Shingles Vaccine: Important After Age 50
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Elder Abuse Investigations More Than Doubled In Seven Years
By Kate Farrish Carl Jordan Castro Photo. Rita Pompano of West Haven says she was a victim of elder abuse in 2011, when her husband Ralph tormented her and beat her daily for seven months…
Alzheimer’s Care Puts Financial Strain On Family Members
By Cara Rosner Connecticut has a high prevalence of Medicare beneficiaries living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, often placing an enormous financial strain on caregivers who are spending thousands of dollars a year on…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Urged To Protect Seniors From Reverse Mortgage Pitfalls
Consumers Union and California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform have urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)to adopt a number of reforms to protect vulnerable seniors from the potential pitfalls of reverse mortgages. The CFPB…
SENIOR MATTERS: Nursing Home Scandals Across The Country
By Blair Hickman (iStockPhoto) This week, we launched Nursing Home Inspect, an interactive tool that lets you search more than 20,000 inspection reports from nursing homes nationwide. Below is a sampling of the types of…
CT Golden Years: Connecticut’s Elderly Can Sign on with National Elder Abuse Data Base
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking information on incidents of exploitation of the elderly, including financial exploitation to include in the Federal Register. The Register is advertising its efforts nationally to create a data…
CT Golden Years: Help is Available in Connecticut for Elder Issues But You Have to Look Hard
I received a message from a friend in government the other day, asking if I had information on individuals or organizations that can help people who are enmeshed in elder care issues. Sadly, I had…
CT Golden Years: Gov. Malloy’s Executive Orders Opponents To Have Day In Court
The ongoing legal battle over the state’s forced unionization of personal care attendants and daycare workers is scheduled for a hearing in Hartford Superior Court Thursday. This is the first court appearance since the complaints…
CT Golden Years: Burden of Home Care Falls on Females
Maybe this was just something we knew all along, but now it is official – women take on most of the burden not just of bearing children in their early years, but more of the…
CT Golden Years: Disabled? Elderly? Got a Plan?
The aging of the population brings its own set of medical problems and foremost among these is the increased likelihood of disability due to diseases or other causes. Although care for the elderly and care…
CT Golden Years: Hospice Facilities Bill Approved by Legislature, to Provide Alternative Care for Terminally Ill
The state Legislature has approved a bill that would provide terminally ill people with the option of receiving hospice care in a special facility. It awaits the signature of Gov. Dannel Malloy. Proponents of the…
CT Golden Years: Elder, Disabled Advocates Vow Continued Fight After Legislature Passes Forced Unionization Bill
The state Legislature bailed out Gov. Dannel Malloy’s efforts to force unionization on day care and home care workers for the disabled and elderly, but that doesn’t mean the issue is decided. State Sen. Joe…
CT Golden Years: Euthanasia, Death Penalty for Connecticut’s Seniors?
In April Connecticut officially abolished the death penalty for people convicted of murder, making it the 17th US state to do so, even though a majority of state residents wanted to keep it intact. But…
CT Golden Years: Death Becomes Us, and Probate Awaits!
We talk a lot about the aging population in Connecticut in this column – how we face the same issues as the rest of the nation, and how we sometimes differ – but there is…
Granny Snatching: Doctors’ Fees and Tax Breaks; Connecticut’s Seniors are Tied to Federal Tax Maneuvering
When you are worried about the winter weather and increasing heating and grocery bills it is understandable if you don’t pay close attention to the interminable arguments in Congress over this bill, that legislation and…
Granny Snatching: Connecticut’s Elderly Will Spur Job Growth for Aides
Connecticut’s long-term care “rebalancing” effort which aims to move elderly and disabled residents from institutional to home and community based care – a project that if successful could save taxpayers millions of dollars – is…
LIFE GOES ON : On Aging
On Aging Everyday, at least one of my patients mentions aging. In their 20’s, they feel they have it all and feel sorry for people in their 30’s. In their 30’s, they talk about their…
Six Ct Nursing Homes Facing Penalties For Patient-Care Issues
Written by Lisa Chedekel A Cromwell nursing home faces a fine from the state Department of Public Health for failing to properly monitor the food and fluid intake of a resident whose weight plummeted, while…
Granny Snatching: Process Of Dying Produces Endorphins That Cuts Pain And Appetite
I was speaking with a friend who works in elder care the other day, and got several surprises about the progression of life and death. I was relating the story of a woman I had…
Granny Snatching: Connecticut’s Seniors Fared Well This Year
It is time to say goodbye to another year, with all of its successes and failures and the sometimes unsettling realization that we are all a year older too. Connecticut’s seniors have had a reasonably…