New York Times | September 25, 2014
"Now she was determined to fulfill her father's dearest wish, the wish so common among frail, elderly people: to die at home. But it seemed as if all the forces of the health care system were against her - hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, insurance companies, and the shifting crosscurrents of public health care spending."
Becoming A Family Caregiver: A Search for Identify
Carol Levine - The Jewish Week | September 24, 2014
"Becoming a family caregiver can mean a gradual assumption of responsibilities, punctuated by episodes of acute illness, falls, lapses in judgment or other warning signs. Or it can be, as in my case, a catastrophic event that changes everything from Day One."
Why Elder Care in America Isn't Working
Next Avenue (PBS) | September 24, 2014
"America's elder care system is not a caring system. It is driven by caution instead of imagination. Safety is an overvalued commodity. As a result of risk aversion, older people are deprived of many activities and subjected to unnecessary suffering."
Chicago Tribune | September 25, 2014
"Now, however, his sweet smile is topped by short gray hair. He can't eat or dress by himself. He no longer works; he was forgetting how to bag groceries. He no longer knows how to tie his shoes."
"Here's some food for thought: those Fritos, fries and frosted doughnuts aren't just stuffing your waistline - they might be starving your brain cells. So say a growing number of scientists, who believe that a poor diet can trigger not only obesity and diabetes, but Alzheimer's disease, too."
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