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West Virginia is aging faster than the rest of the nation. More than 1 in 5 residents are over 65, and as young people leave the state, the gap between those who need care and those who can provide it keeps growing. At the same time, elder care has shifted from nursing homes to home-based support — but there aren’t enough workers to keep up. Us & Them explores the looming caregiving crisis and what it means for families, workers and the future of care.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAppalachian Power customers may be seeing another price hike, caregivers are under stress, particularly during the holidays, and a new mountain roller coaster is a destination for fun seekers in Mercer County.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPeople who buy health care through the federal marketplace are set to see their premiums rise 40 percent or more. It depends on whether Congress extends the 2021 enhanced subsidies that help people pay their premiums. Ruby Rayner is a reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press who’s been covering this story in Tennessee. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Raynor.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWe're an aging nation, and the cost of care is lower the longer people stay in their homes. The trend has led to an explosion in home-based support and care services. On the next episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay focuses on the challenges of care for our growing elderly population.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBy now, cooler temperatures have closed many theme parks around the area. But if you’ve got a craving to get on a roller coaster, you don’t have to wait until spring and you don’t have to drive very far. Bill Lynch takes us to the Brush Creek Holl’r Mountain Coaster.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWVPB is hosting a special screening of “Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect” at Marshall University on Nov. 18, and Us & Them host Trey Kay will moderate the live event along with a panel discussion. Ahead of the screening, Kay talked with one of the panelists, historian Cicero Fain, about why Marshall’s story matters now.
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