Parenting your aging parents when they don’t want help
David Solie's 89-year-old mother, Carol, was unyielding. "No, I will not move," she told her son every time he suggested that she leave her home and relocate to a senior...
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The health care promises we cannot keep
It was a promise Matt Perrin wasn't able to keep. "I'll never take away your independence," he'd told his mother, Rosemary, then 71, who lived alone on Cape Cod, Mass.,...
As his wife’s caregiver, a doctor discovers what’s missing at health care’s core
Caring for someone with a serious illness stretches people spiritually and emotionally, often beyond what they might have thought possible. Dr. Arthur Kleinman, a professor of psychiatry and anthropology at...
As his wife’s caregiver, a doctor discovers what’s missing at health care’s core
Caring for someone with a serious illness stretches people spiritually and emotionally, often beyond what they might have thought possible. Dr. Arthur Kleinman, a professor of psychiatry and anthropology at...
In search of age-friendly health care, finding room for improvement
Recently, during a visit to her doctor's office in Sequim, Washington, Sue Christensen fell to her knees in the bathroom when her legs suddenly gave out. The 74-year-old was in...
More seniors are dying in falls. Study shows doctors could do more to reduce the risk.
Older adults worried about falling typically receive general advice: Take an exercise class. Get your vision checked. Stop taking medications for sleep. Install grab bars in the bathroom. A new...
Listening to older patients who want to stop dialysis
Dr. Susan Wong sat down with an 84-year-old patient in the hospital, where he'd been admitted with a flare-up of a serious autoimmune condition and deteriorating kidney function. The older...
Elderly aren’t getting enough help, study says
About 25 million Americans who are aging in place rely on help from other people and devices such as canes, raised toilets or shower seats to perform essential daily activities,...
Frail seniors find ways to live independently
Pauline Jeffery had let things slide since her husband died. Her bedroom was a mess. Her bathroom was disorganized. She often tripped over rugs in her living and dining room....
Without safety net of kids or spouse, ‘elder orphans’ need a fallback plan
It was a memorable place to have an "aha" moment about aging. Peter Sperry had taken his 82-year-old father, who'd had a stroke and used a wheelchair, to Disney World....