The Dangers of Leaving Elderly Patients Out of Medical Trials
For the doctors of elderly patients, medical care can become a guessing-game when it comes to prescription medication.That's primarily because older patients are often excluded from medical trials,...
View ArticleInvestigation Reveals Dark Side of Medicare’s Skewed Rating System
After Essie Mae Chandler fell in the middle of the night, her son Ken moved her into Rosewood Post-Acute Rehab, a nursing home outside of Sacramento. Rosewood had a five-star rating from Medicare—only...
View ArticleNeglected D.C. Sidewalks Pose Threat To Seniors: Report
The District's population is aging — and if seniors to remain in their homes, the city needs to ensure the right infrastructure is in place."A poorly maintained sidewalk is a tremendous barrier to a...
View ArticleDying in America: Rehauling the Nation's End-of-Life Care System
A new 507 page report called "Dying in America" says the country's end-of-life care system is badly broken. The report, which was issued by a non-partisan committee appointed by the research wing of...
View Article78 is the New 20: Why The Golden Years Are Now Our Best
New forecasts from the government find that Americans can now expect to live longer than ever. For a child born in America in 2012, the average life expectancy is 78.8-years-old.But for some people,...
View ArticleScience Enables Parents to Choose a Child Without Alzheimer's
Yesterday the public was made aware of a new breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer's after doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston successfully replicated the disease in a petri...
View ArticleStoryCorps 404: Taking Care
Miguel Alvarez (L) and Maurice Rowland (R) remember caring for residents at an assisted living home, where they were a janitor and a cook, when it closed suddenly, leaving many elderly residents...
View ArticleSmart Solutions for Elder Care
Ai-jen Poo is director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, co-director of Caring Across Generations, and now author of The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America (The...
View ArticlePreparing to Die: Dr. Atul Gawande on Medicine's Struggle with Mortality
Huge advances in medicine and technology may have improved the way we live, but how about the way we die? Aging and dying are uncomfortable realities the medical community has struggled with, according...
View ArticleAging Artfully
Worried about getting old? Amy Gorman was, so she went looking for inspiration among old women - some who were over 100.
View ArticleScientists Close In on Alzheimer's Cure
Of the top 10 causes of death in the United States, Alzheimer's disease is the only one that cannot be prevented, cured, or slowed.However, researchers at Duke University might be one step closer to...
View ArticleLiving with Alzheimer's, As a Patient and a Caregiver
Click on the audio player above to hear the full version of this story.More than five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and according to the Alzheimer's Association, and 15.5 million...
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[Unedited] Jane Gross with Krista Tippett
This unedited conversation with Jane Gross comes from the produced show "The Far Shore of Aging." It is a story of our time — the new landscape of living longer, and of dying more slowly too. Jane...
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Jane Gross — The Far Shore of Aging [remix]
It is a story of our time — the new landscape of living longer, and of dying more slowly too. Jane Gross has explored this as a daughter and as a journalist, and as creator of the New York Times’ “New...
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Bacon, Booze and the Search for the Fountain of Youth
While we sweat it out at spin class in the name of good health, the world’s oldest people drink whiskey, eat bacon, and chug Miller High Lifes with a side of Johnny Walker Blue.At least those are the...
View ArticleA Better Way to Grow Old
Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, was raised mainly by her grandparents. But she says that her family didn’t have a plan to take care of them, and after witnessing her...
View ArticleIn the Care of a Stranger
Many sick or elderly people spend years of their lives in the care of home health aides, dependent on their caregivers to assist with everything from showering to eating. Patients are often angry about...
View ArticleHelping the Elderly; Trump and Putin; Tabletop Projects
Coming up on today's show:Irene Zola, executive director of Lifeforce in Later Years, discusses some of the challenges facing the elderly community and what everyday citizens can do to help.Mikhail...
View ArticleHow Everyone Can Help the Elderly
Irene Zola, executive director of Lifeforce in Later Years, discusses some of the challenges facing the elderly community, and what people of every age can do to help.@danielconvissor@BrianLehrer Aging...
View ArticleGraying America Struggles Under the Weight of Economic Pressure
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.About an hour south of Eugene, Oregon, you find the town of Roseburg. This rural community — once known as the Timber Capital of America— is...
View ArticleSpecial Delivery
We deliver food to elderly New Yorkers who can't shop or cook for themselves, and talk with them about the role food plays in their lives today.Please subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or the...
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Why don’t more seniors who live alone sign up for phone check-ins?
An elderly woman uses smartphone at home. Photo by Adobe.Living alone can be tough for seniors. Some don’t have family nearby to check on them, and they worry that if they fall or suffer a medical...
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Jane Gross — The Far Shore of Aging
It is a story of our time — the new landscape of living longer, and of dying more slowly too. Jane Gross has explored this as a daughter and as a journalist, and as creator of the New York Times’ “New...
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Think you’re too old for a bucket list? These 90-somethings disagree
Mildred “Milly” Reeves, right, flies a Cessna Model 172 with assistance from pilot Pete Lockner, left. (Screengrab of family video/YouTube)It is one thing to have a bucket list at any age. It is...
View ArticleTrump Administration Plays Politics With Nursing Homes
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. A 60-day open comment period came to a close on Monday, for a proposed rule change by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services that...
View ArticleAge Shaming of the Aging
Margaret Morganroth Gullette, resident scholar at Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and author of Ending Ageism, or How Not to Shoot Old People (Rutgers University Press, 2017),...
