Over the past month, Dr. Richard Besdine and his wife have been discussing whether to see family and ...

Older adults are especially vulnerable physically during the COVID-19 pandemic. But they’re also notably resilient psychologically, calling upon ...

Where do we want to live in the years ahead? Older adults are asking this question anew in ...

Earlier this month, my husband picked up the phone and learned that his 92-year-old father had been taken ...

Every day, the nation is reminded of COVID-19’s ongoing impact as new death counts are published. What is ...

Family gatherings on Zoom and FaceTime. Online orders from grocery stores and pharmacies. Telehealth appointments with physicians. These ...

States across the country are beginning to roll back heart-wrenching policies instituted when the COVID-19 pandemic began and ...

For months, Patricia Merryweather-Arges, a health care expert, has fielded questions about the coronavirus pandemic from fellow Rotary ...

Even as states relax COVID-19 restrictions, in most cases, older adults are advised to keep sheltering in place. ...

Many families are beset by fear and anxiety as COVID-19 makes inroads at nursing homes across the country, ...

Older adults with COVID-19, the illness caused by the CCP virus, have several “atypical” symptoms that complicate efforts ...

With tight restrictions in place at their continuing care retirement community, Tom and Janice Showler are getting on each other’s ...

Reports of recovery from serious illness caused by COVID-19 have been trickling in from around the world. Physicians are ...

Dr. Alison Webb took her 81-year-old father out of assisted living, to live. Coleen Hubbard took her 85-year-old ...

She knew it wasn’t a good idea and her daughter would disapprove. Nonetheless, Barbara Figge Fox, 79, recently ...

A leading group of medical experts last month declined to endorse cognitive screening for older adults, fueling a ...

Do I know I’m at risk for developing dementia? You bet. My father died of Alzheimer’s disease at ...

It was a promise Matt Perrin wasn’t able to keep. “I’ll never take away your independence,” he’d told ...

Within 10 years, all of the nation’s 74 million baby boomers will be 65 or older. The most ...

David Solie’s 89-year-old mother, Carol, was unyielding. “No, I will not move,” she told her son every time ...

Caring for someone with a serious illness stretches people spiritually and emotionally, often beyond what they might have ...

For a dozen years, Larry Bocchiere, 68, didn’t find it especially difficult to care for his wife, Deborah, ...

At first, Dr. Robert Zorowitz thought his 83-year-old mother was confused. She couldn’t remember passwords to accounts on ...

The decision seemed straightforward. Bob McHenry’s heart was failing, and doctors recommended two high-risk surgeries to restore blood ...

Every year, almost 2 million people on Medicare—most of them older adults—go to a skilled nursing facility to ...

Older adults worried about falling typically receive general advice: Take an exercise class. Get your vision checked. Stop ...

A common myth about aging is that older adults are burdened by illness and feel lousy much of ...