The Caring Generation: Effective Patient Education Strategies (November 1, 2020) In this podcast, caregiving expert Pamela Wilson speaks with Justice in Aging attorney Eric Carlson “Effective Patient Education Strategies”
Category: IN THE NEWS
Adults 55 and Older Face Higher Unemployment Rates Than Mid-Career Workers
KJZZ: Adults 55 and Older Face Higher Unemployment Rates Than Mid-Career Workers (October 30, 2020) COVID-19 has exposed the role ageism plays in our society. And “Adults 55 and Older Face Higher Unemployment Rates Than Mid-Career Workers”
Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare
California Health Care Foundation: Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare (October 28, 2020) In this guest blog post, Justice in “Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare”
How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker
KUTV2 News Utah: How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker (October 27, 2020) As Utah prepared to implement a care rationing system “How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker”
When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location
The Hill: When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location (October 15, 2020) This op-ed, co-authored by Justice in Aging Deputy Director Jennifer Goldberg “When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location”
How the pandemic upended Medicare, from expanding teleheath to draining its funds
Miami Herald: How the Pandemic Upended Medicare, From Expanding Telehealth to Draining its Funds (October 15, 2020) As the Medicare system scrambled to respond to “How the pandemic upended Medicare, from expanding teleheath to draining its funds”
Can L.A. County Turn Around Its Nursing Home Debacle?
Capital & Main: Can L.A. County Turn Around Its Nursing Home Debacle? (September 30, 2020) For many, the health disaster that has befallen Los Angeles County’s “Can L.A. County Turn Around Its Nursing Home Debacle?”
CMS To Cite Nursing Homes Refusing Visits, Beneficiary Advocates Agree
Inside Health Policy: CMS To Cite Nursing Homes Refusing Visits, Beneficiary Advocates Agree (September 24, 2020) CMS Administrator Seema Verma warned in an op-ed earlier “CMS To Cite Nursing Homes Refusing Visits, Beneficiary Advocates Agree”
Feds Unveil Plan to Reduce Suffering for Nursing Home Residents and Staff Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
ABC News: Feds Unveil Plan to Reduce Suffering for Nursing Home Residents and Staff Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, September 17, 2020 An independent commission set up “Feds Unveil Plan to Reduce Suffering for Nursing Home Residents and Staff Amid Covid-19 Pandemic”
Task Force Says Nursing Homes Need More Aid. Critics Say Industry Should Step Up
Washington Post: Task Force Says Nursing Homes Need More Aid. Critics Say Industry Should Step Up, September 17, 2020 The Trump administration convened a panel of nursing “Task Force Says Nursing Homes Need More Aid. Critics Say Industry Should Step Up”