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Alzheimer’s Research Caught in Trump Funding Delays, MEDPAGE Today, March 26, 2025 

Dementia May Not Always Be the Threat It Is Now. Here’s Why., New York Times, March 22, 2025 

Hospice industry gets reprieve as Trump admin pauses oversight program, AXIOS, March 13, 2025 

A Chill Sets In for Undocumented Workers, and Those Who Hire Them, New York Times, March 12, 2025 

Sent Home To Heal, Patients Avoid Wait for Rehab Home Beds, KFF Health News, March 12, 2025 

Nursing Homes and the AMA, Once Medicaid Defenders, Hang Back as GOP Mulls Big Cuts – KFF Health News, KFF Health News, March 11, 2025

Medicaid cuts put adult dental care on the chopping block, AXIOS, March 5, 2025 

A ‘super-aged’ population poses major challenges for Hawaii, AP, March 4, 2025 

Home Improvements Can Help People Age Independently. But Medicare Seldom Picks Up the Bill, KFF Health News, March 3, 2025 

Telehealth advocates turn up the pressure as Medicare deadline nears, AXIOS, February 27, 2025 

Antidepressants may hasten decline from dementia, study says. Experts are unconvince, CNN Health, February 25, 2025 

Florida lawmakers could open door for ‘granny cams’ in nursing homes, Health News Florida, February 21, 2025

‘Disheartening’ auditor report reflects experiences filing complaints about nursing homes, NC Health News, February 21, 2025 

Home health, hospice CEO average pay tops $400K: report, McKnights Home Care , February 19, 2025 

Provider groups push newly confirmed HHS leader RFK Jr. to protect Medicare, promote workforce solutions, McKnights Long-Term Care News, February 13, 2025 

‘Real brutal capitalism.’ Wisconsin nursing home sales surge, quality drops, Capital Times, February 12, 2025 

Your Parents Deserve More From Their Nursing Home, New York Times, February 7, 2025 

After Hurricane Beryl, Texas lawmakers push for generators at senior living facilities, Texas Tribune, February 3, 2025 

From hearing aids to pacemakers, tariffs may drive up medical device costs, Global NEWS, February 3, 2025 

The Scientific Fight Over Whether Aging Is a Disease, Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2025 

Dogs Paired With Providers at Hospitals Help Ease Staff and Patient Stress, KFF Health News, January 21, 2025 

When the Retirement Community Goes Bankrupt, New York Times, January 18, 2025 

I’m Moving Forward and Facing the Uncertainty of Aging, KFF Health News, January 15, 2025 

Dementia Cases in the U.S. Will Surge in the Coming Decades, Researchers Say, New York Times, January 13, 2025 

Incentives aim to lure RNs to nursing home jobs, AXIOS, January 13, 2025 

Trump’s immigration plans could imperil long-term care workforce, CQ Roll Call, January 9, 2025 

Why Medicaid cuts could be a ‘crisis’ for people with disabilities: Advocates worry about cuts to long-term care as well as home- and community-based services, STAT, January 6, 2025 

Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve, New York Times, January 5, 2025 

‘Matter of life and death’: Advocates, lawmakers discuss action following assisted living investigation, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 23, 2024  

Detecting Alzheimer’s faster POLITICO, December 10, 2024 

Resources Are Expanding for Older Adults on Their Own, KFF Health News, December 9, 2024 

Many people can’t afford long-term care insurance. One proposal calls for creating a federal program to help, CNBC, December 6, 2024 

Trump’s immigration crackdown could reduce caregiving workforce, AXIOS, December 4, 2024 

Nursing Homes Fell Behind on Vaccinating Patients for Covid, KFF Health News, December 4, 2024 

Homebound Seniors Living Alone Often Slip Through Health System’s Cracks, KFF Health News, December 2, 2024 

Nursing Home Industry Wants Trump to Rescind Staffing Mandate, New York Times, November 29, 2024 

So Many Days Lost at the Doctor’s Office, New York Times, November 23, 2024 

When Dementia Changes a Loved One’s Personality, New York Times, October 23, 2024. 

People in assisted living are getting sicker. Wisconsin isn’t ready to keep them safe., Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 15, 2024 

*Three Medical Practices That Older Patients Should Question, New York Times, September 14, 2024 

In four years, one assisted living facility contacted police 151 times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 2, 2024 

Journalist Reviews Her Experiences Working at Memory Care Center for 691 Hours, PKSD Blog, July 28, 2024 

In 691 hours working in an assisted living facility, I saw neglect, abuse and love., Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 25, 2024 

What to know about assisted living in Wisconsin: admissions, cost, services, and more, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 25, 2024 

Why Nursing Home Residents Still Suffer Despite Tough State Laws, New York Times, July 12, 2024 

New Help for Dealing With Aggression in People With Dementia, KFF Health News, May 28, 2024 

Senior-care referral site ‘A Place for Mom’ stays mum on neglect, Washington Post, May 16, 2024 

Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm, KFF Health News, May 6, 2024 

Senior homes refuse to pick up fallen residents, dial 911. ‘Why are they calling us?’, Washington Post, May 3, 2024 

