Susan Abram and Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News The 50-something man with a shaved head and brown eyes was unresponsive when the paramedics wheeled him into the emergency room.…
Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News and Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News The federal government accelerated its crackdown on nursing homes that go days without a registered nurse by downgrading the…
Judith Graham (Kaiser Health News) CHICAGO — Rachel O’Conor booted up her slides and began posing questions to six older adults sitting around a table: How should primary care physicians…
Victoria Knight (Kaiser Health News) In 10 years, more than half of middle-income Americans age 75 or older will not be able to afford to pay for yearly assisted living…
Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Workplace wellness programs have become an $8 billion industry in the U.S. But a study published Tuesday in JAMA found they don’t cut costs for…
By: Judith Graham(Kaiser Health News) Every year, nearly 2 million people on Medicare — most of them older adults — go to a skilled nursing facility to recover after a…
By: Marla Cone (Kaiser Health News) Clumps of dandelions have popped up in your yard, so you reach for a bottle of Roundup, the popular weed killer. It is known…
Judith Graham- Kaiser Health News Older adults and their families often wonder: Where’s the best place to recover after a hip or knee replacement — at home or in a…
By: Samantha Young (Kaiser Health News) Gloria Brown didn’t get a good night’s sleep. Her husband, Arthur Brown, 79, has Alzheimer’s disease and had spent most of the night pacing…
By Judith Graham- Kaiser Health News For years, Dr. Linda Fried offered older patients who complained of being lonely what seemed to be sensible guidance. “Go out and find something…
