Peggy Girshman
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States Struggling To Pay For Aged, Disabled Community Programs – A KHN Interview
Martha Roherty, who represents officials running state programs, says that "things that allow people to keep their family members at home longer" are often being cut.
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‘Big Cleanout’ No Cure For Hoarding
Studies presented this weekend at the American Society on Aging conference say hoarders are more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and have social phobias rather than obsessive compulsive disorder.
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Midnight Munchies Keep Elderly Safer In NY Nursing Home
Like many nursing homes, the Parker Jewish Institute in New Hyde Park, N.Y., was having problems with some of its patients with dementia wandering at night. The staff worried about falls, but they didn't want to hand out more psychotropic medicines. But one night in 2007, a nursing assistant accidentally stumbled on a solution.
Morning Briefing
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More Than Half Of Pennsylvania Counties Report Measles As Case Count Tops 900
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CMS Expects Medicare Advantage Premium Costs To Decline Over 16% Next Year
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Toxic Effects In The Air And On The Ground Lingered Long After Maui Wildfires Were Extinguished, Study Finds
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