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Elderspeak is a kind of baby talk sometimes used when speaking to older people, especially those living with dementia. Elderspeak is common and it’s alienating. Journalist Paula Span reports...
“KFF Health News” coverage of longevity and our aging society is supported in part by The Silver Century Foundation.
Authors: Kaye Pestaina, Rayna Wallace, Michelle Long, Meghan Salaga, and Emma...
I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it: dementia rates are dropping. There are more cases because there are more older people as a percentage of the population, and age is the biggest risk...
I made my first real friend when I was 11 and she was 12. Marsha moved in on the block. Soon after, her mother saw my mother in the backyard and said she had a daughter about my age. My mother...
At eighty-one, Hélène Bertrand, MD, and her ninety-year-old husband continue to enjoy a fulfilling sex life. Once every week or two, they share intimate moments that lead to orgasm and, as Bertrand...
I got a call from my neighbor Marion.
“I need to talk to you. My friend Jean was just diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I want to visit her, but I don’t know what to say to her. What do you say to...
This is the last in a series of five blogs about nursing home care.
My old friend Billy called me recently to ask:
“What the hell is ‘person-centered care’ supposed to mean? I toured three nursing...
Ted, now seventy-three, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s two years ago. His wife, Andrea, attends a caregiver support group I lead.
Recently she told the group, “I know it’s early and my husband...
In her house in Ypsilanti, MI, Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place.”
