In Case You Missed It: February's Kaiser Health News Aging & Health Articles
Kaiser Health News (KHN) regularly publishes stories related to aging and health as part of it's reporting desk sponsored by The John A. Hartford Foundation.
In case you missed it, here are some of the top stories published by KHN during February that relate to The John A. Hartford Foundation’s three priority areas: age-friendly health systems, family caregiving, and serious illness & end of life.
Watch: Seniors Share How They’ve Made It Through the Pandemic
Nine seniors from across the country talk frankly about feeling alone and constrained, missing church, and family routines. They also share newfound hope and discoveries that arose from the crisis.
Look Up Your Hospital: Is It Being Penalized By Medicare?
Each year, Medicare punishes hospitals that have high rates of readmissions and high rates of infections and patient injuries. Check out which hospitals have been penalized.
Pandemic-Fueled Shortages of Home Health Workers Strand Patients Without Necessary Care
Home health and hospice agencies are experiencing extreme worker shortages, which means they can’t provide services to all the patients seeking care.
As Covid Slogs On, Seniors Find Fortitude Waning and Malaise Growing
The spread of the omicron variant has dashed the hopes of many older adults that the country was exiting the worst of the pandemic, leaving them anxious while their patience wears thin.
Plan to Fix Postal Service Shifts New Retirees to Medicare — Along With Billions in Costs
After a years-long bitter partisan fight over reforming the U.S. Postal Service’s finances and service, congressional leaders say they have a compromise. The bill, which has won endorsements from both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill, would force future Postal Service retirees to use Medicare as their primary source of health coverage.
To visit KHN's Aging & Improving Care of Older Adults reporting desk, click here.
To learn more about JAHF's support, click here.
