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Author Archives: Thomas Goldsmith

Thomas Goldsmith worked in daily newspapers for 33 years before joining North Carolina Health News. Goldsmith is a native Tar Heel who attended the UNC-Chapel Hill, and worked at newspapers in Tennessee and at the Raleigh News & Observer.

Goldsmith's specialty is reporting on aging issues and he's won multiple awards for this work.

Posted inAging

Law enforcement: Scammers preying on older people may appear as trusted advisers

by Thomas Goldsmith March 31, 2022August 30, 2022
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, North Carolina spent close to $1.2 billion on nursing homes for elderly Medicaid recipients in 2013.
Posted inAging

Corporate owners of troubled Thomasville nursing home escape public spotlight in state hearing

by Thomas Goldsmith and Rose Hoban March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Posted inState Health Policy

Walls around ‘hearing aids’ to tumble as some in NC trumpet warnings

by Thomas Goldsmith February 24, 2022August 31, 2022
An older man and woman sit in front of their three grown children, two young men with beards and one a young woman in a pink sweater.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Talking to long-haul COVID: How an NC doc and patient fight the mysterious syndrome

by Thomas Goldsmith February 2, 2022August 31, 2022
Shows the hands of an elderly woman. Pain medication, opioids
Posted inAging

Keep it real, up to date when explaining Omicron to older NC people

by Thomas Goldsmith January 20, 2022August 31, 2022
shows a crystal ball on a background of blue, sitting on a yellow velvet stand
Posted inMedicaid

A look ahead for health in N.C. for 2022

by Rose Hoban, Anne Blythe, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith, Taylor Knopf and Elizabeth Thompson January 3, 2022December 31, 2021

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