Assisted living managers say an algorithm prevented hiring enough staff, Washington Post, April 1, 2024 

Nursing Home Staffing Shortages and Other Problems Persist, U.S. Report Says, New York Times, February 29, 2024 

Senators challenge assisted living industry over wandering deaths, poor care, Washington Post, January 25, 2024 

Senate to examine walkaway deaths in assisted-living facilities, Washington Post, January 16, 2024 

Understaffed and neglected: How real estate investors reshaped assisted living, Washington Post, December 17, 2023 

Dozens of Assisted-Living Residents Died after Wandering Away Unnoticed, Washington Post, December 17, 2023 

How your state regulates assisted-living facilities, Washington Post, December 17, 2023 

Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care, New York Times, December 4, 2023 

‘I Wish I Had Known That No One Was Going to Help Me’, New York Times, November 29, 2023 

Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many, KFF Health News, November 22, 2023 

Extra Fees Drive Assisted-Living Profits, KFF Health News-New York Times, November 20, 2023 

What to Know About Assisted Living, KFF Health News, November 20, 2023 

Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care, KFF Health News-New York Times, November 14, 2023 

Nursing home staffing rule falls short of industry’s worst fears, AXIOS, September 5, 2023  

How Nursing Homes Failed to Protect Residents From Covid, New York Times, August 19, 2023 

Exploring the Health Effects of Ageism, New York Times, June 22, 2023 

States Try Easing the Burden of Long-Term Care’s High Cost, New York Times, June 16, 2023 

Hospice Is a Profitable Business, but Nonprofits Mostly Do a Better Job, New York Times, June 10, 2023 

Hospice—The Time Is Now for Additional Integrity Oversight, JAMA Health Forum, May 23, 2023 

Assisted-living homes are rejecting Medicaid and evicting seniors, Washington Post, April 6. 2023 

Aggressive Medical Care Remains Common at Life’s End, New York Times, March 14, 2023 

How Does Hospice Care Work?, New York Times, February 22, 2023 

Assisted Living Facilities Pressed to Address Growing Needs of Older, Sicker Residents, KFF Health News, December 5, 2022 

*How Hospice Became a For-Profit HustleProPublica and New Yorker, November 28, 2022 

Arbitration Has Come to Senior Living. You Don’t Have to Sign Up., New York Times. September 24, 2022 

*The Future of Hospitals’: Flexible Space for the Next Pandemic, New York Times, September 13, 2022 

*A Last Act of Intimate Kindness, New York Times, August 19, 2022 

*Evicting the Elderly: ‘A Sad Thing That Happened’, Progressive Magazine, August 18, 2022 

How Long Will the U.S. Continue to Disrespect Its Caregivers?, New York Times, August 17, 2022 

‘What if This is My Destiny?’ Children of Alzheimer’s Patients Sometimes Fear Future Diagnosis, New York Times, August 2, 2022 

*Pope Francis, Slowed by Aging, Finds Lessons in Frailty, New York Times, July 28, 2022 

*What Baby Boomers Want (Options!), Senior Housing Delivers, New York Times, July 19, 2022 

We Will All Mourn, and We Will All Be Mourned, New York Times, May 29, 2022 

Digital Marketing Strategies in the Senior Housing Industry: New Ways to Reach Prospective Residents, Boston Hospitality Review, May 24, 2022 

They left craters of grief: Here’s a closer look at the impact of one million U.S. Covid deaths, New York Times, May 20. 2022 

*Dementia Is a Place Where My Mother Lives. It Is Not Who She Is, New York Times, May 8, 2022 

Exploring the Health Effects of Ageism, New York Times, April 23, 2022 

*Can Robots Save Nursing Homes?, New York Times, April 21, 2022 

Sadness and Loss Are Everywhere. Books Can Help, New York Times, April 18, 2022 

‘Transient Ischemic Attacks,’ Which Can Be Serious, May Need a New Name. New York Times, April 9, 2022 

Many of Us Want to Age at Home. But That Option Is Fading Fast, New York Times, March 30, 2022 

In Difficult Cases, ‘Families Cannot Manage Death at Home’, New York Times, March 26, 2022 

*Where Americans Die – Is There Really “No Place Like Home”?, New England Journal of Medicine, March 12, 2022 

Five trends in living spaces for older adults prompted by the pandemic, AARP, March 3, 2022 

When the Death Certificate Omits the True Cause of Death, New York Times, February 14, 2022 

Growing Old in High Style, New York Times, November 27, 2021 

Short on Staff, Some Hospices Ask New Patients to Wait, New York Times, October 16, 2021 

Trump-era Limit on Nursing Homes Safety Fines Is Lifted, New York Times, July 28, 2021 

For Older Adults, Home Care Has Become Harder to Find, New York Times, July 24, 2021 

‘We Are Going to Keep You Safe, Even if It Kills Your Spirit’, New York Times, February 19, 2021 

*Attic Angel converting nursing home to assisted living, a possible trend, Wisconsin State Journal, October 30, 2017 

*Cited in DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice

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