Award-Winning Health Journalism

When Grandparents Become Parents

Laura and Tom Brazan, who are raising their two grandchildren, recently took the family on a road trip through Jackson Hole, Wyoming. (From left: Tommy, Athena, Tom and Laura Brazan)

The opioid epidemic has left older adults to raise a new generation of children. Can they find support through opioid settlement funds? Fact checked by Ros Lederman Laurel Exner’s 16-year-old son, Adam Whited, didn’t want medication when diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but by age 20, he needed pain relief. His dosage climbed from 10 mg […]

Senior Saviors

Diana Martin-Logan with her Great-grandson, Jaylin McCray. Photo by Jim Vondruska

Dispensing love and life lessons, grandparents step in to raise their grandchildren Above photo by Jim Vondruska: Diana Martin-Logan with her Great-grandson, Jaylin McCray.  What do President Barack Obama, Maya Angelou, Willie Nelson, and Carol Burnett have in common? They’re all enormously successful … and they were all brought up, at least for a few years, […]