Studies suggest that 40% to 47% of people who have reached the age of 65 report some degree of memory impairment. While memory loss may lead to the fear of …
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Older LGBT Adults Have Special Concerns About Long-Term Care
In recent years, unpleasant members of society have felt emboldened to express their hostility to members of different races, ethnicities, and gender identity groups. Many believe that the rapid rise …
Continue ReadingOnline Signup May Delay COVID-19 Vaccinations for Seniors
Many seniors are energetic and tech-savvy. Both of those qualities may be necessary to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccination. Unfortunately, seniors who do not have the stamina or skills …
Continue ReadingHow Will COVID-19 Vaccines Be Distributed to the Elderly?
The coronavirus pandemic has caused more than 290,000 American deaths from COVID-19, a chilling fatality rate that may reach as high as 329,000 before the end of the year. Although …
Continue ReadingIs Eldercare Assistance on the Horizon?
Family caregivers in the United States assist millions of seniors with their activities of daily living. Together with caregivers who assist disabled relatives, an estimated 65.7 million Americans serve as …
Continue ReadingElder Advocates Want Better Disclosure of Pandemic Data
Health authorities discourage social gatherings as a way to slow the spread of the virus that is responsible for COVID-19. Large groups of people in workplaces and schools also increase …
Continue ReadingUnderstanding Ageism and COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its list of risk factors for developing a serious illness after exposure to the coronavirus. Until that update, the CDC …
Continue ReadingTechnology Can Help Seniors Stay Healthy During the Pandemic
Providing senior care and maintaining social distancing may seem like incompatible goals. Some services, whether provided by home health aides or by the staff of a senior living facility, need …
Continue ReadingThe Case for Slow Medicine
“I don’t consider myself a natural-born doctor,” Victoria Sweet recently told a group gathered at San Francisco’s Institute on Aging. She then described her unlikely scholastic path to physiciandom: a …
Continue ReadingElderhood: A Geriatrician’s Eyeview
Geriatrician Louise Aronson set out to write a book that promises to “look at old age in new ways.” But the first challenge, she explained recently, was the title she …
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