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Studying Aging, and Fearing Budget Cuts
THE BOSS Dr. Richard J. Hodes has been the director of the institute for 17 years. By MILT FREUDENHEIM Dr. Richard J. Hodes presides over the nation’s prime source of grants for studies of aging at a...
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Leaving All Your Big Medical Decisions to Your Family Isn’t Very Nice
February 28, 2011-Wall Street Journal The point of naming a medical surrogate is to have someone around to express your preferences about care when you can’t. But not providing surrogates with enough...
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A Maternal Link to Alzheimer’s
Wall Street Journal-March 1, 2011 By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN People with an immediate family history of Alzheimer’s disease are four to 10 times as likely to contract the condition. A new study now...
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When Abuse of Older Patients Is Financial
KEEPING WATCH Dr. Robert W. Parker of the University of Texas Health Science Center with an older patient in San Antonio. “The first thing we now ask on our patient questionnaire is who is managing...
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Complaint Box | Old and Dear
By MARY LU WALKER The other morning, I went for a grocery run. I parked my car and made a mental note of the aisle number, remembered to take in my reusable shopping bags, and although there was a...
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Vast Gene Study Yields Insights on Alzheimer’s
Dr. Richard Mayeux of Columbia University Medical Center, with containers holding DNA samples used by the researchers. By GINA KOLATA The two largest studies of Alzheimer’s disease have led to the...
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Doctor Focuses on the Minds of the Elderly
By JANE GROSS–The New York Times–April 30, 2011 Dr. Agronin spoke with resident Edward Newman, 90. Dr. Agronin, 45, is unusual not just because of his specialty but because he is a salaried staff...
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How Medicare Fails the Elderly
By JANE GROSS The New York Times Published: October 15, 2011 Jane Gross is a former New York Times reporter and the author of “A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents — and Ourselves.” HERE...
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Avoiding Surgery in the Elderly
January 25, 2012, 3:29 PM The New York Times By PAULA SPAN For the very old and frail, surgery can become a source of danger in itself. It may take members of our parents’ generation (and our own) a...
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Africa’s Senior Citizens
By Femi O Odulana Published: 20120224 First, indulge me to narrate a true story to espouse the need for an appropriate health and custodial care setting for a loved one or an elderly parent who...
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How Medicare Fails the Elderly
By JANE GROSS The New York Times Published: October 15, 2011 Jane Gross is a former New York Times reporter and the author of “A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents — and Ourselves.” HERE...
View ArticleThese 4 New Yorkers Are Experts in Living. What Do They Know That We Don’t?
These 4 New Yorkers Are Experts in Living. What Do They Know That We Don’t? — Read on...
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View ArticleIn Assisted Living, There is Rarely a Doctor in the House
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This orphan’s Last Blog Post
As the headline suggests, this will be the final post to this blog. Mom died July 15 and we had her memorial service this past weekend. This journey has been exhausting and now it is time to be the...
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