Insights
Apr 10 2026
Paula Span
In her house in Ypsilanti, MI, Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place.”
Apr 06 2026
Vanessa G. Sánchez
In her house in Ypsilanti, MI, Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place.”
Mar 10 2026
Paula Span
The first call came just before Thanksgiving last year. She didn’t recognize the phone number, but she answered anyway.
“The person said he was an officer of the Department of Criminal Investigations...
Mar 04 2026
Paula Span
In her house in Ypsilanti, MI, Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place.”
Feb 24 2026
Paula Span
Anemia is a common condition that can have serious medical consequences, but doctors often fail to recognize it. Journalist Paula Span investigates the situation here and has suggestions for...
Jan 14 2026
Paula Span
In her house in Ypsilanti, MI, Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place.”
Jan 06 2026
Paula Span
In her house in Ypsilanti, MI, Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place.”
Jan 06 2026
Mary Jacobs
Video games have always been part of Shawn Etheridge’s life. His interest was first sparked as a young teen, when he toted rolls of quarters to a nearby mall to play arcade games like Pong. As...
Oct 29 2025
Drew Altman
“KFF Health News” coverage of longevity and our aging society is supported in part by The Silver Century Foundation.
The conventional wisdom used to be that seniors would be slow to adopt new...








