Health
How do shuttling snowbirds handle their health care?
For those away from home who have difficult health conditions, “It is a challenge to keep things together,” says Twin Cities registered nurse Beth Wodrich.
Kay Harvey
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Politics & Policy
Sheila Wellstone: ‘driven by principle and passion’ on domestic-abuse issue
She grew one of Sen. Paul Wellstone’s causes from a grass-roots effort to passage of The Violence Against Women Act, first enacted in 1994.
Politics & Policy
Boomers begin to wonder: Who will take care of me?
In the past, if you needed services, you likely went into a nursing home. Now there are myriad options for boomers to start exploring as they plan ahead for old age.
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Home sweet home: Many want to ‘age in place’
While some boomers will head for warmer climes, many say they’ll choose to stay in their community — and near family.
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After careers: ‘Encore work,’ reinvention and service
Boomers are finding new ways to earn money — or simply to be productive in different, unpaid ways.
Politics & Policy
Challenges and change confront the boomers
Our four-day series explores the impact — on both boomers themselves and the larger society — of a massive generational shift.
