Health Jun 27 Watch Fixing the disconnect between Medicare and Medicaid to serve the most vulnerable Americans Providing long term care at a reasonable cost — especially for low-income Americans who are elderly or have disabilities — has long been a challenge in the U.S. In California, long term care providers are coordinating in order to tackle… By PBS NewsHour
Health May 14 8 workout tips for getting ‘buff’ at 80 Diet and exercise fads you see on TV or online usually sell themselves by featuring trim, athletic men and women in their 20s. But as the average age in the U.S. shifts older, there is a growing need for workouts… By Ellen Rolfes
Health Apr 16 Watch Taking cues from ‘Golden Girls,’ more single baby boomers are building a future together By PBS NewsHour
Apr 15 Watch Foster families find and share support with elders at Oregon housing community By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
May 30 Starting the Conversation about Long-Term Care: 10 Things You Should Know By April Brown EmbedVideo(6582, 482, 304); I'll admit it -- I don't like to talk about death, dying or getting older. And long-term care or end-of-life issues are not subjects I really want to discuss with my parents on the… Continue reading
May 29 Looking to the Past in Caring for Aging Americans in the Future President Lyndon Johnson hands a pen from the signing of the Older Americans Act to an unknown woman on July 14, 1965. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto and courtesy of the LBJ Library. It's been nearly 50 years since President Lyndon… Continue reading
May 29 Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease: 10 Things You Should Know Rebecca Wyant (left) is the primary caregiver for her mother Mary, who suffers from Alzheimer's. Photo by Mike Fritz / PBS NewsHour Mary Wyant loved words. She loved to speak them and write them and read them. She was… Continue reading
May 24 How Growth of Elderly Population in U.S. Compares With Other Countries Editor's Note: This article is part of a series in which the PBS NewsHour and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, explore how health care and health policy in OECD's 34 member countries compare with the… Continue reading