On Equal Pay Day, the Rutgers Center for Women and Work highlights the growing number of home health aides in New Jersey and the economic challenges...
Up to 42% of Americans over the age of 65 take five or more medications, and in 2018, at least one in every five seniors experienced an adverse...
Older adults living in public senior housing communities experience a large degree of loneliness, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in...
Are your parents aging but still wanting to keep in touch, be in the know, and continue to be avid fans of their smartphones? Now is...
Today is World Social Work Day, a time to honor social workers and recognize the contributions they bring to society. As social workers play an instrumental...
According to the United States Department of Justice, 1 in 10 seniors over the age of 60 is abused every year in the U.S, and elder...
When we think of the holiday’s we often think of joyful times with family and friends but for some of our elderly it can be a...
With our fast paced lives in a technological age of instant gratification and easy distraction, it’s no wonder news channels are beginning to advertise “distractify” sections...
When I first became a hospice social worker, I was stunned to realize more than half of my patients were diagnosed with advanced dementia. I had...
Substance abuse, specifically alcohol and prescription drug use, is one of the most rapidly growing healthcare problem for older adults, 60 years of age and older...
In late September, HUD’s Secretary Julián Castro made the announcement that nearly $8 million in grant funding will be used to assist thousands of people with disabilities...
Recently, the United States Department of Justice announced the launch of the Elder Justice website which was created to help further combat elder abuse and financial...
Baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, lived in an era where experimentation with drug use was encouraged. The children of the 1960s who rocked out...
Baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are changing the definition of what it means to grow old. Baby boomers don’t want aging services the same...
Seniors or the elderly are sometimes unfairly subject to gentle mockery on the basis of their supposedly unreliable memories and an inability to adapt to technological...
Both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teamwork have been used in healthcare in the past. However, although there is a clear difference between the two approaches to care,...
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Egg and sperm donations in the United States have long proceeded under the cloak of secrecy. Twenty-five years ago, when...
By Henna Budhwani and Kristine Ria Hearld Contraception is complicated. Reproductive health scholars can comfortably weigh the protective benefits of...
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — States with Democratic leaders tended to have responded more strongly to COVID-19 and have seen a lower...
Dina took to Google after feeling some discomfort in her pubic area. Although she was in graduate school several hundred...
You must be logged in to post a comment.