Three years after taking the helm of local elderly in-home care agency Village Caregiving, registered nurse and Village Caregiving Executive Director Toni McNett celebrated the culmination of her team’s hard […]
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Why do we talk about older people so negatively?
by Stacy Torres Age matters, but so do words. While pundits debate President Joe Biden’s cognitive fitness for office and the possible motivations behind prejudicial language contained in special counsel […]
Scams against elderly a scourge of our society
I oversaw the care of an elderly friend in his last years. Up until age 86, Frank was pretty much in control. But then he was diagnosed with cancer. The […]
Morgantown woman accused of taking over $30,000 from elderly relative
A Morgantown woman is facing four counts of grand larceny and one count of financial exploitation of an elderly person after allegedly withdrawing thousands of dollars from an elderly relative’s […]
Have family dinner, even in front of the television
In a seemingly endless cycle of bad news, we were looking for something a little less depressing to talk about, and the Companionship Diet program from Home Instead caught our […]
Gov. says 90,000 elderly (and especially vulnerable) residents haven’t signed up for the COVID vaccine
By Gov. Jim Justice’s estimation, some 90,000 West Virginians just might be egging on their mortality. That’s about how many residents in the 65-plus age range have yet to receive […]
Many older patients still struggle with telemedicine
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, more patients are using their computers or smartphones to visit doctors virtually instead of in person. But not everyone who needs to see a nurse […]
