Unvaccinated Staff Eyed In Risking Nursing Home Cases, Deaths

Unvaccinated Staff Eyed In Risking Nursing Home Cases, Deaths by Jason Dearen and Ricardo Alonzo-Zaldivar.  July 21, 2021.   

Burden On Caregivers During Pandemic

 Family Caregivers Feel The Pandemic's Weight by Paula Span.  The New York Times.  May 21, 2021.  

Older Adults Share Experiences Of "Catching Up" After Covid-19 Vaccinations

 Older Adults Begin To Catch Up On All That They Missed During The Pandemic After Covid-19 Vaccinations by Judith Graham.  Kaiser Health News/CNN.  March 31, 2021.  

Who Should Go Next? The Debate--Those With Severe Outcome Risk vs. Those With Risk For Exposure

 Florida Will vaccinate Seniors Before Essential Workers.  Here Are The Pros And Cons by Ben Conarck and Lawrence Mower.  Miami Herald.  December 22, 2020.  

Infections Among Young Adults Eventually May Spread To Older, More Vulnerable, People

 Virus Cases Surged In Young Adults.  The Elderly Were Hit Next by Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times.  September 24, 2020.  

Monoclonal Antibody Drug Being Tested As A COVID "Swat Team" For Nursing Home Outbreaks

An "Unprecedented" Effort To Stop The Coronavirus In Nursing Homes by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  August 20, 2020.

COVID-19 Threats Assisted Living Industry

COVID-19 Crisis Threatens Beleaguered Assisted Living Industry by Laura Ungar And Jay Hancock.  KHN.  April 9, 2020.

Nursing Homes "Have Become An Accelerator" For Coronavirus In Georgia

Industry Officials Expect The Virus To Continue To Spread To More Senior Care Facilities Despite Measures To Contain It by Brad Schrade And Carrie Teegardin.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  April 3, 2020

Nursing Homes Are Starkly Vulnerable To Coronavirus

Nursing Homes Are Starkly Vulnerable To Coronavirus by Matt Richter.  The New York Times.  March 5, 2020.  

New Geriatric Surgery Verification Program Seeks To Improve Results Among Elderly

The Elderly Are Getting Complex Surgeries.  Often It Doesn't End Well by Paul Span.  The New York Times.  June 7, 2019.

Rate Of Mortality From Falls More Than Doubled From 2000 to 2016

Deadly Falls In Older Americans Are Rising.  Here's How To Prevent Them by Katie Hafner.  The New York Times.  June 4, 2019.

Minimize The Risk Of Falls, The Leading Cause Of Injuries Among Older Adults

Falls Can Kill You, Here's How To Minimize The Risk by Jane E. Brody.  The New York Times.  February 25, 2019. 

Older Americans Are Flocking To Medical Marijuana

Older Americans Are Flocking To Medical Marijuana by Paul Span.  The New York Times.  December 7, 2018.

Study Finds Relationship Between Pollution And Cognition

Pollution May Dim Thinking Skills, Study In China Suggests by Mike Ives.  The New York Times.  August 29, 2018. 

The Elderly And Firearms

In Elderly Hands, Firearms Can Be Even Deadlier by Paula Span.  The New York Times.  May 25, 2018. 

Keyless Cars, Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, And The Elderly

Deadly Convenience:  Keyless Cars And Their Carbon  Monoxide Toll by David Jeans And Majlie De Puy Kamp.  The New York Times.  May 13, 2018. 

Separation Of Dental Care From The Rest Of Healthcare: The Case Of Medicare

Medicare Doesn't Equal Dental Care.  That Can Be A Big Problem by Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  March 19, 2018. 

Broken Bones In The Elderly: Daily Wear-And-Tear or Fall: An Engineering Perspective

Reaching The Breaking Point.  University of Utah/Science Daily.  January 23, 2018.

Related Party Transactions Impact Patient Care In Nursing Homes

Care Suffers As More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs by Jordan Rau.  Kaiser Health News.  December 31, 2017. 

Aggresive Screening May Have More Risks Than Benefits For Elderly

Too Many Older Patients Get Cancer Screenings by Liz Szabo/Kaiser Health News.  The New York Times.  December 19, 2017.