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Aging
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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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On balance: Lazar explains a little-discussed fundamental fact of aging
It’s not easy to write well about the nitty-gritty details of aging – the wear and tear on bones and joints,…
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‘Every day is an improvisation’ when caring for aging relatives
How many of us have seen problems with older relatives that we’ve looked away from, not wanting to acknowledge their…
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Growth of for-profit hospices ripe for coverage
Given the recent spate – some good, some pretty muddy, and one I think pretty eye-opening – of articles about the…
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Americans unprepared to pay for long-term care
In the Chicago Tribune, Deborah Shelton examines how unprepared Americans are to pay for their own long-term care needs as…
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Long-term care insurance premiums jump
As the population ages and costs continue rising, paying for long-term care is a big issue for middle class families.…
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Aging in place becoming more popular, possible
In the latest installment in The Associated Press series on growing old in America, David Crary explores how the health…
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Graham to lead AHCJ’s resources on aging
Veteran health care journalist Judith Graham will be AHCJ’s topic leader in building new resources for journalists covering aging. Graham,…
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Author sees need for more drug safety info for elderly
Writing a guest blog item for Scientific American, AHCJ member Laura Newman profiled the case of her mother to argue…