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Why Japan is paying single mothers to move to the countryside

Susie Armitage

June 06, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Japan, Hamada

Small towns in Japan like Hamada are recruiting single mothers in an effort to boost their declining population, and care of their aging one. They recruit single mothers by offering them jobs at the local nursing homes, paying them while they get trained, covering their moving costs, part of their rent, and a offering them a used car.

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Fostering Connections Between Young and Old

Julie Halpert

June 05, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Mitchelville, Maryland

Programs that promote interaction between young and old people benefit both groups emotionally. At a retirement community, Collington, music students perform for and interact with the residents in return for free room and board. Pop-up concerts and shared meals form friendships of the sort that research shows can reduce older adults' loneliness and increase their cognitive engagement. Young people gain in empathy, while both groups can make each other feel more needed. Programs responding to social isolation also bring children as young as infants into senior housing.

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VA turns to foster care for veterans instead of putting them in nursing homes

Patricia Kime

May 26, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

The Medical Foster Home Program places military veterans with chronic, debilitating diseases into foster homes rather than assisted living facilities. These homes must meet strict regulations and the caregivers must be able to give care 24/7 or have relief help if they are unable to be there all of the time. This program decreases the number of trips and admissions to the hospital among participants, and offers them a living situation that is more similar to being in their own home.

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To feed elders, traditional foods take untraditional route

Anne Hillman

February 28, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Kotzebue, Alaska

Elders in Kotzebue, Alaska missed traditional foods like elk, caribou, and whale when they transitioned into assisted living, so a group formed to find a way through federal red tape. Locals, environmental health agents, and government officials sat down to make sure the community practices were up to federal standard.

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In Rural Kentucky Nursing Homes, Art May Be Key To Quality Of Life

Elizabeth Kramer

February 11, 2018 |

WFPL News |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

A program called Time Slips is aiming to make nursing homes in Kentucky hubs for artistic expression and creativity. They are tracking how expressing creativity and engaging in art therapy improves residents' health outcomes and family satisfaction. This program also engages nursing home residents in their community, making them feel less stigmatized by their age.

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Watch: Robots are becoming companions and care takers across Japan

Shiho Fukada

February 05, 2018 |

STAT |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

With a rapidly aging population, Japanese senior services are turning to innovative technology to expand the capacity to care for seniors as well as increase quality of life. VR technology takes seniors on trips to locations around the world, while robots in living facilities provide companionship as well as protection for residents.

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The Airbnb For Affordable Housing Is Here

Katharine Schwab

November 21, 2017 |

FastCompany |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

New app Nesterly seeks to create affordable housing opportunities by pairing elderly residents with rooms to spare in their homes and younger people looking to find an affordable living situation in tightening rental markets. Beyond the app's impact on mitigating the stress of high rent prices for young people, the pairing of young people and elderly people for housing also has potential to help with the country's issue with loneliness.

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Caregiver support group aims to reduce elder abuse

Tracy Geibel

August 09, 2017 |

Richland Source |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Richland County, Ohio

Apollo Healthcare Services has started an elder caregiver support group in Richland County, OH. The intent of this support group is to give caregivers an outlet to voice their frustrations or experiences that accompany elder caregiving so that they are less likely to take out that frustration on the elders in their care.

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Counting On Medicaid To Avoid Life In A Nursing Home? That's Now Up To Congress.

Susan Jaffe

July 31, 2017 |

KFF Health News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Congressional Republicans' push to reduce Medicaid funds is a threatening proposition to the people who use its services. Medicaid funds services at home which allows people to live at home instead of in a nursing home by providing minor house renovations, a visiting nurse or other worker, or other home products.

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A Twist on Caring for a Parent: Move Into the Home

Paula Span

January 04, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

A few adult children have found that the simplest arrangement can be found in an apartment at the same retirement community, as it enables them to care for their elderly parents efficiently.

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