HEALTHY AGING • CAREGIVING • AGING IN PLACE • AHCJ • DISEASES & CONDITIONS • HOSPITALS • LONG-TERM CARE • POLICY • NURSING • PRACTICE MANAGEMENT • ETC.
My primary journalism beats include aging, boomers, social determinants, and health policy. However, I write and report stories across the health spectrum, including politics, housing, practice management, chronic disease, and workforce issues.
Caregiving
Why more men are becoming caregivers
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
Putting a face on family caregiving
AHCJ / COVERING HEALTH
Aging in Place
Study reveals why neighborhood location impacts aging
AHCJ / COVERING HEALTH
Association of Health Care Journalists
Alzheimer's panel at HJ23 will explore unanswered questions
AHCJ / COVERING HEALTH
What to know about older adults on insulin under Medicare
AHCJ / COVERING HEALTH
Bivalent boosters and covering vaccination rates among seniors
AHCJ / COVERING HEALTH
Diseases & Conditions
Global burden of Alzheimer's disease expected to triple
AHCJ / COVERING HEALTH
Long-Term Care
Are adult foster homes a good idea?
PBS NEWS HOUR
CMS cracks down on nation's poorest performing nursing homes
AHCJ / COVERING HEALTH
Nursing
Hospice has a diversity problem
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING - AHCJ Award Winner, Trade Category (2022)
KFF Survey: Health Misinformation Abounds--But Rarely Persuades
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING
- ASJA Writing award, honorable mention, trade category (2022)
Practice Management
What single-payer healthcare would mean to doctors
MEDICAL ECONOMICS
Etc.
Improving cancer pain management amid the opioid crisis
CLINICAL PAIN ADVISOR
How to be a great virtual grandparent
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More writing
Five common, and costly, Medicare Open Enrollment Mistakes to Avoid (interview with CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure) FORTUNE WELL
7 Ways to Care for Elderly Parents who live far away FORTUNE WELL
Are Severe Hot Flashes linked to greater risk of Alzheimer's Disease? MENOPAUSE MATTERS (A Medium publication)
Does Medicare Pay for Assisted Living? FORTUNE WELL
Does Medicare cover dental care? FORTUNE WELL
Does Medicare cover hearing aids? FORTUNE WELL
Menopause, the basics MENOPAUSE MATTERS (A Medium publication)
20% of adults suffer from chronic pain--here are 12 alternative therapies to try instead
of medication FORTUNE WELL
Should the FDA do more to increase transparency? CANCER THERAPY ADVISOR
Joan Ditzion of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' fame says 'We can all be aging activists' NEXT AVENUE
Welcome to the United States: Navigating the health care system ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION
6 snags docs hit when seeing patients again MEDSCAPE
The good doctor: How do you find one? NEXT AVENUE
Is medical marijuana good medicine for older adults? It's complicated SILVER CENTURY FOUNDATION
I want to retire, but I can't quite say goodbye MEDSCAPE
The nursing shortage: Foreign-educated workers are only a stopgap AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING