You’ll need an Average of $130,000
According to new estimates from Fidelity, if you are sixty-five years old, you can expect to spend an average $130,000
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Aging
Elderly Patients In The Hospital Need To Keep Moving
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Thelma Atkins ended up in the University of Alabama at
Read MoreFed Up With Insurance, Doctors Bolt the System to Get More Patient Time
(By David Gorn, KQED for NPR) Dr. Lorraine Page, believe it or not, makes housecalls. One place she makes calls on is
Read MoreTeaching In-Home Caregivers Seems To Pay Off
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Low-income Californians who are elderly and disabled were less likely to go to
Read MoreWhat Happens to Developmentally Disabled as Parents Age, Die?
(By Jen Fifield for The PEW Charitable Trusts) ROCKVILLE, Md. — Ever since she was 4, when a caregiver force-fed
Read MoreAssisted Living Residents With Dementia Prone To Abusing Others, Study Finds
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Assisted living residents who abuse other residents or staff are likely to have
Read MoreSyncing Up Drug Refills: A Way To Get Patients To Take Their Medicine
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) You have your red pill and your green pill. There’s the one you
Read MoreElderly Hospital Patients Arrive Sick, Often Leave Disabled
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) SAN FRANCISCO — Janet Prochazka was active and outspoken, living by herself and
Read MoreStop undertreating Alzheimer’s disease
(By Gary W. Small for STAT) Alzheimer’s disease has gained a reputation as a disorder we can’t do anything about. As
Read MoreLong-Term Care Is An Immediate Problem — For The Government
(By Anna Gorman and Barbara Feder Ostrov for Kaiser Health News) Donna Nickerson spent her last working years as the
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