Fake nurseries and town squares seem to comfort patients. But some experts wonder whether they are patronizing, even infantilizing.

It doesn’t happen often. But when it does, some residents risk losing everything.

Some older Americans have come to depend on virtual consultations with doctors, covered by Medicare. To keep that option in the future, Congress will have to act quickly.

“We’re putting another burden on the elderly that we don’t have to,” one researcher said.

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