Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers that the much-debated treatment hasn’t been shown to help slow the brain-destroying disease.
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FDA Approves Much-Debated Alzheimer’s Drug Panned By Experts
Posted on 08 June 2021.
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Caring And Providing Health Care For An Aging Nation
Posted on 31 May 2021.
Health care for the nation’s seniors looms large as the baby-boom generation ages into retirement. resident Joe Biden tacitly acknowledged those needs in March with his proposal to spend $400 billion over the next eight years to improve access to in-home and community-based care.
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Is Your Living Room The Future Of Hospital Care?
Posted on 27 May 2021.
Major hospital systems are betting big money that the future of hospital care looks a lot like the inside of patients’ homes.
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Government Grant Scam Costs Elderly Woman $3,200
Posted on 20 May 2021.
Alice, 77, lives in rural New England. She received a Facebook Messenger text from a work colleague named Ron, who told her she could qualify for a large cash award from the government. She would get a text the next morning to determine eligibility.
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Poll: Government Should Help Americans Age At Home
Posted on 05 May 2021.
A majority of Americans agree that government should help people fulfill a widely held aspiration to age in their own homes, not institutional settings, a new poll finds.
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Mental Health And Sleep Worsened During The Pandemic For Older Adults
Posted on 30 April 2021.
Nearly one in five older adults say their mental health has gotten worse since the pandemic began in March 2020, and an equal percentage say their sleep has suffered in that time too.
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