Via the St. Paul Pioneer Press/Grand Rapids Herald-Reivew As many as 300,000 Minnesota seniors have some potentially confusing health insurance shopping to do this fall.Their Medicare Cost plans, offered by… read more →
From EurekAlert and the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine: A new study reveals a growing trend of potentially unnecessary – and harmful – high intensity rehabilitation services for… read more →
Via Kaiser Health News: Hospice workers would be allowed to destroy patients’ unneeded opioids, reducing the risk that families misuse them, according to one little-noticed provision in the bipartisan opioids… read more →
Think and a Drink: Financial & Legal Planning After a Dementia Diagnosis (Free event) Families impacted by dementia need to understand the legal and financial tools and resources available in… read more →
Via Reuters: In September, the federal government will mail a handbook on Medicare enrollment to 43 million households. “Medicare & You” is an important, authoritative source on a wide array… read more →
Via the Los Angeles Times: The prices of generic drugs haven’t risen since 2011—in fact, in many cases have fallen—but out out-of-pocket costs for those drugs for seniors on Medicare… read more →
Via KRIS-TV (Corpus Christi, Texas): About 20 percent of adults aged 55 or older have experienced some type of mental health concern, but nearly one in three of those seniors… read more →
Via Governing: For millions of older Americans, there’s nothing stronger than the desire to age in place, maintaining their independence and avoiding intensive institutional care for as long as possible.… read more →
Via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Minnesota’s Legislative Auditor has issued a report stating that the state agency responsible for protecting vulnerable Minnesotans in senior care facilities has failed to meet its… read more →
Via National Public Radio: Antipsychotic drugs, such as haloperidol and risperidone are FDA-approved for treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but can increase the risk of death in older people who… read more →