LIFE IN THE END ZONE

Every year, about one-quarter of the 1.4 million American nursing home residents are hospitalized. Most of them survive the experience and ...

Several months ago, in writing about Katy Butler’s generally admirable new book, T he Art of Dying Well , I questioned her uncritical accep...

I particularly like the title of geriatrician Louise Aronson’s new book, Elderhood. I appreciate that she does not shy away from calling o...

Quite by accident, I stumbled upon Kurt Eichenwald’s memoir in the new book section of my local library. I remembered the author from his w...

Falls have long been known to be a major problem among older people. Even when they don’t cause chronic disability or death, a single fall ...

The May issue of the health policy journal,  Health Affairs,  includes a short but important article by  two researchers from Harvard’s Joi...

            As soon as I walked into Mrs. L’s room, I knew something was wrong. She was sitting quietly in her wheelchair, her head bowed;...

“Low levels of caregiver training are a missed opportunity for the health care system,” comments a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicin...

Every so often I use this blog to discuss public policy issues that are of interest to older people--but not only to older people. Immigrati...

This week revealed the long-awaited results of a trial of the “ Serious Illness Program ,” the meticulously designed and carefully studied ...