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Turf war erupts over organ donation services

Turf war erupts over organ donation services

By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger A lawsuit filed earlier this month seeks to stop Atrium Health from taking control of organ donation services at partner hospital Wake Forest Baptist Medical Ce...

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‘A slap on the wrist’: families and advocates call for increased accountability from assisted living facilities 

‘A slap on the wrist’: families and advocates call for increased accountability from assisted living facilities 

By Grace Vitaglione This article was written with the support of a journalism fellowship from The Gerontological Society of America, The Journalists Network on Generations and The Silver Century Found...

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Too costly to keep, but too important to lose. Solving paradox of NC rural women’s health services

Too costly to keep, but too important to lose. Solving paradox of NC rural women’s health services

By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press The paradox of rural women’s health care in North Carolina: Small, remote hospitals can’t afford to keep delivering babies and providing other critical OB/...

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Lawmakers push for stricter oversight of retirement communities

Lawmakers push for stricter oversight of retirement communities

By Cristina Bolling Charlotte Ledger For years leading up to 2023, the financial situation at the Aldersgate retirement community in east Charlotte was quietly deteriorating, and neither state regulat...

Older Adults Want Telemedicine to Remain an Option Alongside In-person Care

Older Adults Want Telemedicine to Remain an Option Alongside In-person Care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary Today the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society published a study about older adults’ views on receiving their primary care through tel...

Psychological Resilience May Increase Healthy Aging for Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

Psychological Resilience May Increase Healthy Aging for Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society recently published a study about healthy aging for older adults with type 2 diabetes. The res...

Cognitive Behavior Therapy Conducted by Telephone May Ease Arthritis-Related Insomnia

Cognitive Behavior Therapy Conducted by Telephone May Ease Arthritis-Related Insomnia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary A new study revealed that a talk therapy practice conducted by telephone could help older adults who have arthritis-related insomnia sleep b...

What’s the Best Way to Prevent Falls in Older Adults?

What’s the Best Way to Prevent Falls in Older Adults?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary An international team of experts compared practices that research has shown to help older adults prevent falls. Their new study, published i...

Heart Transplants: Age is No Barrier to Successful Surgery

Heart Transplants: Age is No Barrier to Successful Surgery

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests that survival rates after heart transplant surgery are simi...

Tremendous Teeth

We know what saves smiles. Gentle reminders of what keeps our teeth healthy and beautiful, no matter what our age, are listed and described.