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When COVID-19 safety protocols shifted whole sectors of the healthcare industry from in person visits to a telehealth model, Arjun and Hannah Verma watched their parents, a pulmonologist and a cardiologist, fret about some of their elderly patients who were unprepared for the switch. The elder Vermas were concerned that their patients who didn’t own camera enabled devices or know how to use video conferencing platforms would be forced to forgo critical care.
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As longtime volunteers grow older, many want to take a step back to allow for more travel and leisure time. What will volunteer organizations do to fill the void, and how can we keep older volunteers active? Many communities are struggling to find an answer.
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Could senior cooperative housing, a model gaining popularity in states with aging populations, be the solution to alleviating social isolation and population loss in Montana’s rural small towns?
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Who’s getting older? We all are. Yet denial, misinformation and fear often characterize this universal experience.
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In 2010, the Whitehall Senior Center, an activity and meals hub for seniors in Whitehall, was trying to unload a bus and a van it had been using to…
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Last week in Graying Pains, the Missoulian’s David Erickson examined the introduction and implementation of Kaigo Hoken, or care insurance, in Japan, the…
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This is part one of a two-part story about financing elder care in aging populations. Part two, "What new strategies could Montana explore?", will be…
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On-The-Farm Training: Gaining The Knowledge, And Confidence, To Enter Agriculture From The Ground UpLast week’s Graying Pains story explored the challenges of family farm succession as Montana’s agricultural demographic ages, and a program designed to…
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The 68 year old poultry farmer pointed out the hen houses he built decades ago, providing details of each wooden tenement residents.Hugh Spencer built the…
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As Montana’s aging population continues to grow (18.9% of Montanans are now 65 or older), rural residents face the same aging challenges as their urban…