Without Safety Net Of Kids Or Spouse, ‘Elder Orphans’ Need Fearless Fallback Plan
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) It was a memorable place to have an “aha” moment about aging. Peter
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Is ‘Precision Medicine’ The Answer To Cancer? Not Precisely.
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) Facing incurable breast cancer at age 55, MaryAnne DiCanto put her faith in
Read moreCreating Rituals To Honor The Dead At Long-Term-Care Facilities
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) GRAY, Ga. — One by one, their names were recited as family members
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If you had a love one in hospice, you dream of having that one final conversation or connection with them
Read moreFraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare hospice program is ‘repellent’
(By Joanne M. Chiedi for STAT) Like many Americans, I have a story about hospice care for a loved one.
Read moreMissed Visits, Uncontrolled Pain And Fraud: Report Says Hospice Lacks Oversight
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Elderly patients spent over two weeks in uncontrolled pain or respiratory distress. Acute
Read moreA Hospital’s Human Touch: Why Taking Care In Discharging A Patient Matters
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) The kidney doctor sat next to Judy Garrett’s father, looking into his face,
Read morePhysicians’ beliefs may override cancer patients’ wishes for end-of-life care, study finds
(By Orly Nadell Farber for STAT) Dr. Nancy Keating has seen what too much health care looks like. The Harvard
Read moreAre we spending too much on the dying? New research challenges this widely held view
(By Orly Nadell Farber for STAT) Maybe you have heard the refrain before: The U.S. spends too much money on
Read moreThe age plateau: New study suggests, at certain age, risk of death no longer increases
(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) Humans are living longer than ever before. But does our species have a fixed shelf
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