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New program aims to provide seniors with home-based alternative to nursing facility care

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In an effort to help Illinois seniors stay in their homes for longer, officials announced Monday the state will be participating in a new federal program that could provide them…

Biden’s unlikely to get his full funding ask for home health care

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President Biden called for a $400 billion investment in home-care for the elderly and the disabled. But signs point to Congress missing the mark — and by a lot. Last…

How N.Y.’s Biggest For-Profit Nursing Home Group Flourishes Despite a Record of Patient Harm

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Charlie Stewart was looking forward to getting out of the nursing home in time for his 60th birthday. On his planned release day, in late 2012, the Long Island facility…

VERIFY: This is how people in nursing homes vote

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Viewer Ellen H. sent VERIFY this question: “I was wondering if nursing home residents get the chance to vote? If yes how do they vote? Is it by mail-in ballot…

Find Voting Rights Violations in Nursing Homes

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Taloria Stevenson Green has voted in every election since 1972, casting her ballot at a polling place across the street from her Washington, D.C. home.  But last year, she moved…

Hundreds of Thousands of Nursing Home Residents May Not Be Able to Vote in November Because of the Pandemic

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Walter Hutchins cast his first vote for president for Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, and he has voted in every election since. The last thing he wants is for his…

Aging in place helps you to avoid a retirement community or nursing home

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“I’d like to move to a nursing home or assisted living,” said no older adult ever. In fact, a recent study by AARP found that nine of 10 older Americans…

States Seek Nursing Home Alternatives

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As Congress contemplates deep cuts in Medicaid, many states have come up with innovative ways to help elders remain at home during their twilight years, saving millions that otherwise would…

It’s Time to Abolish Nursing Homes

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Albert P. died alone in a nursing home from Covid-19. because of new safety regulations, his daughter, Gita, was not allowed to visit. In the days before his death, she…

It’s Time To Retire Nursing Homes

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I read an article recently that dealt with the question of why nursing homes cost so much and the difference between for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes. This legitimate question had been the…

Why She Was Killed off “Animal Kingdom”

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I wrote the other day that Ellen Barkin was killed off her TNT series, “Animal Kingdom,” after four seasons. At the same time, she left her talent agency, CAA, and…

The Dying American Prisoner

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John Jay Roach was serving a 14-year sentence at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego when he felt a knot in his gut that wouldn’t go away. “Bellyaches,…

Elderly Inmate Population Soared 1,300 Percent Since 1980s: Report

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The population of aging and elderly prisoners in U.S. prisons exploded over the past three decades, with nearly 125,000 inmates aged 55 or older now behind bars, according to a…

The Obama administration’s plan to deal with elderly inmates isn’t working. Can it be fixed?

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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators led by Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) has asked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to take a fresh look at expanding compassionate release programs for…

Frail, Old and Dying, but Their Only Way Out of Prison Is a Coffin

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Kevin Zeich died shortly after his request for compassionate release was granted by the federal Bureau of Prisons. Only his belongings — and his ashes — made it to the…

Elderly Inmates Burden State Prisons

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A patient in the medical wing of the Kentucky State Reformatory in LaGrange. As the elderly population in state prisons keeps climbing, correctional systems are adding more services geared toward…

Coronavirus: Nursing home deaths spike in O.C., prompting calls for more action

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While Orange County Public Health Officer Nichole Quick said the county is doing everything possible to contain the burgeoning number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes, advocates for…

California nursing homes are examples of how cruel the coronavirus pandemic can be

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DINUBA, Calif. — The gravesite still has no marker. No grass has grown over the dry ground here, in a flat cemetery surrounded by some of the richest citrus groves…

More Than Half of All Coronavirus Deaths in LA County Are Mostly at Nursing Homes

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The number of people in Los Angeles County who have died from the coronavirus in institutional settings, primarily nursing homes, represent 51% of all deaths in the county, officials said.…

As coronavirus deaths mount, L.A. County is far behind on promise to test everyone in nursing homes

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A month after vowing to test all nursing home residents and staff for the novel coronavirus, Los Angeles County health officials have completed the effort in only about a third…

LA County Votes SNF Inspector General to Oversee Patient Safety

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The inspector general will increase SNF oversight, ideally identifying the patient safety and experience factors leading to large scale COVID-19 deaths.   May 28, 2020 - Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors…

