As covid-19 resurges across the country, driven by the highly infectious delta variant, experts are extending our understanding of the pandemic’s toll on older adults, the age group hit hardest by the pandemic.
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Pandemic Toll On Elderly Extended Beyond Nursing Homes
Posted on 27 September 2021.
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Nursing Homes Report Deaths Up 32 Percent Amid Pandemic
Posted on 23 June 2021.
Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32 percent last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart.
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Medications: 1.1 M Medicare Recipients Could Die Due To High Prices
Posted on 24 November 2020.
More than one million Medicare patients could die over the next decade because they cannot afford to pay for their prescription medications, according to a new study.
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As COVID-19 Lurks, Families Are Locked Out Of Nursing Homes
Posted on 05 May 2020.
Families are beset by fear and anxiety as COVID-19 makes inroads at nursing homes across the country, threatening the lives of vulnerable older adults.
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Assisted Living’s Breakneck Growth Leaves Safety Of Dementia Patients Behind
Posted on 24 December 2018.
They found Bonnie Walker’s body floating in a pond behind her assisted living facility in South Carolina. There were puncture wounds on her ear, her temple, her jaw and her cheeks.
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Cultural icon deaths make Gen Xers ponder mortality
Posted on 31 December 2016.
Throughout the year, office conversations, dinner party discussions and social media have exploded with incredulity, sadness and fear, as one ’80s celebrity after another died, starting in January with David Bowie.
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