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KFF reporter documents resident-on-resident violence in dementia care facilities
Dementia can rob people of impulse control as well as memory — and in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the result can be violence between residents, sometimes fatal. In a recent KFF Health News investigation, reporter Jordan Rau examined how warning signs are repeatedly missed and safeguards often fail, drawing on court records, police…
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How I Did It: Pittsburgh reporter brings home Japan’s elder care lessons for U.S.
Kiley Koscinski, a reporter at WESA, Pittsburgh’s public radio station, was one of this year’s recipients of the AHCJ International Health Study Fellowship, supported by The Commonwealth Fund. A prior trip to Japan was the basis of her reporting project, a multi-part series called “Designing Dignity.” It explores how the U.S. and Japan approach elder…
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A simple blood test could detect Alzheimer’s earlier, but Medicare doesn’t cover it
Several new blood-based tests can help physicians detect Alzheimer’s disease years before symptoms become debilitating, but because they’re considered screening tests, they’re not covered by Medicare. This leaves millions of Americans undiagnosed or forced to wait until more serious symptoms appear. That means less time for early interventions, lifestyle and diet changes, or for anti-amyloid…
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Scientists create ‘brain map’ targeting Alzheimer’s and other age-related diseases
A new study from researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies offers one of the most detailed looks yet at how the brain’s molecular landscape shifts over time. By examining tens of thousands of individual brain cells, the team created a large-scale atlas showing how aging alters the brain’s genetic control systems across different…
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