June 29, 2020
(Wired) – Some of the most shocking stories of coronavirus come from one particular setting: nursing homes. People unable to contact their parents or loved ones; bodies piled up in makeshift morgues; nurses without protective equipment abandoning their posts; those … Read More
June 29, 2020
(BBC) – Ageing is often thought of as a gradual process that happens to the body as a whole, albeit at different speeds for different people. But while it can be helpful to examine our decline at a holistic level, … Read More
May 22, 2020
(New York Times) – The doctors, researchers and advocates who have been paying close attention for years are appalled at the way the coronavirus has devastated the nation’s nursing homes — but they’re not shocked. “Every geriatrician knew what was … Read More
May 12, 2020
(Kaiser Health News) – For older adults contemplating what might happen to them during this pandemic, ventilators are a fraught symbol, representing a terrifying lack of personal control as well as the fearsome power of technology. Used for people with … Read More
May 12, 2020
(Kaiser Health News) – As the coronavirus has raced through long-term care centers and killed thousands of America’s most vulnerable seniors, testing has varied widely across facilities, even within the same states and communities. There’s still no federal mandate to … Read More
April 27, 2020
(The Guardian) – Older people should be denied treatment for the coronavirus if a younger, healthy person needs help, according to Prof Arthur Caplan, a prominent US medical ethicist. Age, he said, was a “valid criterion” to use when making … Read More
April 24, 2020
(New York Times) – To date, there’s no clear evidence that older people are more apt to contract the new coronavirus, said Dr. Douglas White, a critical care specialist and the director of the Program on Ethics and Decision Making … Read More
April 20, 2020
(ABC News) – Calling nursing homes ground zero of the coronavirus crisis, federal officials said Monday they plan to start tracking and publicly sharing information on infections and deaths in such facilities to help spot trends and early signs the … Read More
April 17, 2020
(Reuters) – Some U.S. life insurers are deciding not to gamble on older Americans during the coronavirus crisis by temporarily suspending applications from certain age groups or imposing tougher requirements. Prudential Financial Inc (PRU.N), Lincoln National Corp (LNC.N) and Protective … Read More
April 16, 2020
(BBC) – New Jersey police found 17 bodies in one of the state’s largest nursing homes after an anonymous tip said a body was being stored in a shed. A total of 68 people associated with the Andover Subacute and … Read More
