California Healthline: The Rate of Older Californians Dying of Malnutrition Has Accelerated (April 12, 2023) A growing number of California’s oldest residents are dying of “The Rate of Older Californians Dying of Malnutrition Has Accelerated”
Tag: COVID-19
Seniors Left Behind as Public Edges “Back to Normal” after COVID-19
The Nation’s Health: Seniors Left Behind as Public Edges “Back to Normal” after COVID-19 (Feb/March 2023) COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are a fraction of “Seniors Left Behind as Public Edges “Back to Normal” after COVID-19″
Older Adults Still At High Risk for COVID-19 — Beware Complacency
Ethnic Media Services: Older Adults Still At High Risk for COVID-19 – Beware Complacency (July 1, 2022) “You might be done with Covid, but Covid “Older Adults Still At High Risk for COVID-19 — Beware Complacency”
Fact Sheet: SSI Exclusion for Pandemic-Related Financial Assistance
The Social Security Administration recently updated its guidance on pandemic-related financial assistance to make it more clear that these funds do not count as a “Fact Sheet: SSI Exclusion for Pandemic-Related Financial Assistance”
Moving Forward While Protecting Our Communities
Our communities have dramatically changed since the COVID-19 pandemic started two years ago. Since March 2020, more than 1 in 100 people over age 65 “Moving Forward While Protecting Our Communities”
Lack of Medicare Coverage for at-home Coronavirus Tests Sparks Outcry
Washington Post: Lack of Medicare Coverage for at-home Coronavirus Tests Sparks Outcry (January 28, 2022) When the Biden administration began requiring insurers to pay for “Lack of Medicare Coverage for at-home Coronavirus Tests Sparks Outcry”
Aides’ Training Waiver Must End for Nursing Home Safety, CMS Told
Bloomberg Law: Aides’ Training Waiver Must End for Nursing Home Safety, CMS Told (December 10, 2021) Advocates for nursing home residents say it’s past time “Aides’ Training Waiver Must End for Nursing Home Safety, CMS Told”
California rolled out websites and apps to fight COVID-19 — did they work?
Cal Matters: California rolled out websites and apps to fight COVID-19 — did they work? (November 9, 2021) Expectations for California’s digital response to the “California rolled out websites and apps to fight COVID-19 — did they work?”
Why eviction hits older adults harder, making them vulnerable to homelessness
Big if True: Why Eviction Hits Older Adults Harder, Making them Vulnerable to Homelessness (November 3, 2021) Older adults are uniquely vulnerable to eviction and “Why eviction hits older adults harder, making them vulnerable to homelessness”
Groups Call to End Age Discrimination in Idaho’s Care Rationing
Public News Service: Groups Call to End Age Discrimination in Idaho’s Care Rationing (October 6, 2021) Idaho hospitals are rationing care because of the strain “Groups Call to End Age Discrimination in Idaho’s Care Rationing”
