Navigating Aging: Judith Graham — I’m moving forward and facing the uncertainty of aging
By Judith Graham KFF Health News It takes a lot of courage to grow old. I’ve come to appreciate this…
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Navigating Aging: The LGBTQ+ community relives old traumas as they face aging on their own
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Bill Hall, 71, has been fighting for his life for 38 years. These days,…
Navigating Aging: Resources are expanding for growing number of older adults living alone
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Jeff Kromrey, 69, will sit down with his daughter the next time she visits…
Navigating Aging: Homebound seniors living alone often slip through health system’s cracks
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Carolyn Dickens, 76, was sitting at her dining room table, struggling to catch her…
Navigating Aging: Older Americans living alone often rely on neighbors or others willing to help
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Donald Hammen, 80, and his longtime next-door neighbor in south Minneapolis, Julie McMahon, have…
Navigating Aging: Millions of aging Americans are facing dementia by themselves
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Sociologist Elena Portacolone was taken aback. Many of the older adults in San Francisco…
Navigating Aging: Historic numbers of Americans are living by themselves as they age
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Gerri Norington, 78, never wanted to be on her own as she grew old….
Navigating Aging: Lack of affordability tops older americans’ list of health care worries
By Judith Graham KFF Health News What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care?…
Navigating Aging: Older women are different from older men and their health is woefully understudied
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women,…
Navigating Aging: New help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or…
Navigating Aging: Stranded in the ER, seniors await hospital care and suffer avoidable harm
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women…
Navigating Aging: The burden of getting medical care can be exhausting for older patients
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January…
Navigating Aging: Does our society simply not care about our vulnerable older population?
By Judith Graham KFF Health News The covid-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly…
Navigating Aging: Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults, but necessary
By Judith Graham KFF Health News It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his…
Navigating Aging: Preparing to hang up the car keys as we age
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Lewis Morgenstern has made up his mind. When he turns 65 in four years,…
Navagating Aging: America’s health system isn’t ready for the surge of seniors with disabilities
By Judith Graham KFF Health News The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory,…
Navigating Aging: A startling inequality gap emerges after age 65, and those who reach it are living longer
By Judith Graham Kaiser Health News In an era when “deaths of despair” — from substance abuse and suicide —…