healthcare

Latinos as Natural Caregivers

Posted on 12/18/2012 by Raquel "Rocky" Egusquiza | Washington D.C. | Comments

Caregiving | Home & Family | Personal HealthMy mom is my hero. She has always been a happy and independent person, but now, as she faces new health challenges that are rapidly changing, and I can only imagine how much she is suffering. My dad is her primary caretaker; my brothers and I are helping as much as we can. For us, as Latinos, it is our duty to take care of our loved ones, and often this sense of responsibility leads us to do everything on …

The Takeaway: Health-Care Costs Rise Faster Than U.S. Inflation Rate

Posted on 05/21/2012 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsHigher charges by doctors, hospitals and drug companies have resulted in healthcare costs that have risen even faster than the rate of inflation, according to a survey released today by the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit research organization in Washington DC. The study found that health care costs rose 3.3 percent in 2010 even though people actually used fewer services in many categories. The average price of prescription drugs rose 3 percent; inpatient admissions cost 5.1 percent; more and …

Tune in to AARPLive

Posted on 05/7/2012 by Ian Cunningham | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentCome check out the second episode of the new season of AARPLive on RFD-TV. We’ll be live this time with a town hall meeting. If you’re in the Nashville area, you can register to attend the program or call 877-926-8300. Of course you can also watch on RFD-TV at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central/8 p.m. Mountain/7 p.m. Pacific. If you don’t get RFD-TV, you can watch the livestream on our Facebook page. We’ll be answering many questions about Medicare and Social …

Design and Health Coming Together

Posted on 01/25/2012 by Ian Cunningham | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Personal HealthThere’s no reason your pill bottle can’t be cool. A new company has reinterpreted that staple of daily health, turning it into a series of sleek, functional and downright sexy looking replacements. As the designers say, they are removing the negative connotations with easier to use forms. The designers of Sabi talk about their choices and reasons behind this re-imagining. Many others are thinking along these same lines. How can technology be used to improve aging? By changing the overall model …

Hospital Dreams

Posted on 05/13/2011 by Amy Goyer | Aging, Home & Family Expert | Comments

Caregiving | RelationshipsShe looks so pale and frail lying in that bed with the blankets tucked up around her shoulders so only her sweet face pops out. Five or more enormous bruises on her arms are nagging reminders of the multiple IV’s (both failed and successful) she’s had over the past week, but they are hidden now under the butter-cream cotton blankets – once comforting, fresh out of the blanket warmer, but now cold and impersonal like everything else in this hospital. …

What Obama’s New Budget Means for You

Posted on 02/14/2011 by Tina Johnson-Marcel | The Takeaway | Comments

News Roundups | PoliticsFaced with mounting pressure to put the clamp on a hemorrhaging federal budget deficit, the White House unveiled Monday a $3.7 trillion budget highlighting a plan that aims to cut more than $1 trillion over the next decade. So what does this mean for you?