Symptoms and Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer's disease is a brain ailment that gradually impairs thinking and memory abilities as well as the capacity to do ...
Tag: Caregiving
To Families’ Dismay, Biden Nursing Home Reform Doesn’t View Them as Essential Caregivers
White House reforms don’t address residents’ rights to have contact with informal caregivers — family members and friends who provide ...
Pandemic-Fueled Shortages of Home Health Workers Strand Patients Without Necessary Care
Frail older adults are finding it harder than ever to get paid help amid acute staff shortages at home health ...
3 States Limit Nursing Home Profits in Bid to Improve Care
Nursing homes receive billions of taxpayers’ dollars every year to care for chronically ill frail elders, but until now, there ...
Aiding Her Dying Husband, a Geriatrician Learns the Emotional and Physical Toll of Caregiving
Older adults who have survived covid-19 are more likely than younger patients to have persistent symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness, ...
You’ve Added Your Kids to Your Health Plan. What About Mom?
Many states have experimented with how to cover America’s roughly 33.2 million uninsured people, about 400,000 of whom are 65 or older.