Senators accuse home care companies of overbooking care
Senate investigators are accusing three of the nation’s biggest home care providers of deliberately increasing their visits to patients to get higher payments from...
Alzheimer’s caregivers number 15 million
Far more people than previously believed are providing billions of hours of unpaid care for Alzheimer’s patients, highlighting the growing impact of a graying population.
Third man arrested in scam of Massachusetts elderly man
HAVERHILL, Mass. —
A third Maine man accused of scamming a 92-year-old Massachusetts man out of $90,000 for odd jobs around his home has been...
Chronic care overhaul proposed for Medicare
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
WASHINGTON —
It’s a familiar problem for families with an elder trying to cope with chronic health conditions:
Doctors don’t talk to each other,...
Analysis: Parties maneuvering on debt, health care
By David Espo
WASHINGTON—
The threat of a first-ever default by the federal government is pushing President Barack Obama and Republicans toward a sweeping agreement to...
Gov. Patrick has abandoned state’s elderly, say advocates
BOSTON —
Elder rights groups in Massachusetts say Gov. Deval Patrick’s policy agenda has all but forgotten the state’s aging population. The statement follows a...
Senate examines precious metal scams on seniors
By Jennifer C. Kerr
WASHINGTON —
Some seniors worried about stock market swings look to gold and other precious metals as a safe investment. But, too...
Massachusetts elders face worst “independence gap” in nation
By Al Norman
March roared in like a lion with the release of a report by a national group called Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW),...
Medicare, Social Security living on borrowed time
WASHINGTON —
Medicare’s financial future is looking brighter despite a growing wave of baby boomers reaching retirement.
Getting relief from a slowdown in health care spending,...
Medicare open enrollment deadline approaches
Region - Don’t ignore your Medicare mail! It’s that time of year again! If you have a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan or a Medicare Advantage Plan (HMO, PPO), you should be receiving information from your plan. It is important to read this information because it explains the changes in your plan for 2016.