Elder Abuse Growing into a National Crisis

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Do you know what America’s “dirty little secret“ is? The hidden problem of elder abuse, according to the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL). Here’s what you should…

‘I don’t know about normal love’: A church leader’s abuse and a woman’s years-long struggle

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Lauren Griffis is photographed in Nokesville, Va. (Calla Kessler/The Washington Post)   Lauren Griffis says she was groomed by a Virginia church youth leader from the time she was 11.…

Financial Abuse of the Elderly: Sometimes Unnoticed, Always Predatory

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Mariana Cooper, 86,with her granddaughter, Amy Lecoq, 39. Ms. Cooper was bilked out of much of her savings by someone she considered a friend.   It was only after Mariana…

Scammers using pandemic to target elderly during the pandemic | COMMENTARY

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Known as the “silent crime of the 21st Century,” elder financial abuse is an increasingly complex problem. Every year, thousands of cases of financial exploitation of older and vulnerable adults…

93-Year-Old Woman Spends 2 Nights In Jail After Eviction From Senior Housing

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Florida authorities released an elderly woman from jail on Thursday after police arrested her when she allegedly refused to leave her home in a senior housing community after being evicted.…

Coronavirus Hasn’t Stopped Jared Kushner’s Real Estate Empire from Hounding Tenants with Debt Collection, Eviction Lawsuits

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JARED KUSHNER’S family real estate company, which owns and manages thousands of apartment units, continued its aggressive eviction practices and debt collection lawsuits as Americans wait for government relief. Well into the…

California senior citizen fighting her eviction passes away at 97

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CALIFORNIA Senior fighting to save her home passes away Weeks ago, 97-year-old Marie Hatch received an eviction notice, informing her she had to leave the suburban San Francisco house where…

She’s 91 and Is Being Kicked Out of Her Apartment

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Dozens of residents of an independent living community in Manhattan — some as old as 99 — are being forced out of the homes they thought they’d die in. Gabrielle…

Seniors facing eviction fear homelessness and isolation as California’s housing crisis rolls on

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Mario Canel met his wife inside the apartment where he’s lived for the last 33 years. Canel, a house painter, was at the Silver Lake complex off of Sunset Boulevard…

5 Ageist Stereotypes That Really Need To Go Away Already

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Ann Brenoff’s “On the Fly” is a column about navigating growing older ― and a few other things. Stereotypes are the nasty buggers upon which many a misguided opinion is…

Starbucks Discriminates Against Older Workers, According To Former Employees

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Andrea spent a recent 13-hour shift at Starbucks, where she works as a manager, in agony. The 52-year-old, who asked that her real name and location not appear in this…

Losing the American Dream of Progress: Getting Fired at Midlife

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Even though it is illegal, eliminating midlife workers has become a tacit business practice, putting the middle-aged in a difficult position What is being under-reported in the official unemployment numbers…

A Focus on Age Discrimination in the Workplace

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To the Editor: Re “Three Men, Three Ages. Which Do You Like?” (Business Day, July 23): The test groups used in the Princeton age discrimination study omit the cohort that…

New Evidence of Age Bias in Hiring, and a Push to Fight It

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MADISON, Ala. — Across the United States, mammoth corporations and family businesses share a complaint: a shortage of workers. As the unemployment rate has tunneled its way to a half-century low, employers…

After 10 Years, Age-Bias Suit Ends in Changed Hollywood

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LOS ANGELES — People here rarely bother to hide the way that Hollywood covets youth. Film and television stars regularly brag about their latest plastic surgery procedures, and even the…

Over-40 actors still fighting the ageism that stymied Judy Garland

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In 1962, Judy Garland received an Oscar nomination for her role in Judgment at Nuremberg and regarded it as an auspicious restart for her career. She had been thrown into the deep end of…

Aging Americans Snubbed in Best Picture Films

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Studies from Humana, USC Annenberg’s Professor Stacy L. Smith highlight ongoing prevalence of ageism in film, perceptions of real-life seniors  New research finds that characters aged 60 and over continue…

Researchers, Writers And Actors Highlight And Tackle Ageism In Hollywood

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Over the last five years, Hollywood actors have become increasingly verbal about ageism in the industry, in some cases joining forces to address disparities and increase opportunities for older adults.…