(Editor’s note: This story is part of Still Here, Still Positive: a series on the first generation of Americans aging with HIV/AIDS, with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation.) Craig Washington has never spent a night in the hospital because of… Continue reading
Joseph Gaxiola, Stephanie Stuart, Sharon Bosley and Robert Toth — four long-term survivors of HIV (Editor’s note: This story is part of a series for The John A. Hartford Foundation on aging with HIV/AIDS.) More than 500,000 people over 50 in the U.S. a… Continue reading
Two years have passed since the U.K. announced a buzzy and shocking, headline-making position: the Minister of Loneliness — an appointment born from a 2017 report that said nine million of the country’s 67 million people feel lonely some or all of the … Continue reading
Michael Thomas has a radical idea that loneliness needs to be normalized. Thomas, a lecturer in social work at Brunel University London, says it should be accepted that everyone struggles “and it’s normal to move in and out of loneliness over your life… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story is part of a series for The John A. Hartford Foundation.) About 70% of patients want to talk about cost with their physicians, but fewer than one-third actually do, according to polling conducted a few years ago by Avalere He… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This content is provided by The John A. Hartford Foundation, a Next Avenue funder.) These days, you can’t get through the evening news on television without being bombarded by drug advertisements. They promise everything from freedom fr… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story is part of a series for The John A. Hartford Foundation.) Bill Craze, 81, of Houston, was frustrated with the doctor he’d been seeing for five years. “I didn’t think I was getting the attention that I needed,” Craze says. “I … Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story is part of a series for The John A. Hartford Foundation.) No one wants to opt into extra time at the doctor. But staying up-to-date on recommended screenings and tests is shown to keep more people healthy and independent. And… Continue reading
“Don’t trust anyone over 30.” It’s a line made famous by ’60s activist Jack Weinberg when a San Francisco Chronicle reporter interviewed him about the ongoing Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. Generational finger pointing … Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story is part of a series for The John A. Hartford Foundation.) They go by different names: outreach workers, promotores, non-traditional health workers, community health representatives. Whatever they may be called, community heal… Continue reading