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Warren Wolfe

Reporter | Aging and health-care policy

Phone: 612-673-7253

At the Star Tribune, Warren Wolfe has been a copy editor, assistant city editor, team leader and roving state feature writer and covered agriculture before moving to the aging beat. He has written extensively about caregiving, nursing homes, Medicare, Medicaid, and state and national policies on health care and aging.
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Senior Center is rescued again

UCare Minnesota has stepped up with about $160,000 for each of the next three years to rescue the Skyway Senior Center in downtown Minneapolis.

Updated: March 24, 2011, - 03:50 PM

House told budget plans too vague to assess

Four health and human services proposals put forth by Republicans aim to cut about $1.6 billion of the state's projected $5 billion deficit.

Updated: March 23, 2011, - 09:10 PM

Oct. 29: Wave of foreclosures hits renters

When landlords face foreclosures, tenants often lose their housing. Rights and leases can extend for months after a sale, but many families are scrambling and some are finding themselves homeless.

Updated: March 23, 2011, - 01:45 PM

Aging boomers will strain families, state

There will be fewer people to care for the aged, and tax-supported nursing home costs will bust budgets.

Updated: March 23, 2011, - 09:18 AM

As we age, number of specialists in aging lags

Trying to help bridge that gap, an innovative U approach pairs students with elderly.

Updated: March 23, 2011, - 09:14 AM

Report calls for action to stem Alzheimer’s deluge

The number of Minnesotans with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia will swell from 88,000 to 198,000 in the next 30 years, possibly overwhelming the state, families and employers, a report finds.

Updated: March 23, 2011, - 09:13 AM

Medicaid savings unrealistic, study says

A plan to get federal flexibility in operating Medicaid is based on a Rhode Island experiment. But a study says that state got a "sweetheart deal" that has saved little.

Updated: March 22, 2011, - 10:34 PM