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What The 2020s Have In Store For Aging Boomers

By Judith Graham January 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

On the bright side, advances in medical science and a push for healthier lifestyles might extend the quality of life for aging boomers. Among clouds on the horizon: ageism, strained long-term care services and the need to work well past retirement age.

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Cómo cuidar a los padres mayores cuando no quieren ayuda

By Judith Graham December 20, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Desafortunadamente, ni la paciencia, ni la compasión, ni la tolerancia dan resultado en algunas circunstancias conflictivas, pero hay formas de generar buena comunicación.

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Parenting Your Aging Parents When They Don’t Want Help

By Judith Graham December 19, 2019 KFF Health News Original

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.

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The Health Care Promises We Cannot Keep

By Judith Graham December 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

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.

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As His Wife’s Caregiver, A Doctor Discovers What’s Missing At Health Care’s Core

By Judith Graham December 5, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Harvard psychiatrist Arthur Kleinman shed his “veil of ignorance” during 11 years serving as the primary family caregiver for his wife, who had a rare form of early Alzheimer’s disease. In a new book, “The Soul of Care,” he offers suggestions for transforming health care ― just as caregiving transformed him.

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Readers And Tweeters Dive Into Debate Over ‘Medicare For All’

February 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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When Caring For A Sick Spouse Shakes A Marriage To The Core

By Judith Graham November 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A long illness creates a real risk: that the relationship will be undermined and essential emotional connections lost.

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Cuando cuidar al cónyuge enfermo afecta los cimientos del matrimonio

By Judith Graham November 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

El riesgo es que los matrimonios se vean afectados por la enfermedad y se pierdan las conexiones emocionales esenciales.

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La delicada tarea de quitarle el teléfono inteligente a un adulto mayor

By Judith Graham November 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Según el Centro de Investigación Pew, el 73% de los adultos mayores de 65 años usaron Internet en 2019, en comparación con el 43% en 2010.

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Drumbeat Builds For A Peace Corps Of Caregivers

By Judith Graham October 10, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The notion of a national program to tend to the day-to-day needs of a booming older population has circulated for years. Now, there are grants ― and grit ― behind it.

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Cuerpos de Paz para cuidar y ofrecer compañía a adultos mayores

By Judith Graham October 10, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Este otoño, líderes del proyecto invitarán a organizaciones de todo el país a presentar propuestas para atender las necesidades “no médicas” de los adultos mayores.

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The Delicate Issue Of Taking Away A Senior’s Smartphone

By Judith Graham September 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Knowing when — and how — to limit a loved one’s access to digital devices is akin to taking their car keys.

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Qué pueden hacer hospitales y consultorios para que los adultos mayores estén más seguros

By Judith Graham September 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Para los adultos mayores, especialmente para los que son frágiles, los centros médicos pueden ser difíciles de navegar y, a veces, hasta peligrosos.

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In Search Of Age-Friendly Health Care, Finding Room For Improvement

By Judith Graham September 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Simple alterations — like better signs, seating, parking or door design — can make it easier for older patients to navigate health care facilities. Here are several changes doctors’ offices, clinics and hospitals could make.

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Feds Pave The Way To Expand Home Dialysis — But Patients Hit Roadblocks

By Judith Graham August 22, 2019 KFF Health News Original

What changes are needed to bring home dialysis to more patients — especially older adults, the fastest-growing group of patients with serious, irreversible kidney disease? We asked nephrologists, patient advocates and dialysis company officials for their thoughts.

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What The Trump Home Dialysis Plan Would Really Look Like

By Judith Graham August 16, 2019 KFF Health News Original

It takes more than an executive order to shift kidney disease patients from dialysis centers to home care. These patients show it takes discipline, skill, will and support.

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La charla que tienen que tener los adultos mayores con sus médicos antes de una cirugía

By Judith Graham August 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Muchas veces los médicos no hablan con sus pacientes y familiares sobre los riesgos potenciales y las complicaciones que se pueden presentar durante o después de una intervención.

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The Talk Seniors Need To Have With Doctors Before Surgery

By Judith Graham August 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Surgeons are rethinking the old notions of “informed consent.” With older patients especially, a push is on to talk candidly about what a surgery will do, its risks and how it will affect their quality of life.

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Medicamentos comunes pueden generar síntomas similares a los de la demencia

By Judith Graham July 18, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Se estima que 1 de cada 4 adultos mayores toma medicamentos anticolinérgicos, una amplia gama de drogas utilizadas para tratar alergias, insomnio, incontinencia urinaria, mareos, asma y Parkinson, entre otros.

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Common Medications Can Masquerade As Dementia In Seniors

By Judith Graham July 18, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A wide variety of medications used to treat allergies, insomnia, leaky bladders, diarrhea, dizziness, motion sickness, asthma, Parkinson’s disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and psychiatric disorders can interfere with cognition in older patients.

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