A foundation is seeking to empower widows in Nigeria with needed skills to earn an income, as well as provide… [Read More]
All of her health. For all of her life.
Widowhood
Foundation Empowers Widows with Free Healthcare, Skills Acquisition (Vanguard)
Post Date: 07/28/2018
Women Bear Alzheimer’s Burden: Researchers Are Trying to Discover Why (CNN)
Post Date: 07/26/2018
At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago, researchers are exploring biological and social differences that might explain why more women than… [Read More]
WHO Washes its Hands of Older People (The Lancet)
Post Date: 01/16/2018
WHO’s proposed 13th General Programme of Work makes no reference to older people or conditions associated with later life. Lloyd-Sherlock,… [Read More]
When Nursing Homes Push out Poor and Disabled Patients (Kaiser Health News)
Post Date: 12/26/2017
Complaints about allegedly improper evictions and discharges from nursing homes are on the rise in California, Illinois, and other states,… [Read More]
Gender Inequality in Self-Reported Health among the Elderly in Contemporary Welfare Countries: A Cross-Country Analysis of Time Use Activities, Socioeconomic Positions and Family Characteristics (Adjei, 2017)
Post Date: 09/30/2017
Adjei, Nicholas Kofi, Tilman Brand, and Hajo Zeeb, “Gender Inequality in Self-Reported Health among the Elderly in Contemporary Welfare Countries: A Cross-Country Analysis of… [Read More]
Oldest Residents’ Safety More Vulnerable During Disasters (U.S. News and World Report)
Post Date: 09/18/2017
Sedensky discusses how natural disasters, such as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, heighten the health and safety risks of already vulnerable… [Read More]
Contingent Association Between the Size of the Social Support Network and Osteoporosis Among Korean Elderly Women (Lee, 2017)
Post Date: 08/01/2017
Lee, Seungwon, Da Hea Seo, Kyoung Min Kim et al., “Contingent Association Between the Size of the Social Support Network… [Read More]
An Epidemiology of Sexual Assault among Elderly Women in the Mthatha Area of South Africa (Meel, 2017)
Post Date: 03/25/2017
Meel, Banwari L., “An Epidemiology of Sexual Assault among Elderly Women in the Mthatha Area of South Africa,” Medicine, Science… [Read More]
The Five-Year-Old Pillar of the Family: Little Girl Becomes the Sole Carer of Her Grandma and Great-Grandma… (Daily Mail, 2017)
Post Date: 03/08/2017
Two older women in China rely on a five-year-old girl to provide for their health and physical needs, highlighting the… [Read More]
Disability Divides in India: Evidence from the 2011 Census (Saikia, 2016)
Post Date: 09/01/2016
Saikia, Nandita, Jayanta Kumar Bora, Domantas Jasilionis et al., “Disability Divides in India: Evidence from the 2011 Census,” PLOS One… [Read More]
