Aging

Todo comenzó con un curso de mecanografía en la escuela secundaria. Wanda Woods se matriculó porque su padre le dijo que dominar la mecanografía le ayudaría a encontrar trabajo. Y así fue, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) federal la contrató como trabajadora extraescolar cuando estaba cursando el onceavo grado. El supervisor “me sentó delante […]

It started with a high school typing course. Wanda Woods enrolled because her father advised that typing proficiency would lead to jobs. Sure enough, the federal Environmental Protection Agency hired her as an after-school worker while she was still a junior. Her supervisor “sat me down and put me on a machine called a word […]

Rachel Nassif, day center director at the PACE Organization of Rhode Island, with program participant Roberta Rabinovitz. Rabinovitz goes to the center, in East Providence, for all her medical care, and an occasional lunch. PACE also set her up with a studio apartment in an assisted living facility in Bristol.(Felice J. Freyer for KFF Health […]

If you want a covid-19 shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, has upended the way covid vaccines are approved and for whom they’re recommended, creating uncertainty where coverage was routine. Agencies within […]

Si quieres vacunarte contra covid-19 este otoño, ¿lo cubrirá el seguro médico de tu empleador? No hay una respuesta clara. El secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., un veterano activista antivacunas, ha modificado radicalmente la forma en que se aprueban estas vacunas, y para quiénes se recomiendan, creando incertidumbre cuando la […]

Una larga lista de familiares paternos de Lynda Hollander padecían enfermedades cardíacas y varios habían tenido cirugías importantes. Por eso, cuando llegó a los 50 años y vio que sus niveles de colesterol aumentaban luego de la menopausia dijo que “no quería correr ningún riesgo”. Un cardiólogo le explicó que, basándose en factores como la […]

Gary Sergott felt weary all the time. “I’d get tired, short of breath, a sort of malaise,” he said. He was cold even on warm days and looked pale with dark circles under his eyes. His malady was not mysterious. As a retired nurse anesthetist, Sergott knew he had anemia, a deficiency of red blood […]

In the wake of January’s deadly wildfires, Los Angeles County leaders are weighing a disaster registry intended to help disabled and senior residents get connected to emergency responders to bring them to safety during disasters. County supervisors approved a feasibility study this spring for such a voluntary database. Supporters applauded the effort to give more […]

Gary Sergott se sentía fatigado todo el tiempo. “Me cansaba, me faltaba el aire, sentía una especie de malestar”, contó. Tenía frío incluso cuando hacía calor, y se lo veía pálido, con ojeras. Pero no se trataba de una enfermedad misteriosa. Como enfermero anestesista, ya jubilado, Sergott sabía que tenía anemia, una deficiencia de glóbulos […]

In a top-rated nursing home in Alexandria, Virginia, the Rev. Donald Goodness is cared for by nurses and aides from various parts of Africa. One of them, Jackline Conteh, a naturalized citizen and nurse assistant from Sierra Leone, bathes and helps dress him most days and vigilantly intercepts any meal headed his way that contains […]