medical care for elderly

The United States has a patchwork system of long-term medical care that usually leaves elderly people and their families footing most of the bill. Medicaid can cover much of the cost, but in Kansas and Missouri, seniors and people with disabilities have to earn below the poverty level and have less than $2,000 in assets before they can qualify for Medicaid.

Latinos are facing hard decisions when deciding how to care for their aging parents.

Our Radio Readers Book Club is talking about aging, death, and dying and I have something I want to get off my chest. I’m a person of many projects and…

This is Dr. Phillip Periman. I am a retired hematologist/oncologist in Amarillo, Texas. I have been asked to review Dr. Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal:…