‘Daughterhood circles’ offer family caregivers a way to connect
One woman struggles to understand why her mom won’t leave her room. Another woman, whose mother now lives with her, wonders on really bad days...
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HOPE Act aims to increase awareness of Medicare dementia care planning benefit
Medicare approved a new benefit in early 2017 for people with dementia and their families — care planning. But since then only about 1 percent...
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Eye exams, other new tests may be able to detect Alzheimer’s early
Imagine a simple eye exam or blood test revealing early stages of Alzheimer’s, and that these tests can be performed at your optometrist’s and general...
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Palliative care is one of the fastest-growing medical specialties. It’s not growing fast enough.
It’s a conundrum that the field of palliative care, one of the fastest-growing medical specialties focused on life-threatening illness – recognized by the World Health...
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More than 250,000 people die each year from medical errors. How to protect yourself or your loved one.
Xingxun Yu was admitted to the hospital on a spring day in 2008 for what his family expected would be a fairly minor procedure to...
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Washington state first in the nation to adopt long-term care insurance plan
Washington on Monday became the first state in the nation to create a public insurance program to help families offset the costs of long-term care....
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‘The Longest Day’ fundraiser draws new donors for Alzheimer’s Association
The summer solstice, on June 21, is the longest day of the year, literally and figuratively. It’s the day with the most hours of sunlight....
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Can a volunteer ‘Care Corps’ create a pipeline of long-term care workers?
California lawmakers are considering a plan to build up the next generation of long-term care providers by creating a trained Care Corps. Modeled after AmeriCorps,...
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New ‘equality index’ to highlight LGBT-friendly senior care facilities
A nationwide survey is being developed to evaluate long-term care communities on how equitably they treat their LGBTQ residents. Two prominent advocacy groups —The Human...
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Sen. Mark Warner: I lost my mother to Alzheimer’s. Her memory continues to motivate me.
Like too many Americans, I understand firsthand the devastating impact that Alzheimer’s can have on a family. My mother Marjorie was diagnosed with advanced Alzheimer’s...
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