Aging in one’s own home, or with family or a close friend, is a widely held aspiration, with 88 percent of adults 50 and older saying it’s their goal in an earlier AP-NORC poll.
Posted on 25 July 2022.
Aging in one’s own home, or with family or a close friend, is a widely held aspiration, with 88 percent of adults 50 and older saying it’s their goal in an earlier AP-NORC poll.
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Posted on 04 May 2021.
Tensions were running high at PDX Commons, a cohousing community for adults 55 and older in Portland, Oregon. Several people wanted to keep visitors off-site until all 35 residents were vaccinated. Others wanted to open to family and friends for the first time in a year.
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Posted on 02 October 2020.
A nursing facility is a quick referral. But in the middle of a COVID pandemic, we learned it could be a risky referral.
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Posted on 19 September 2020.
Some older adults who planned to move to senior housing are now choosing to live independently rather than communally. Others wonder whether transferring to a setting where they can get more assistance might be the right call.
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Posted on 27 June 2020.
Davetta Brooks, 75, who has heart failure, a fractured hip and macular degeneration, is afraid.
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Posted on 10 April 2020.
The multigenerational Walker family never thought having an age range of 3 to 96 under the same roof would be risky.
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