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Money

The role of cognitive decline in financial elder abuse, and what we can do about it

Cognitive decline robs people of their identity, independence and financial security. The banking industry may be able to help identify it before dire financial impact.

8 years ago

Donna Greenberg is shown at the Eagles Parade on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
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Lifestyle

Discovering my passion for the Eagles later in life

My parents and I were not born Eagles fans. We earned our Eagles pride. It took years, but we were persuaded of the righteousness of our city's gritty underdogs.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump is calling for a national
Health

Bioethicists push back on Trump call for national ‘right-to-try’ legislation

If a national version of this bill is approved, terminally ill patients could try experimental treatments that have completed some testing but don’t yet have FDA approval.

8 years ago

Brian Gralnick of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia is working to help 91-year-old Holocaust Survivor Sylvia Genoy keep her home in Northeast Philadelphia.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Aging Holocaust survivors need help maintaining homes they can’t bear to leave

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia is seeking support to help survivors stay safely and comfortably in their homes.

8 years ago

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Man jumping off a cliff with a parachute
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Lifestyle

Whose adventure are we choosing here?

I don't want to date Indiana Jones! I just want someone I can read in bed with. So why are so many men my age seeking adventurous women?

8 years ago

New Year's Resolutions
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

We don’t resolve, we evolve

Many of our commitments have come about circumstantially. By that we mean: We had kids, they had interests, and we jumped right in.

8 years ago

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Health

Neuroscientist predicts ‘much better treatment’ for Alzheimer’s is 10 years away

8 years ago

Rupert Alston, head of the residents council at the Blumberg senior high rise in Sharswood, attends the groundbreaking for renovations to the 13-story apartment building.
Urban Planning

$28 million renovation of Sharswood senior apartments underway

Work on the Blumberg tower's 94 apartments in North Phily is expected to be finished in a year. It's part of a $500 million redevelopment of the Sharswood neighborhood.

8 years ago

Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

A dad ponders his legacy

Parents are a lot like actors, athletes and politicians in that, at some point in our career, we begin to consider our legacy.

8 years ago

People are seen walking past the
NPR
Community

Sometimes it takes a ‘village’ to help seniors stay in their homes

The idea of being able to maintain independence into one's 80s or 90s is so irresistible that he number of villages across the country has grown to 230.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

What made the millennials?

Guests: Malcolm Harris, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett What makes a Millennial? This group of people has often been descri ...

Air Date: December 14, 2017

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf stopped the practice of accepting gifts among people under his authority when he took office three years ago, but that does not apply to state legislators and other elected state officials. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

New Medicaid feature to reduce future nursing home enrollees

Years in the making, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration is rolling out a new Medicaid feature that's designed to reduce the future number of enrollees in nursing homes.

8 years ago

Joann Clark, left, and her daughter, Jessica Clark, 35, lean to touch their foreheads as they share a funny moment talking about Jessicaís love of Bette Midler as they talk at the kithcen table in their Glen Mill, PA home.   Joann Clark is 69 years old and her daughter, Jessica Clark, 35, lives with her in her over 55 community in Glen Mills, PA  Joann Clark is worried about what will happen to her daughter after she is gone.   MICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer
Radio Times
Community

Families in crisis: aging parents & disabled children

GUESTS: RONNIE POLANECZKY, AUDREY (DEE) COCCIA & MAUREEN DEVANEY Daily News columnist, ...

Air Date: December 8, 2017

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Adele is the mother of a friend who became like a second mother to the author.
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Health

Gaining a second mother, then learning to let her go

I had lost my own mother to dementia years ago and know the signs. It's as if Adele, at 92, is in a holding pattern. No longer “here,” but not yet gone.

8 years ago

Former Pennsylvania Gov. and former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge speaks during a campaign event in Peterborough, N.H in this 2012 file photo. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health

Former Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge recovering from heart attack

The wife of former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary and Pa. Governor Tom Ridge says he's in the early stages of recovery.

8 years ago

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