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Segment 1: "Tough love, to me, means you love fiercely but not uncritically," said Susan Rice. Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice recounted…
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Segment 1: A new book on aging proposes a third stage in life.First comes childhood, then adulthood and finally, elderhood, which begins roughly in your…
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“It’s so silly. Who’s not getting a day older?”That’s more than a rhetorical question from Joicie Appell, the actress who plays an elderly Kansas woman in…
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Seg. 1: The Road Ahead For Missouri Public Universities. Seg. 2: The Growing Need For Geriatricians.Segment 1: After recent controversies Missouri's institutions of higher learning working to get back on track.The University of Missouri System gained new…
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Sepsis hits nearly two million people in the U.S. a year and kills more than a quarter million. It’s a particular problem in nursing homes, where the…
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Lonnie and Ronnie McFadden, of Kansas City's McFadden Brothers, grew up at 19th and Euclid, on Kansas City's east side. They've been a tap-dancing duo for…
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Nursing homes in Kansas find themselves in crisis, say the people who run them.Where to fix blame or how to remedy things remain matters of debate.A…
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It's a long haul from Kansas City, Kansas, to Kanorado, but driving west on Interstate 70 doesn't have to be boring. Today, we learn about some of the…
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Until recently, living in your parents' basement might have been viewed with some derision. Now, more families have been stacking two, three, even four…
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Kansas is continuing to do business with a home health care agency that a few weeks ago agreed to settle a federal kickback case for $1.8 million.State…
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Uncertainty surrounds the Affordable Care Act, as some Republicans have vowed to repeal and replace it. Today, a former Obama administration official…
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When politicians talk about government’s role in caring for the nation’s seniors, they usually limit their comments to shoring up Social Security and…