Dental hygienist Jennifer Geiselhofer often cleans the teeth of senior patients who can’t easily get to a dentist’s office.
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New Dental Treatment Helps Fill Cavities & Insurance Gaps for Elderly
Posted on 16 September 2020.
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Working Families Enlist Grandparents To Help With The Kids
Posted on 27 August 2020.
Gone, for now, are the days when retirees Bill and Mary Hill could do whatever they please. Since school started for their only grandchild, they’re not leisurely reading the morning newspaper or dawdling over a sudoku.
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Nursing Homes: Trump Is Sending Fast, Cheap COVID Tests To Nursing Homes, With A Hitch
Posted on 25 August 2020.
The Trump administration’s latest effort to use COVID-19 rapid tests, touted by one senior official as a “turning point” in arresting the coronavirus’s spread within nursing homes, is running into roadblocks likely to limit how widely they’ll be used.
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We Put Off Planning, Until My Father-in-Law’s Medical Crisis Took Us by Surprise
Posted on 22 August 2020.
Earlier this month, my husband picked up the phone and learned his 92-year-old father had been taken to the hospital that morning, feeling sick and short of breath.
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Coping With Dementia During a Pandemic
Posted on 19 August 2020.
Daisy Conant, 91, thrives off routine. One of her favorites is reading the newspaper with her morning coffee.
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Technology Divide Between ‘Haves’ and ‘Have-Nots’ Roils Pandemic Response
Posted on 25 July 2020.
Family gatherings on Zoom and FaceTime. Online orders from grocery stores and pharmacies. Telehealth appointments with physicians. These have been lifesavers for many older adults staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
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