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A new report exposes shoddy hiring practices by home-care agencies, such as hiring caregivers through Craigslist Continue
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Follow these expert tips to evaluate your balance and prevent falls. Continue
Next Avenue
Those of us who are more than 40 years on can take pride in the power within that softening silhouette in the mirror. This is the time to celebrate our body’s healthy service and endurance. Continue
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Even if you don’t have problems with vision, mobility or concentration now, when buying (or leasing) a new car, it’s important to anticipate needs that could develop for you or anyone else driving the vehicle over the coming years or decade. Continue
To The Contrary
The future of women's health after the Supreme Court ruling on the healthcare bill; a study revelas in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and use of younger eggs gives older women the same chance of having a baby as younger women; Israeli lawmaker Orit Zuaretz and USAID's Sarah Mendelson talk about the challengs governments and non-profits face in combatting trafficking around the world. Continue
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While politicians and the media war over "the public option" and "bending the cost curve," acclaimed actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith and her one-woman play "LET ME DOWN EASY" give voice to questions of life and death, sickness and healthcare. The JOURNAL visits a new home in New York City for contemplation and celebration of poetry. Continue
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Bill Moyers speaks with one of America's leading educators and author of The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is the first African American woman in the history of Harvard to have an endowed professorship named in her honor. And, photographic artist Chris Jordan turns the statistics of consumerism into palpable images. Continue
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Everyone needs to feel that their life has purpose and meaning. It’s one of life’s basic needs. It is only when we have lived a full life and the time of elderhood is dawning that its deepest meaning begins to appear. Continue
FutureStates
Simon Ender struggles with his decision to commit his elderly mother into a revolutionary nursing home alternative that has solved the rapidly growing Senior Citizen overpopulation. Continue
Independent Lens
Learning to communicate through a mother's dementia requires patience, ingenuity, and love. Continue
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As we age, our cognitive skills weaken. It’s the adage: Use it or lose it. Learning a musical instrument can be one of the best workouts for your mind, and as research has revealed, it also can soothe an aging body and even rekindle the soul. Continue
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For people the world over wine is one of life’s great pleasures. But as we age, our tolerance for wine changes. Perhaps it takes fewer sips to make us feel tipsy or drowsy. Or we wake up with a raging headache. Here are some ways to counter these side effects and enjoy wine again. Continue
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A traditional breast cancer support group didn't give the author the help she needed during her recovery, so she pursued other options. Continue
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For three decades, Timothy White has been a pre-eminent chronicler of Hollywood and the music industry. But his most passionate photographic work focuses on two people you’ve never heard of: Joseph and Mary White, his 93-year-old parents. Continue
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"Old-school socialist" Mike Davis gives his critique of the government's response to the economic crisis and how he thinks it compares to Roosevelt's New Deal. And, Marta Pelaez, president of Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc., with perspective on the human face of the economic downturn and how it may be pushing some families over the edge. Continue
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Advocate Donna Smith on how our broken system is hurting ordinary Americans. Then, policy analysts and physicians Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen and David Himmelstein of Physicians for a National Health Program join Bill Moyers for a frank discussion about the political and logistical feasibility of a single-payer system amidst the troubled economy and a government dominated by lobbyists. Continue
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Need a reason to finally get your hearing checked? Try this: A new study has found that people who experience significant hearing loss as they age may also be at higher risk of developing dementia. Continue
FRONTLINE
Join correspondent Dave Iverson on his personal journey to understand Parkinson's disease. 6/12/2012 Continue
FutureStates
Gwen is the spokesperson for a radical technology allowing people to overcome their natural disadvantages and begin life anew. But when her job and family are in crisis, will she undergo the procedure herself? Continue
Independent Lens
Singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke cared for her mother (a gifted poet and writer, as well) for more than two years as they traveled the strange and unpredictable path of Alzheimer’s disease together in Brooke’s New York home. Her mother died earlier this year. Brooke offered this very personal perspective on Alzheimer’s for Independent Lens. Continue
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