Rural Health
News by Topic: Older adults
May 31, 2026 - Describes the importance of rural healthcare access for an aging population and healthcare workforce shortages in New York.
Source: Spectrum News 1
May 19, 2026 - Almost a quarter of American adults aged 65 and older are at risk for social isolation. Highlights the variation in risk, both among states and at the county level.
Source: America's Health Rankings
May 4, 2026 - Ohio Senator Jon Husted and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly recently introduced the Delivering for Rural Seniors Act, which would create a pilot program to deliver food boxes directly to underserved seniors. The Federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program currently offers monthly food assistance to qualifying seniors, but some people lack transportation to distribution sites.
Source: News 5 Cleveland
Apr 27, 2026 - Profiles Sandy Guzman, a community health worker (CHW) in rural Oregon, who serves as an intermediary between patients and the healthcare system. CHWs can help patients apply for food and housing benefits, coordinate follow-up appointments, administer cognitive and mental health screenings, and help with other non-medical needs.
Source: KFF Health News
Apr 24, 2026 - Health Affairs has issued a call for journal articles focusing on age-friendly health including a focus on rural topics such as innovation in rural delivery of long-term services and supports, addressing rural care gaps associated with nursing home closures, and the impact of payment policies that boost rural home health supply in addition to workforce, caregiving, social determinants of health, technology, and more. Articles will be considered on an ongoing basis through June 2028.
Source: Health Affairs