(Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us forever. Next Avenue turned to some of our Influencers in Aging, a diverse group of thought leaders, for their insights, c… Continue reading
Comfort, touch, togetherness: these are among the key elements of hospice care — the kind of care offered at the end of one’s life. These same principles are also in direct opposition to the distance and separation asked of us during a pandemic. Yet ho… Continue reading
In the DC Comics town of Metropolis, the townsfolk had Superman to protect them from villains like Lex Luthor, Brainiac and Darkseid. But in real-life Metropolis, Ill. (pop. 6,133), there is no larger-than-life superhero. There’s a 15-foot-tall statue … Continue reading
Social distancing and stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis have led many health care providers to conduct visits with patients through telemedicine — providing medical and mental health care using the internet and telecommunicat… Continue reading
(Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us forever. Next Avenue turned to some of our Influencers in Aging, a diverse group of thought leaders, for their insights, c… Continue reading
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently said that he and other older Americans would be willing to risk death due to the coronavirus in order to protect the U.S. economy. What followed was a backlash by people warning that even the thought of sacrificing t… Continue reading
About three-quarters of Americans have been ordered to stay home during this global pandemic, and that number grows weekly. In particular, people 60 and older, who are at greater risk of serious illness from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), are urged … Continue reading
(This piece was originally published by the Association of Health Care Journalists and is being republished with permission.) You may have heard the comments from Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick last week, when he said that older adults should be willing to… Continue reading
Tired of 60- to 70-hour work weeks, Dr. Debra Caroli planned on retiring April 1, 2020. She recently decided to embrace part-time employment instead of working full-time as an anesthesiologist in Leesburg, Fla. Then came COVID-19. “Even if I was going … Continue reading
I am anxious about my 80-year-old father with regards to COVID-19. He has lung cancer and emphysema. He receives immunotherapy injections monthly. And he resides in New York State, the current epicenter of the pandemic in the United States. To summariz… Continue reading