011520 medicare & aging
Extending ‘Healthspan’: Brain Scientists Tap Into The Secrets Of Living Well Longer
By Sharon Jayson
New thinking about aging spins on how to stay free of chronic illnesses and cognitive decline later in life.
Government-Funded Day Care Helps Keep Seniors Out Of Nursing Homes And Hospitals
By Lori Basheda
The aptly named Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly provides services funded by Medicaid and Medicare that range from medical and mental health care to hot lunches, recreation, transportation and haircuts. California’s newest PACE center opened recently in San Diego County.
Cómo cuidar a los padres mayores cuando no quieren ayuda
By Judith Graham
Desafortunadamente, ni la paciencia, ni la compasión, ni la tolerancia dan resultado en algunas circunstancias conflictivas, pero hay formas de generar buena comunicación.
Parenting Your Aging Parents When They Don’t Want Help
By Judith Graham
Relationships between adult children and their parents can fray with age. Experts offer help on how loved ones can preserve the love and negotiate those tension-filled final years.
The Health Care Promises We Cannot Keep
By Judith Graham
Family caregivers pledge to fulfill their loved ones’ end-of-life wishes. But too often circumstances change, and they must break their word and guard against breaking hearts ― including their own.
One-On-One With Trump’s Medicare And Medicaid Chief: Seema Verma
By Sarah Varney
Seema Verma, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, sat down for a rare interview with KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney. They discuss her views on President Donald Trump’s plan for sustaining public health insurance programs, how the administration would respond if Obamacare is struck down by the courts in the future and her thoughts on how the latest "Medicare for All" proposals would affect innovation and access to care.