BARCELONA, Spain — Since the coronavirus pandemic struck Spain, a glass pane has separated Xavier Anto and Carmen Panzano for the first prolonged period of the couple’s 65-year marriage. Anto, age 90, appears three or four times a week at the street-level window that looks into the ...
LANSING — The Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Chapter will partner with the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the University of Michigan to offer two research programs focused on the latest in Alzheimer’s research in May. The Michigan chapter also will offer a variety of ...
LANSING — Alzheimer’s is one of the most expensive diseases in the country. The costs associated with Alzheimer’s can be staggering for families, with average out-of-pocket costs for health care and long-term care services not covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance exceeding ...
PHOENIX — America is starting to claw its way out of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, but food insecurity persists, especially for children and older adults. Food banks around the U.S. continue giving away far more canned, packaged and fresh provisions than they did ...
ISHPEMING — After 65 years in the cosmetology business, Main Street School of Cosmetology owner Rose Strom is retiring in May. Strom, 82, has been in the profession since she graduated from Ishpeming High School in 1956. At that time, she didn’t even want to think about going back to ...
WASHINGTON — With the memory of the pandemic’s toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief law is offering states a generous funding boost for home- and community-based care as an alternative to institutionalizing disabled people. Advocates hope the estimated $12.7 billion will ...