The Old Old and the Cost of Care
A Western mix of experts argues that life after eighty five strains Medicare funded care. They warn hospitals absorb higher costs while reimbursements lag. Family caregivers, often seniors, face mounting duties and nimble nursing homes, home health care, and assisted living emerge. The piece weighs who pays and how to reform care under Social Security shifts.
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Pitt
Francis
Stowell
Canterbury Place
Mr. Stowell
Ge Quéstica
Caring for aging parents tests working women and employers
The piece profiles Connie Mozee, Dr. Linda Hall and Dian Perkins as working women balancing elder care with careers. Mozee cares for her ex father in law. Hall supports her dementia-stricken mother while maintaining a demanding hospital role. Perkins pursues intergenerational living to stay employed. They seek employer flexibility and societal support as the aging population grows.
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Connie Mozee
Mozee
Wylie Ellis
Ellis
Linda Hall
Allegheny General Hospital
Hall
Dian Perkins
Mauss triplets chase longevity record at 90
Walnut Creek Calif AP The Mauss triplets Vinal Velma and Vilda born in Murray Utah Oct 16 1900 survived in a coal stove incubator in their father s shoebox Their humor and close bond keep them going as they near the Guinness record for oldest triplets They live near Salt Lake City and stay in touch with their brother Mauss a former LDS bishop
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Walnut Creek
Calif
Mauss
Murray
Utah
Vinal
Velma
Vilda Mauss
LeGrande
Ed” Eliason
Vinal Mauss
Caughtin
Faith, Hope and
Charity
San Francisco
Ymar
Tams
United States
Japan
Midvale
Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Berkeley
Pye
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