Statewide Region Local News: Seniors

04/09/2024
These professionals provide essential services, but their pay and working conditions do not reflect their value, and their health suffers.

02/19/2024
California’s latest Master Plan for Aging underscores the need for policies to address the challenges aging populations face. But it fails to portray the realities for older adults in rural areas, who are at greater risk of poverty.

01/25/2024
A U.S. Senate committee launched an examination of assisted living, holding its first hearing in two decades on the industry as leaders of both parties expressed concern about the high cost and mixed quality of care facilities.

01/16/2024
The number of older adults with disabilities that affect their performance of daily tasks will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s.

11/09/2023
Veteran geriatrician Jerry Gurwitz fears geriatric medicine is on the decline. Despite the surging older population, there are fewer geriatricians now than in 2000, he noted in a recent piece in JAMA. Research suggests each geriatrician should care for no more than 700 patients; the current ratio of providers to older patients is 1 to 10,000.

08/14/2023
To qualify for Leqembi, patients must undergo a PET scan that looks for amyloid plaques, the protein clumps that clog the brains of many Alzheimer’s patients.

03/19/2023
Retired California government workers will get tens of thousands of dollars if they give up their long-term care insurance.

03/06/2023
Every day, thousands of older Californians can’t afford to stock their pantries. State data reveal that two-thirds of eligible Californians over age 60 do not participate in CalFresh, the state’s food stamp program, even though they qualify.