A foundation is seeking to empower widows in Nigeria with needed skills to earn an income, as well as provide… [Read More]
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News & Commentary
Women Bear Alzheimer’s Burden: Researchers Are Trying to Discover Why (CNN)
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)
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)
Complaints about allegedly improper evictions and discharges from nursing homes are on the rise in California, Illinois, and other states,… [Read More]
Oldest Residents’ Safety More Vulnerable During Disasters (U.S. News and World Report)
Sedensky discusses how natural disasters, such as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, heighten the health and safety risks of already vulnerable… [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)
Two older women in China rely on a five-year-old girl to provide for their health and physical needs, highlighting the… [Read More]
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