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Aging
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Apply to lead AHCJ’s resources for covering aging
The Association of Health Care Journalists seeks freelance assistance in building helpful and dynamic web pages for fellow journalists covering…
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CBC, grad students cover palliative care and death in Canada
The CBC’s new series on dying has a unique provenance: The stories are the work of 16 graduate students at…
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Reporter checks records, hits facility with news of looming closure
After picking up new tools and techniques at Health Journalism 2011, reporter Sarah Bruyn Jones returned to The Roanoke Times…
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Resource is a fact book on older Americans
The latest version of “Profile of Older Americans: 2010,” published by the HHS Administration on Aging is available. AHCJ member…
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45 nursing homes added to CMS program to improve care
On Jan. 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the most recent list of nursing homes in its…
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How will aging doctors affect your community?
AHCJ member Ryan Sabalow, a reporter at the Redding (Calif.) Record Searchlight, recently looked at the age of doctors in…
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Dementia patients overwhelm Scottish system
The (Edinburgh) Scotsman‘s Adam Morris won the Guild of Health Writers’ “Best Regional Health Feature” award for his investigation into…
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Alzheimer’s and caregivers’ difficult decisions
Writing for the AARP Bulletin, Chris Woolston drills straight to the core of the pain felt by folks caring for…
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Seniors more vulnerable to painkillers’ risks
Mary Shedden, of The Tampa Tribune, delves into the dangers of prescription medicines in older people, whose bodies may be…
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NLM workshop in Ohio tests waters for possible chapter
This post was contributed by AHCJ member Eileen Beal. On Oct. 9, health care journalists, a couple of journalism professors,…