elderly health care

The White House has launched an initiative on women’s health. Studying the health of older women, a largely neglected group in medical research, should be a priority.

Many small-town care facilities that remain open are limiting admissions, citing a lack of staff, while a wave of others shutter. That means more patients are marooned in hospitals or placed far away from their families.

Florida’s nursing homes may be allowed to pare the amount of nursing care they are required to provide elderly residents under legislation that started…