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The commonly held belief that people become happier after 50 appears to apply mainly to unemployed men. At age 50, unemployed men were more than twice as likely to report symptoms of depression as those who had lost a spouse. By age 65, when retirement becomes the norm, the mental health gap between employed and unemployed men disappears entirely. The findings suggest this improvement stems not from biology or lifestyle, but from easing social expectations around work.
In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers found that up to 80% of emergency department visits and more than one-third of hospitalizations in severely impaired and terminally ill nursing home residents were potentially avoidable. Common causes included UTIs, pneumonia, feeding tube complications, falls, and seizures – many preventable with timely, on-site care. These unnecessary transfers not only distress vulnerable patients and families but also drive-up health care costs, contributing to $14.3 billion in annual Medicare spending.