Medicare to reward hospitals for providing better care
By Ron Pollack
Heart failure. Pneumonia. Heart attack. If you or a loved one suffers from one of these health conditions, you will want to...
Hearing aid tax credit before legislators
By Dr. Robert Mario
Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas) urged a gathering of 120 supporters of the Hearing Aid Tax Credit to help him work for...
Need challenge? Give medicine to cat.
Kitty was sick. Acting normal, but losing weight. Vet said urinary tract infection. Liquid antibiotics, twice daily, two weeks.
Big, buff-colored, fluffy, floppy, kitty was...
Times are changing when it comes to funeral planning
The more things change, the more they remain the same. However, for the American funeral these are changing times.
One of the biggest changes is the preference of cremation over burial. Cost is the main factor. All crematories in Massachusetts are located on cemetery grounds.
Obama should expand Medicare for all
A group called “Health Care Now” has been urging President Barack Obama to look backwards for the solution to health care reform.
When will home care workers get ‘enough pay to stay?’
Picture a widowed elderly woman in her mid-80s. She needs help daily with bathing, dressing and toileting. But she has one more problem. She has been told that there are no workers available to come into her home to fill all the hours of care she needs.
This scenario is happening more and more across the commonwealth. The recruitment and retention of home care aides, home health aides, and care managers poses a real threat to the independence of many of our older neighbors. The image of a low-wage/high-turnover job makes it hard to find and keep home care workers. We must do better if we are to keep up with our fastest growing demographic - those over age of 60. We must give these workers "enough pay to stay."
Elder health Q&A: Blood Pressure
James McAllister, RN
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By James McAllister, RN
How many Americans have high blood pressure?
It is reported that about one in every three American adults has high...
The SNAP snafu
On April 9, the Mass Home Care Association and Mass Councils On Aging, sent a joint letter to the head of the state’s Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) about mismanagement of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as Food Stamps.
HHS Medicare savings stats mislead seniors
By Dennis Byron
Fellow senior citizens, you might have seen news releases recently from the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) department and its...
June audio book releases from Hachette
GO WILD Pub Date: June 3
By John J. Ratey M.D. and Richard Manning Read by Dan Woren
Harvard Medical School professor John Ratey,...