Posted in the Bay Times on February 9, 2012 Editor’s Note: Openhouse founder Marcy Adelman, PhD, shares with the Bay Times her testimony from the recent public hearing held Thursday, January 26th. Comments of Marcy Adelman, PhD: San Francisco has made much progress in the last decade to create more welcoming, LGBTQ friendly senior housing, [...]
Faced with soaring health care costs and shrinking Medicare and Medicaid financing, nursing home operators are closing some facilities and embracing an emerging model of care that allows many elderly patients to remain in their homes and still receive the medical and social services available in institutions. The rapid expansion of this new type of [...]
A recent USA Today article states that there is an increase in seniors living over the age of 90. According to author Haya El Nasser “The number of people living to age 90 and beyond has tripled in the past three decades to almost 2 million and is likely to quadruple by 2050”. Seniors who [...]
Financial scams targeting seniors have become so prevalent that they’re now considered “the crime of the 21st century.” Why? Because seniors are thought to have a significant amount of money sitting in their accounts. Financial scams also often go unreported or can be difficult to prosecute, so they’re considered a “low-risk” crime. However, they’re devastating [...]
What’s the right level of care at the end of life? The answer is not always “more” — even for the very ill. The pink POLST form helps medical staff respect patients’ wishes in their final days. CA Healthcare Foundation article (July 2011) All too often, necessary conversations about the intensity and type of medical [...]
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