, something comes along to push the story further. This time,…