Mobilizing Long COVID Awareness to Better Support People with Acquired Disabilities
The upswell of advocacy around Long COVID should be mobilized to call attention to and address the challenges faced by newly-disabled adults.
Advanced Care & Aging
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Read more: Emerging Policy Opportunities for Community-Based Serious Illness Care Emerging Policy Opportunities for Community-Based Serious Illness Care
RecordingEvent Description The pandemic has accelerated trends moving the delivery of care into the home or community. Yet, care at home largely remains the province of better resourced individuals, due to limited funding by government programs. Medicaid, the federal/state program of health care for people of lower income, has the potential to address these equity…
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Read more: Struggles Over Care Will Shape the Future of Work Struggles Over Care Will Shape the Future of Work
The future of work and of aging will be shaped by struggles over care from both giving and receiving ends, perhaps against those profiting in between.
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Read more: Managing Cognitive Decline Concerns in the Workplace Managing Cognitive Decline Concerns in the Workplace
As the American population ages, employers must contend with the growing challenge of cognitive decline in the workplace.
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Read more: The Surprising Shape of COVID Fraud The Surprising Shape of COVID Fraud
We cannot straightforwardly assume that older adults are the most vulnerable to the scams of the pandemic.
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Read more: What Democrats’ Drug Pricing Plan Means for Consumers What Democrats’ Drug Pricing Plan Means for Consumers
The new drug pricing plan creates protections against out-of-pocket costs for seniors with Medicare Part D benefits and people who take insulin.
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Read more: The Barriers to Aging in Place The Barriers to Aging in Place
Most seniors and their loved ones don’t realize the barriers that make aging in place a difficult proposition until a crisis occurs.
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Read more: Medicare Poised to Expand Vision, Hearing, and Dental Benefits Medicare Poised to Expand Vision, Hearing, and Dental Benefits
While the proposed expansion has met pushback, including these aspects of health care in standard insurance plans is significantly overdue.
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Read more: There’s More to Decision-Making Capacity than Cognitive Function There’s More to Decision-Making Capacity than Cognitive Function
The doctrine of capacity is vague, normatively and medically challenging, and inconsistently applied.
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Read more: Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy
Topics range from issues related to FDA’s approval of aducanumab, to an analysis of the communication of survival data in cancer drug labels.
