Does Dad Need a Nursing Home?
One of the great blessings of my life is that my 91-year-old father. What if I were to think he's losing his ability to live independently but he doesn't agree with me? That's where gut-wrenching decisions often arise.
One of the great blessings of my life is that my 91-year-old father. What if I were to think he's losing his ability to live independently but he doesn't agree with me? That's where gut-wrenching decisions often arise.
Kelly Matheson | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
The Elder Justice Act in the health reform bills would finally provide the increased federal resources and leadership to prevent, detect, treat, understand, intervene in and, where appropriate, prosecute elder abuse.
Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact
Most people in their 90s don't get to jump out of an airplane, ride a motorcycle, or drink beer in a jazz club. But, that's exactly what Second Wind D...
washingtonpost.com | Elizabeth G. Olson | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living
When 81-year-old Sally Darr needed nursing home care after injuring herself in a fall, her family turned to a new federal rating system for help. Th...
Francine Hardaway | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
The rant about rationing is designed to make consumers feel that no one will be able to get in to see a doctor under a public plan and make efforts at real health care reform fail.
John Rowe | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living
Many programs that target the elderly have spillover benefits for younger generations, and should properly be seen as family programs.
nytimes.com | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living
Like many older people, Paula Rice of Island City, Ky., has grown isolated in recent years. Her four grown children live in other states, her two marr...
Stephanie Gertler | Posted 05.15.2009 | Living
On Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Bobbi and I met at neighborhood restaurant. Our meeting had a purpose: our endless discussions of pragmatic issues regarding our parents' care.
Riane Eisler | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
The Real Wealth of our Nation is Its People Over half a million people lost their jobs last month. There's no question we need a job-creation plan. T...
Stuart Shapiro | Posted 11.09.2008 | Living
The case is clear: America is heading toward a fiscal tsunami. Surviving this wave will involve monumentally more than just shoring up the three key retirement pillars of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Nina Burleigh | Posted 08.09.2008 | Living
One minute of Exxon's profits could feed and house dozens of homeless Jersey cats for several years. Do visions of their beseeching paws not torment your dreams? Can you sleep?
Sherman Yellen | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics
Simply said, my mother would have voted for Obama to keep her promise to the future, "for the sake of the kids. I hope that many of those in Florida, and elsewhere, planning to vote for McCain think again.
Wall Street Journal | Jennifer Levitz | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business
As the falling real-estate and stock markets erode their savings, many aging Americans are delaying retirement, electing labor over leisure in uncerta...
Reuters | Julie Steenhuysen | Posted 04.04.2008 | Business
Older Americans have more money and are expected to live far longer than prior generations, U.S. government researchers said on Thursday. They said t...
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living