PÜTTLINGEN, Germany — Almost every day, Dr. Eckart Rolshoven sees the long shadow of coal mining in his clinic near the big brownstone church that dominates this small town in Germany's Saarland. "It's a huge problem here," said Jessica Ice, executive director of West Virginians for Affordable Health Care. "Access to medical care with minimal costs for patients has been …
All kinds of natural disasters — hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, dangerous heat waves — pose substantial risks to older adults. "I think the story of Hurricane Ian that people will remember is the story of people who didn't evacuate," said Jeff Johnson, AARP's Florida state director. "We need to focus disaster preparedness on these vulnerable populations," she said, adding that …
Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000 by the New York hospital where his infected leg was amputated. In the past five years, more than half of U.S. adults report they’ve gone into debt because of medical or dental bills, the KFF poll found. “It seems …
Mike Anders and Lorie Juno were devastated by the death of their father, Larry Anders, who died by suicide at a Wisconsin nursing home two days after Christmas in 2017. Long-term care settings could be a critical place to intervene to avert suicide — and to help people find meaning, purpose and quality of life, Mezuk argued: “There’s so much …
