Study: Elderly’s Family Caregivers Need Help, Too
A study by the National Academies finds more support is needed for nearly 18 million people giving care to family members 65 and older.
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A study by the National Academies finds more support is needed for nearly 18 million people giving care to family members 65 and older.
A federally funded research project in Baltimore has potential to help aging-in-place efforts elsewhere, a study in Health Affairs reports.
Dementia complicates pain management in hospice patients because communication is difficult and the cause of pain can be hard to identify, researchers report.
This new column explains what older adults and their families can do to avoid hospital readmission.
Older people are often given a huge number of medications, and many of them are unnecessary or even harmful.
Lawmakers approve bill to help Medicare patients with "observation care” costs.
A guide to help Medicare patients receiving observation care.
The government is laying out plans to use payment incentives to promote higher quality care, but physicians say the new system may be hard on solo practices and small groups.
PACE, a little-known Medicare program that helps keep older people in their own homes, is allowing for-profit companies in. Tech and venture capital have expressed interest.
Overcrowding and chaos in traditional emergency rooms can harm seniors’ health. That’s prompting some hospitals to open ERs designed specifically for the elderly.
Spending too much time in their hospital beds can leave older patients sicker than when they were first admitted.
Intensive training for such aides helps reduce repeated ER visits and hospitalizations of elderly disabled people, a pilot project suggests.
Residents with dementia need to be monitored and increased training is needed for staff who care for them, said researchers who examined reported instances of abuse in assisted living facilities.
Some hospitals try to avoid sharp declines in the health of elderly patients by treating them in special units geared to their specific needs. This story is the first in a KHN series on the challenges hospitals face with an aging population.
Elderly black women suffer most from shorter active life expectancy free of disabilities, showing no improvement since the early 1980s, Health Affairs study finds.
Medi-Cal has become the payer of first resort for many Californians unable to afford the long-term care they need.
Researchers say their study suggests solitary households may be markers for older adults in better health and with more functional independence.
The incidence of opioid use disorder is growing rapidly within the Medicare population.
A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis sheds new light on a widely-held belief about the costs of end-of-life care.
Only about half of geriatric fellowships for medical residents in the U.S. are filled each year. Some students blame overwhelming medical school debt, which grows with every extra year of training.
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