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Aging

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Health

Pa. nursing homes tighten restrictions to control for potential coronavirus spread

The facilities are starting to limit visitors, but that’s only the beginning of a good emergency plan for nursing homes.

6 years ago

The latest policy change to the Senior Freeze program would allow senior citizens to maintain eligibility for their rebate checks if they move to a new home — instead of their having to wait at least two full tax years to requalify. (http://401kcalculator.org/Flickr)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Changing Senior Freeze program so those who move aren’t penalized

Bipartisan bill would ensure those who move to a more affordable home would still qualify for property-tax relief

6 years ago

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Radio Times
Health

Aging and the costs of long-term care

The cost of long-term care for our aging population is rising but experts worry we are not prepared to meet their needs.

Air Date: January 16, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Running and other moderate exercise can protect against lifestyle disease. A new study shows training for a marathon slows cardiovascular aging. (RichVintage/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Ready for your first marathon? Training can cut years off your cardiovascular age

If you've ever considered training for a marathon, but you're a bit intimidated by the idea of 26.2 miles, here's some motivation.

6 years ago

Millions of Americans sank into addiction after using potent opioid painkillers, such as acetaminophen/oxycodone, that companies churned out and doctors freely prescribed over the past two decades. (Eric Baradat /AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

In 2019, the legal fight over opioids unraveled into confusion and infighting

Every day, 130 Americans die from opioid overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

6 years ago

Allison Beach holds the hand of her ailing mother Kathryne Beach inside her home in Hinesburg, Vt. Allison  (Thomas Marrinson/AP Photos)
Health

More Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals

For the first time since the early 1900s, more Americans are dying at home a trend that reflects more hospice care and progress toward the kind of end that most people want.

6 years ago

Geriatric oncologist Supriya Gupta Mohile meets with patient Jim Mulcahy at Highland Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. 
NPR
Health

A cancer care approach tailored to the elderly may have better results

When Lorraine Griggs' father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was treated with 35 rounds of radiation, though he had a long list of other serious issues.

6 years ago

Gail Collins (cred. Nina Subin)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Gail Collins on women and aging

New York Times columnist Gail Collins joins Marty to talk about her new book, "No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History."

Air Date: October 30, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
If you get to look at dogs and hug them every day, you just might live longer than people who don't have to clean animal hair off their clothes, according to a pair of studies out this month.
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NPR
Lifestyle

Dog people live longer. But why?

Hugging a dog is one life's greatest joys. Getting to see fur on four legs and a wagging tail is like experiencing a love drug — quite literally.

6 years ago

Delaware County District Attorney Kat Copeland and Criminal Investigation Division Chief Joseph Ryan announce charges against Gloria Byars and Keith and Carolyn Collins for defrauding seniors out of more than $1 million. (Dana Bate/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Delco DA: Three court-appointed guardians stole more than $1 million from seniors

An elaborate embezzlement scheme involved funneling seniors’ funds through a shell company and a church where two of the three defendants were pastors.

6 years ago

Writers Daniel Simpson, Ona Gritz, and Anne Kaier (Anne Kaier photo credit Andrea Cipriani Mecchi)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Writers on living with disability

Three writers discuss living with disability, the influence its had on love, life and work,, the stigmas that persist, and the pressing issues facing disabled communities.

Air Date: October 10, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Liiana Acero dances with Eduardo Bru during the at-home vijoteca on Saturday, September 14, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethell for WHYY)
Community

Meet the woman trying to keep Colombian senior discos in Philly — out of her own rowhouse

After a Colombian nightclub closed, Sandra Colon hosted her own viejoteca in the living room of her Northeast Philly rowhome.

6 years ago

Listen 4:49
In this file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (Bradley C Bower/AP Photo)
Speak Easy
Money
Speak Easy

Finding true social security while waiting at Two Penn Center

We were still getting used to our new status: retired.

6 years ago

Liberty behind bars was the theme of an Elder Witness protest at the Philadelphia field office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The group objects to policies that separate families and put children in detention. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘We’re not irrelevant’: Philly seniors say retirement is the best time to protest

Members of the group Elder Witness protested a new rule allowing the Trump administration to indefinitely detain families who illegally cross the border.

6 years ago

Photo of woman holding terminally ill mother hand
Politics & Policy

Doctor who sued N.J. to stop ‘aid-in-dying’ law believes it violates his oath

An attorney for the doctor who sued to stop New Jersey’s new aid-in-dying law said his client believes the law violates his oath as a practicing physician.

6 years ago

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