If you could invest $56 billion each year in improving health care for older adults, how would you spend it? On a hugely expensive medication with questionable efficacy — or something else?
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Medicare & Home Care Better Investment Than Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug
Posted on 07 July 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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Next Pandemic We Should Treat Homebound Better
Posted on 21 June 2021.
Americans hesitant to get a COVID vaccine shot have been lured out of their bunkers with a cornucopia of goodies offered by the White House and states.
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Financial Abuse: Help Loved Ones Protect Themselves
Posted on 15 June 2021.
In 2020, the FBI reported a record amount of cybercrime complaints adding up to over $4.1 billion in losses. More than half of those losses were suffered by people aged 50 and older.
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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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Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Centers Must Reopen For Mental Health Sake
Posted on 05 March 2021.
For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it’s time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation.
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