For Some Seniors Without Housing, A Parking Lot Is Home
(By Gloria Hillard for NPR) Marge Giaimo makes her way to a picnic table under the shadow of an oak
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Aging
Key Steps Can Help Patients Recover From A Stay In The ICU
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Your 80-something-year-old dad has just been admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit
Read MoreStudy: Elderly’s Family Caregivers Need Help Too
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Elderly Americans’ well-being is at risk unless the U.S. does much more to
Read MorePatients With Dementia Create Communication Challenges In Hospice Care
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Dementia took over Pauline Finster’s 91-year-old mind long ago and she may die
Read MoreGaps In Care Persist During Transition From Hospital To Home
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) SAN DIEGO — Alton Rodgers had just come in from gardening when he suddenly
Read MoreTest Of Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug Finds Progress Against Brain Plaques
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) An experimental drug dramatically reduced the toxic plaques found in the brains of patients with
Read MoreHow To Fight For Yourself At The Hospital — And Avoid Readmission
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Everything initially went well with Barbara Charnes’ surgery to fix a troublesome ankle.
Read More‘America’s Other Drug Problem’: Copious Prescriptions For Hospitalized Elderly
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Dominick Bailey sat at his computer, scrutinizing the medication lists
Read MoreAs The For-Profit World Moves Into An Elder Care Program, Some Worry
(By Sarah Varney for Kaiser Health News) DENVER — Inside a senior center here, nestled along a bustling commercial strip,
Read MoreGeriatric ERs Reduce Stress, Medical Risks For Elderly Patients
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) NEW YORK — The Mount Sinai Hospital emergency room looks and sounds like hundreds
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