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November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month National Hospice and Palliative Care Month - but a lot of people confuse the two, so experts say they would like to clear up some misconceptions. Palliative care is designed to keep a patient comfortable at all stages of an illness. Hospice care is for people with 6 months or less to live. ...
November is Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, and researchers at Indiana University were recently awarded $50-million dollars to study the field further. Research into late-onset Alzheimer's disease continues under the MODEL-AD protocol, which was established at I-U in 2016 and develops models of disease progression in mice and then opens those models to other researchers. Gene editing of mice is used to create genetic risk variants that are seen in humans. ...
A nonprofit program is helping older adults in Utah and other states to develop new skills, polish their resumes and find work. After a lifetime of working, most people retire expecting to live a comfortable life. But circumstances can change, and people in their later years may find they need a job. ...
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and her challenger, former Republican Gov. Paul LePage, both are courting votes from Maine's largest contingency -- people age 50 and older -- and the race is tight. ...
The roughly 2.4 million Ohioans who rely on Social Security income are expected to get a big boost in benefits, but advocates for the program are voicing concerns about its future stability, especially in this political climate. The annual Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment or "COLA," which could be announced any day now, is predicted to be close to 9% for 2023. Amid record high inflation, said Norman Wernet, president of the Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans, the increase will be crucial to help older Americans cope with inflation. ...