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Paula Span

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Tales from Marin: When a friend becomes a caregiver

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By Paula Span
| Marin Independent Journal Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Paula Span/The New York Times For several years, Nicole Straight and Patricia Wood, who lived across the street in Sausalito, were neighbors more than friends, exchanging sociable greetings and occasionally having coffee. Then, last October, Wood took a fall, broke her neck and spent three months in rehabilitation. When she returned to the house she shares with her niece, she couldn’t walk without assistance.
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Para poder envejecer en casa, adultos mayores comparten sus viviendas al estilo ‘Golden Girls’

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By Paula Span
| Telemundo Verified
Ag. 30, 2026, 8:14 AM EDT Por Paula Span - KFF Health News A Shirley Jennett, una enfermera jubilada, le encanta su espaciosa casa de una sola planta en Denver, con su gran patio trasero y un enorme comedor. “Quiero quedarme aquí”, aseguró. “Y morir aquí”. Puede que lo logre. Aunque tiene 89 años, goza de relativamente buena salud.
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Why Older Pedestrians Fare Worse in Car Crashes

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By Paula Span
| Noozhawk Verified
Noozhawk republishes news articles from KFF Health News on national and state health-related issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers. On an August morning two years ago, Meredith Melville was crossing Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California, to meet a friend at a cafe. While in the crosswalk, she noticed a car some distance away. Perhaps she misjudged its speed, she said, because she’d walked only partway across the street when the car, a Toyota sedan, came bearing down on her.
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