Older adults take longer to recover from surgeries than expected; better post-operative planning needed

A new study led by University of Toronto researchers finds that post-surgical recovery time in older adults is much longer ...
Health Affairs

Supporting The “Forgotten Middle”: What Oregon’s Project Independence-Medicaid Can Teach Other States

Medicaid, offers a timely model for how states can expand access to home- and community-based services for middle-income ...
CNN

Who will care for older adults? We’ve plenty of know-how but too few specialists

Thirty-five years ago, Jerry Gurwitz was among the first physicians in the United States to be credentialed as a geriatrician — a doctor who specializes in the care of older adults. “I understood the ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

About 30 percent of older adults who need care are caring for another

More than 30% of older adults who are caregivers are also receiving care to assist with completing their own daily activities. The older adult caregivers are also more likely to care for a spouse, be ...
Kennebec Journal

Older Mainers navigate care gaps later in life

Bonnie Paskell, left, wraps her arms around her husband, David Paskell, on Sept. 25 as he lifts her to transfer her from a motorized wheelchair to a recliner in their home in Anson. (Joe Phelan/Staff ...