Feeling Foggy After Cancer Treatment? It Could Be Chemo Brain
About eight years ago, Jeff Goldberg, a math teacher in Tucson, Ariz., was quizzing his class on some of the salient points of algebra. A student waved his hand in the air and said “Mister, you never...
View ArticleThe Family Doctor and the Coronavirus Plague
“I have no idea what’s awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.” -Albert Camus, The Plague Dr. Bertie Bregman wrote...
View ArticleIs It Safe to Return to Your Doctor?
Micheline Burger, a 72-year-old retired attorney who lives in Longmont, Colo., has put off many medical appointments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as her annual physical and dental exam and an...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy When Physically Being There Isn’t Possible
Mary Mihaly had been dealing with knee pain for years but was able to manage it with ibuprofen or aspirin until last year. “Last October, I went to Australia and the knee pain ruined it,” says Mihaly,...
View ArticleHow Hearing Loss Can Lead to Loneliness and Isolation
Susan Sealy Arquette, 64, a psychologist and clinic owner in Minneapolis, noticed the first signs of hearing loss in her mid-20s when she couldn’t hear a phone ringing. At the time, Sealy Arquette was...
View ArticleMedications: ‘Over-the-Counter’ Doesn’t Mean It’s Safe for You
When you go to the pharmacy to pick up over-the-counter medications for yourself or someone you care for, it’s important to be aware that just because these products don’t require a prescription...
View ArticleOPINION: It’s Time to Flatten the Loneliness Curve for Older Americans
(Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us forever. Next Avenue turned to some of our Influencers in Aging, a...
View ArticleAIDS Services Know How to Love in a Plague
(Editor’s note: This story is part of Still Here, Still Positive: A series on the first generation of Americans aging with HIV/AIDS, with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation.) Just as we gay...
View ArticleHow to Get Health Insurance After a Job Loss
The numbers of Americans filing for unemployment benefits is staggering. Sadly, these people have not only lost jobs and income, but also their health insurance. If you’re among them, or will be soon,...
View ArticleWhy Aging Immune Systems Are More Vulnerable to the Coronavirus
(Editor’s note: This “Ask the Expert” article is part of an editorial partnership between Next Avenue and The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), a national nonprofit organization whose...
View ArticleLGBTQ Elders Need More Than Individual Heroism in COVID-19
(Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us forever. Next Avenue turned to some of our Influencers in Aging, a...
View ArticleHospice: Demanded But Threatened By COVID-19
Comfort, touch, togetherness: these are among the key elements of hospice care — the kind of care offered at the end of one’s life. These same principles are also in direct opposition to the distance...
View ArticleHow Rural Hospitals Are Preparing for Coronavirus
In the DC Comics town of Metropolis, the townsfolk had Superman to protect them from villains like Lex Luthor, Brainiac and Darkseid. But in real-life Metropolis, Ill. (pop. 6,133), there is no...
View ArticleYou Can Still See a Doctor, Through Telemedicine
Social distancing and stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis have led many health care providers to conduct visits with patients through telemedicine — providing medical and...
View ArticleA Pandemic Lesson: The Importance of Person-Centered Care
(Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us forever. Next Avenue turned to some of our Influencers in Aging, a...
View ArticleOPINION: Poor, Older Black Americans Are an Afterthought in the COVID-19 Crisis
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently said that he and other older Americans would be willing to risk death due to the coronavirus in order to protect the U.S. economy. What followed was a backlash by...
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Your Home: How to Protect Yourself and Others
About three-quarters of Americans have been ordered to stay home during this global pandemic, and that number grows weekly. In particular, people 60 and older, who are at greater risk of serious...
View ArticleAre Older Lives Less Worthy in a Pandemic?
(This piece was originally published by the Association of Health Care Journalists and is being republished with permission.) You may have heard the comments from Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick last week,...
View ArticleRetired Doctors Return to Work for COVID-19
Tired of 60- to 70-hour work weeks, Dr. Debra Caroli planned on retiring April 1, 2020. She recently decided to embrace part-time employment instead of working full-time as an anesthesiologist in...
View ArticleHow the Pandemic Is Affecting the Sandwich Generation
I am anxious about my 80-year-old father with regards to COVID-19. He has lung cancer and emphysema. He receives immunotherapy injections monthly. And he resides in New York State, the current...
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