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As the US nears its 250th anniversary, cultural conflicts risk overshadowing this milestone. Smithsonian Associate Clay Jenkinson, a public humanit...
- Added: Nov 01, 2023
- Length: 40:40
Every fall, an avalanche of advertising bombards the phones, televisions and mailboxes of the country’s 65 million Medicare beneficiaries.
Private...
- Added: Oct 20, 2023
- Length: 19:15
About half of people on Medicare use hospice care before they die, but as the popular benefit turns 40 this year, it is struggling with waste, acce...
- Added: Apr 14, 2023
- Length: 20:42
An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.
- Added: Oct 28, 2022
- Length: 19:19
Dr. Roger Kligler had been fighting prostate cancer for 14 years before he got the news: it's terminal. With no more treatment options, Roger sued ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 23, 2016
- Length: 07:40
- Purchases: 1
After serving almost three decades as on the Board of Monroe County Commissioners, she announced she won't be running for reelection
- Added: Feb 18, 2016
- Length: 08:43
Doctors Medical Center is the biggest public hospital and is closing on April 21, 2015.
- Added: May 01, 2015
- Length: 03:46
Getting seniors comfortable with using technology is the aim of SF Connected, the City initiative that administers the class at 30th Street Senior ...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Mar 17, 2015
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 1
Maine has a large population of senior drivers. How do we keep them safe, and what do these seniors have to say about staying on the road?
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 07:27
- Purchases: 1
Part of getting older means you can’t get around like you used to. Maybe you can’t drive a car anymore, or hike up those big San Francisco hills to...
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 05:24
According to official estimates, there are currently over 50 thousand older adults in Boulder County that are at least 60 years old. 13,000 are at ...
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 06:07
When a landlord and a tenant are involved in a dispute, an eviction from the property is the last resort. And when evictions do occur in San Franci...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 18, 2014
- Length: 08:52
- Purchases: 1
This week on Interchange, host Alycin Bektesh speaks with Mela Hatchett and Mary Boutain of the Area 10 Agency on Aging about the changing percepti...
Bought by WNED Buffalo
- Added: Dec 31, 2013
- Length: 59:07
- Purchases: 1
On Thursday September 26, 2013 IU Health hosted an evidence based seminar on Aging. The talk was broad-ranging, covering topics of longevity, genet...
- Added: Oct 23, 2013
- Length: 57:34
Recreation Therapy is a program offered to patients to either increase or maintain their physical, psychosocial as well as mood states. Recreation ...
- Added: Sep 12, 2013
- Length: 06:18
Older people are particularly juicy targets for swindlers and con artists, and the problem's getting worse as more Americans get older.
- Added: Sep 11, 2013
- Length: 04:58
Jaime Sweany gives a short history of the Endwright Center and talks about the programs and impact the center hopes to make in helping the elderly ...
- Added: Aug 20, 2013
- Length: 05:03
According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, state agencies around the country say they are seeing an increase in reports of abuse of elderly p...
- Added: Aug 12, 2013
- Length: 09:31
People born at the leading edge of the Baby Boom turned 65 last year, with more and more Americans entering what experts call “young old age.” One ...
- Added: Aug 24, 2012
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 4
The human genome may be the best avenue to date in the battle against Alzheimer’s Disease. It is also the focus of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroima...
- Added: Aug 09, 2012
- Length: 09:22
DENVER - Expect some experimentation in Colorado - the result of a bill passed by the state Legislature which offers a creative way for the state t...
- Added: May 23, 2012
- Length: 01:31
The state has a new proposal to cut costs for New Yorkers with increased healthcare needs, although there are concerns about quality, and whether t...
- Added: Apr 25, 2012
- Length: 02:01
The number of older Americans working full time has been rising steadily for years. Many work because they have to. Some work because they want to ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 03:50
- Purchases: 1