View ArticleHow Strangers Can Turn The Elderly Into Prisoners - Legally
New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv joins us to discuss her latest story, “How the Elderly Are Losing Their Rights.” She looks at how the elderly can have their lives and assets seized by unrelated...
View ArticleHow Home Hospice Care Is Failing Patients
Melissa Bailey, a correspondent on the Kaiser Health News enterprise team, joins us to discuss her investigation into hospice care: "‘No One is Coming’: Hospice Patients Abandoned at Death’s Door.”...
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From Indie Rockers to Full-Time Caregivers
In 2010, Johnny Solomon's band, Communist Daughter, was on the rise. But behind the scenes, Johnny was struggling—he was drinking heavily, and abusing meth to the tune of $600 a week. "People see it...
View ArticleA. M. Homes Reads Margaret Atwood
A.M. Homes joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Stone Mattress," from a 2011 issue of The New Yorker.
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[Unedited] Jane Gross with Krista Tippett
Jane Gross is the creator of “The New Old Age” blog at The New York Times and author of “A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents — and Ourselves.” This interview is edited and produced with...
View ArticleThe Coronavirus Economy; NYC Schools Go Remote; NYC Comptroller; Can You...
Coming up on today's show:As the economy crashes amid the coronavirus pandemic, Catherine Rampell, syndicated opinion columnist at The Washington Post, political/economic commentator at CNN and special...
View ArticleAsk the Mayor; Sen. Gillibrand on Federal Response; Former CDC Director on...
Coming up on today's show:Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (D NY), talks about the Senate's response to...
View ArticleHelping Elders Connect
For older Americans unused to connecting with services and loved ones digitally, Meryl Picard, professor of occupational therapy at Seton Hall University offers an occupational therapist's perspective...
View Article[Unedited] Ai-jen Poo with Krista Tippett
Ai-jen Poo is a next-generation labor organizer who co-founded a beautiful and muscular movement with caregivers and those who employ them: The National Domestic Workers Alliance. For over two decades,...
View ArticleAi-jen Poo — This Is Our (Caring) Revolution
Ai-jen Poo is a next-generation labor organizer who co-founded a beautiful and muscular movement with caregivers and those who employ them: The National Domestic Workers Alliance. For over two decades,...
View ArticleA Poem in Gratitude for Health Care Workers
In Leanne O’Sullivan’s poem “Leaving Early,” the poet writes to her ill husband, entrusting him into the care of a nurse named Fionnuala. As the novel coronavirus sweeps the globe, many of us can’t...
View ArticleCentenarians in Lockdown
Joe Newman is 107 years old. He was 5 during the flu pandemic of 1918. Today, he lives in a senior apartment complex in Sarasota, Florida with his fiancé, Anita Sampson. The complex is on lockdown, so...
View ArticleThe COVID-19 Crisis in Nursing Homes
Richard J. Mollot, executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition, talks about the COVID-19 crisis that's hitting nursing homes with particular force and what tools remain to protect...
View ArticleWhy COVID-19 is So Deadly in Long-Term Care Facilities
A disproportionately high number of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have been linked to long-term care facilities, like nursing homes and assisted living communities. In a handful of states, these deaths...
View ArticleWhat Nursing Homes Have Learned From Historic Tragedy
Richard Mollot, executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition, discusses the effect of COVID-19 on nursing homes in our region and the steps taken to prepare for a new wave of infection.
View ArticleThe Cognitive Benefits of Learning New Skills as an Older Adult
There’s long been a stereotype that older adults are not as good at learning new skills—like languages, technology, and sports—as young people. But research from Rachel Wu at the University of...
View ArticleWhat 'Your Wise Elders' Want You to Know About Aging
Anna Sale, host of the WNYC Studios podcast Death, Sex & Money, and Jo Ann Allen, news host at Colorado Public Radio and the host of the podcast "Been There Done That," about the lives and stories...
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When Indie Rockers Become Full-Time Caregivers
In 2010, Johnny Solomon's band, Communist Daughter, was on the rise. But behind the scenes, Johnny was struggling—he was drinking heavily, and abusing meth to the tune of $600 a week. "People see it...
View ArticleThe Moth Radio Hour: The Wisdom of Elders
In this hour, stories of learning from our elders. A mechanic, a teacher, a patriarchy-busting grandmother, and Star Wars in translation. This hour is hosted by regular Moth host Angelica Lindsey-Ali....
View ArticleWhat About Ruth?
It’s March of 2020 and Haviland is desperately trying to make herself useful, but her parents just want her to stay safe. Against their wishes, she visits Ruth, a neighbor struggling with dementia....
View ArticleWhat About Ruth?
It’s March of 2020 and Haviland is desperately trying to make herself useful, but her parents just want her to stay safe. Against their wishes, she visits Ruth, a neighbor struggling with dementia....
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Can You Help Me Find My Mom?
A girl is lost and can't find her mom. Why won't anyone help her? Performed by Bee Herbstman, Melanie Hoopes, Ed Herbstman, Evan Sudarsky Abadi, Gregory C. Jones, and Blanche Ames. Written by Diana...
View ArticleThe Unmarked Graveyard: Hisako Hasegawa
The Belvedere Hotel is in the heart of New York City’s theater district. Many of its guests come to see the sights, take in a show. But there are a few dozen people who call the Belvedere home. Decades...
View ArticleThe Challenge of Caring for Our Elders
Reed Abelson, New York Times reporter, talks about the financial challenges of caring for our elders, since the United States does not have a comprehensive system to help pay for long-term care as the...
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