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The Administration for Community Living (ACL) has published its profile of older Americans 2021, an annual summary of critical statistics related…
Reporting on how much consumers will save on health insurance under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has never been…
As cases of the Delta variant start to wane, infectious disease specialists have a new concern this fall — flu…
The pandemic’s assorted pressures have caused a spike in suicidal thoughts among subsets of people, including older Americans whose risk…
Retired physicians, nurses and other health care professionals have been asked to volunteer for duty in the wake of the…
As I was scanning posters during last spring’s American Society on Aging’s conference, I spotted one presentation that stopped me…
Relatives, not strangers, may be the people most likely to take advantage of older adults, according to a new study…
Tracy Breton, a Pulitzer prize-winning investigative and legal affairs reporter at the Providence Journal for 40 years, and now professor…
Despite efforts to curb the use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes, about 20 percent of residents – more than…
Should health providers be doing more to screen for fall risk in older adults? New research seems to indicate that…