NEWS & COMMENTARY
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…