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The number of seniors living in rural America is rising, but resources are decreasing and facilities are closing. So residents of towns like Cuba, Missouri, and Louisburg and Osawatomie, Kansas, are rallying to provide elders with services and support.
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NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson told KCUR’s Up To Date that politics have changed a lot since she first started reporting over three decades ago. Liasson was in Kansas City to speak at United WE’s 2023 We Work For Change event.
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According to a recent AP-NORC poll, 77% of American adults believe President Joe Biden is too old for a second term. And as public figures like Mitch McConnell and Diane Feinstein publicly experience health problems, some are calling for the next generation of politicians to be much younger.
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Experts worry hoarding is on the rise in Kansas amid a lack of support for those who struggle with it, straining families and communities.
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We tend to think of getting older as inevitable, but what if it’s actually something we can control? Researchers like David Sinclair and Nir Barzilai have discovered some of the secrets to reversing aging, found animals who defy our understandings of life, and turned old mice young again. But even if humans could live forever, should we?
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We tend to think of getting older as inevitable, but what if it’s actually something we can control? Researchers like David Sinclair and Nir Barzilai have discovered some of the secrets to reversing aging, found animals who defy our understandings of life, and turned old mice young again. But even if humans could live forever, should we?
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We tend to think of getting older as inevitable, but what if it’s actually something we can control? Researchers like David Sinclair and Nir Barzilai have discovered some of the secrets to reversing aging, found animals who defy our understandings of life, and turned old mice young again. But even if humans could live forever, should we?
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Paxlovid, an antiviral treatment for people at high risk of severe disease who have mild to moderate cases of COVID-19, is effective against the latest COVID-19 variant. Experts recommend that people at high risk figure out how to access the drug and any effect it may have on their current medications before they contract COVID.
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A shortage of health care workers in Kansas has created a crisis at nursing homes, which are closing even as the state’s population continues to age.
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Seniors citizens can get cut off from family and routine under quarantine, but there are ways to minimize isolation and encourage healthy socialization.
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The impacts of social isolation on elders separated from family during COVID-19, political reporters analyze the Missouri General Session, the creator of an art exhibit around masks, and the sounds of one weekly parade lifting a neighborhood's spirits.
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Segment 1: In 1990, Deanna Dikeman took a photo of her parents waving goodbye to her as she drove away.She continued to take these pictures for decades…