{"id":23297,"date":"2024-09-04T08:26:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T12:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23297"},"modified":"2024-09-04T08:27:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T12:27:05","slug":"in-a-rural-small-town-a-group-of-locals-steps-up-to-support-senior-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23297","title":{"rendered":"In a rural small town, a group of locals steps up to support senior health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Juliana Kim, Tim Evans for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GLEN ULLIN, N.D. \u2014 When small rural towns get smaller, the challenges for those who remain get bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s especially true for older residents and those who care for them in this shrinking North Dakota town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adults age 65 and older make up a third of Glen Ullin&#8217;s roughly 700 residents. The town&#8217;s retired teachers, accountants and health care workers are making every effort to age at home, but one big obstacle for them is the ability to access medical care \u2014 without it, they are often forced to move to a larger city.  Continue reading<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/04\/nx-s1-5089234\/rural-health-seniors-support-network-north-dakota\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/04\/nx-s1-5089234\/rural-health-seniors-support-network-north-dakota\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Juliana Kim, Tim Evans for NPR) GLEN ULLIN, N.D. \u2014 When small rural towns get smaller, the challenges for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12,587],"tags":[94,410],"class_list":["post-23297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-health-care-general","category-rural-health","tag-older-adults","tag-rural-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23299,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23297\/revisions\/23299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}