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Since the pandemic, isolation and loneliness were declared public health concerns. Older adults are at higher risk, but intentional communities offer a way to live with connection.
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The Do More, Feel Better program trains seniors to help other older adults plan activities, which can boost mental health.
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Debt lawsuits — a byproduct of America's medical debt crisis — can ensnare not only patients but also those who help sick and older people be admitted to nursing homes, a KHN-NPR investigation finds.
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Advocates have been calling for changes in the field. They say these jobs are exhausting, with low wages, little respect and little career growth. "We need a complete transformation," one expert says.
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An update on the FBI agents who were killed in South Florida Tuesday while serving a warrant. "Stonks," "tendies" and wildness on Wall Street. And getting real about getting older during COVID-19.
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People at risk for Alzheimer's disease could one day get their diagnosis decades earlier - at the eye doctor.
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Broward County has the fastest-growing population of people over 85 in the country. One of the growing problems they face is social isolation, which can…
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Mazie Ford was the only verified super-centenarian in Florida. That’s someone who’s over 110 years old. Ford died earlier this week. Her family said she…
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Virtually all of us will have to endure some aches and pains in the course of growing older. Maybe a bad back that makes getting out of bed a grueling…
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Memory faltering as you age? Parts of your brain that used to work in sync may be out of step. A study shows that a precise jolt of electricity can bring these parts back together, boosting memory.
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It’s snack time and a social worker brings five servings of yogurt with a side of bread and cream cheese into the television room where a group of elderly…
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Humans are evolutionary oddballs for living long past our reproductive prime. New research explains how grandmothers might be the reason why.