Monthly Archives: December 2017
GBO NEWS: New Yorker Falters on Ageism; Conscious Caregiving Book; Older Voters Suppressed; Detroit’s Transit-Restricted Arab Seniors; LA’s Aging Undocumented Laborers; Hard Times for Arizona’s Indian Elders; & MORE
Posted: December 11, 2017 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations — Our 24th Year.
December 11, 2017 — Volume 17, Number 14
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In This Issue: The War on “Happy Holidays.”
1. THE NEW YORKER FALTERS IN AGEISM COLUMN: “Why Ageism Never Gets Old” Piece Lapses Into Old Tropes and Misses the Story.
2. THE BOOKMOBILE: ***The Conscious Caregiver: A Mindful Approach to Caring for Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself, by Linda Abbitt, Adams Media/Simon & Schuster; ***Jolt: Stories of Trauma and Transformation, by Mark Miller, Post Hill Press, set for February 2018 release.
3. GEN BEATLES NEWS: *** Helen Dennis Celebrated Column’s 16th Anniversary in the Los Angeles Daily News and other papers of Southern California Newspaper Group; *** Happy 95th Birthday to New York Writer Bette Dewing; *** Mazel Tov and Happy Hanukkah to Diane Joy Schmidt for Top Award from American Jewish Press Association
4. THE STORYBOARD: *** “Older Voters Stymied by Tighter ID Requirements,” by Paula Span, New York Times; *** “Paiute Tribe Elders Navigate a Faltering Health Care System,” by Debra Utacia Krol, High Country News; *** “Poor Public Transportation Can Be a Roadblock to the Everyday Needs of Arab-American Seniors” by Julia Kassem, Detroit Journalism Cooperative; : Nationwide, *** “Aging Undocumented Day Laborers Face Uncertain Future,” by Jacqueline García, in English: Diverse Elders Coalition.
Read More...GBO NEWS: Taxing Times—GOP’s Bill; Star-Tribune’s 5-Parts on Elder Abuse; International Study: U.S. Seniors Struggle More; & MORE
Posted: December 5, 2017 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations — Our 24th Year.
December 5, 2017 — Volume 17, Number 13
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In This Issue: What’s Another $1 Trillion Between Old and Poor Friends?
1. TAXING TIMES: Headlines and Analysis on the GOP Tax Overhaul and Children’s Health Funding.
2. MORE GOOD SOURCES: 2 Commonwealth Fund’s Surveys — *** “U.S. Seniors Struggle More to Pay for Health Care and Other Basic Needs” in 11-Nation Comparison; *** “How Well Does Insurance Coverage Protect Consumers from Health Care Costs?” Data from the Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2016
3. EYES ON THE PRIZE: ***Entry Deadline for the Excellence in Health Care Journalism Awards, January 8; ***Two Deadlines for National Association of Science Writers Programs: December 15 and February 1.
4. HOLIDAY SPECIALS: ELDER ABUSE; INEQUALITY; & “THE END” IN JAPAN:
*** “Left to Suffer,” 5-Part Series on Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes, Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Chris Serres; *** “For Many Older Americans, the Rat Race is Over. But the Inequality Isn’t,” by Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post; *** “A Lonely Death: [https://tinyurl.com/yd357n9b] In Japan the Elderly Often Live, and Die, Alone,” by Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times.