'Dear Doctor' Letters Use Peer Pressure, Government Warning To Stop...
The antipsychotic drug Seroquel was approved by the FDA years ago to help people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other serious mental illnesses. But too frequently the drug is also given to...
View ArticleOvercoming A Shameful Past, VA Plans Haven For Homeless Vets In West Los Angeles
A vast green space in one of the poshest neighborhoods in Los Angeles is slated to become a haven for homeless veterans. That's a big change for the campus of the VA West Los Angeles Medical Center....
View ArticleFor Older Voters, Getting The Right ID Can Be Especially Tough
Nearly three dozen states require voters to show identification at the polls. And almost half of those states want photo IDs. But there are millions of eligible voters who don't have them. A 2012...
View ArticleGOP Rep. Duncan Hunter, Under Indictment, Launches False Attacks On Opponent
A Republican congressman who should have waltzed to re-election is now in the fight of his career. Duncan Hunter, who has represented an inland Southern California district for a decade, was indicted...
View ArticleRep. Denham's Immigration Stance May Charm Latino Voters
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump's increasingly aggressive rhetoric on immigration may be making things harder for one Republican congressman in California's...
View ArticleHealth Workers Still Aren't Alerting Police About Likely Elder Abuse, Reports...
It can be hard to quantify the problem of elder abuse. Experts believe that many cases go unreported. And Wednesday morning, their belief was confirmed by two new government studies. The research,...
View ArticleHHS Inspector General Finds Serious Flaws In 20% Of U.S. Hospice Programs
We all hope for some peace and comfort at the end of life. Hospices are designed to make that possible, relieving pain and providing emotional and spiritual support . But two new government studies...
View ArticleOlder Americans Are Increasingly Unwilling — Or Unable — To Retire
Bob Orozco barks out instructions like a drill sergeant. The 40 or so older adults in this class follow his lead, stretching and bending and marching in place. It goes like this for nearly an hour,...
View ArticleProgram Offers TLC To Older Adults And Their Homes So They Can Stay Put
Eighty-three-year-old Betty Givens welcomes two visitors to the home she shares with her daughter in Riverside, Calif. "Hi, how are you?" asks Melinda Underwood, an occupational therapist. "Oh, a...
View ArticleCalifornia Rep. Duncan Hunter To Plead Guilty To Campaign Finance Charge
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View ArticleHarvey Weinstein Is Charged With Sexual Assault In Los Angeles, As N.Y. Trial...
Updated at 7:27 p.m. ET Harvey Weinstein was charged with four felony counts of sexual assault in Los Angeles County on Monday, the same day jury selection began in the Hollywood mogul's New York...
View ArticleNursing Homes Brace For Coronavirus Threats
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The coronavirus has been especially lethal for older adults. At least five residents at a Life Care Center nursing home in Kirkland, Wash.,...
View ArticleDischarging COVID-19 Patients To Nursing Homes Called A 'Recipe For Disaster'
In some parts of the U.S., the desperate need to slow the spread of the coronavirus is coming into conflict with the scramble to find more hospital beds. Nursing homes have been the sites of some of...
View ArticleState Examining Southern California Nursing Home Where Staff Were No-Shows
In California, Riverside County's leading public health official, Dr. Cameron Kaiser, has filed a formal complaint with the state about a nursing home where 82 residents were evacuated earlier this...
View ArticleIdeal Nursing Homes: Individual Rooms, Better Staffing, More Accountability
Nursing homes were not on our minds much before the COVID-19 pandemic. Then their residents began dying by the thousands. While there are no definitive figures, nursing home residents and staff appear...
View ArticleBanned From Nursing Homes, Families See Shocking Decline In Their Loved Ones
It wasn't candlelight and soft music that made the 40th anniversary of Luann and Jeff Thibodeau so memorable. It was gazing at each other through the window of Jeff's nursing home in Texas and eating...
View ArticleMembers Of Congress Ask Why More Coronavirus Aid Hasn't Been Spent On Nursing...
Despite the huge outbreaks of COVID-19 in nursing homes, the federal agency that regulates them has failed to distribute much of the money it received under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...
View ArticleWhy Were Some Nursing Homes Spared The Devastation of COVID-19? Depends Who...
Residents and staff of long-term care facilities account for at least 40% of U.S. deaths from the coronavirus. In reaction, nursing homes have banned family visitors, scrambled for scarce personal...
View ArticleStudy: Nursing Home Residents Not Protected From Antipsychotic Drugs Under Trump
Almost 300,000 nursing home residents are given antipsychotic drugs each week, even though most have no psychosis to justify it. But since the beginning of the Trump administration, nursing homes have...
View ArticleNursing Home Residents Moved Out To Make Way For COVID-19 Patients
In some nursing homes, 100% of the residents are positive for the coronavirus. That's by design. These facilities have volunteered to devote part or all of their buildings exclusively to treating...
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