Society gives short shrift to older age. This distinct phase of life doesn’t get the same attention that’s ...

Rachel O’Conor booted up her slides and began posing questions to six older adults sitting around a table: ...

Older adults and their families often wonder: Where’s the best place to recover after a hip or knee ...

When Liz Tidyman’s elderly parents moved across the country to be closer to their children and grandchildren years ...

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Pauline Jeffery had let things slide since her husband died. Her bedroom was a mess. Her bathroom was ...

Older adults need to eat more protein-rich foods when losing weight, dealing with a chronic or acute illness, ...

NEW YORK—Like many women aging alone, Eileen Kobrin worried that an accident could claim her independence. Then, two ...

It was a memorable place to have an “aha” moment about aging. Peter Sperry had taken his 82-year-old ...

“This won’t go on for very long,” Sharon Hall said to herself when she invited her elderly mother, ...

Imagine your doctor telling you that you have Alzheimer’s disease or some other type of dementia. Then, imagine ...

The kidney doctor sat next to Judy Garrett’s father, looking into his face, her hand on his arm. ...

In a move to improve cancer care for older adults, the American Society of Clinical Oncology is recommending ...

Two years ago, Dr. Daniel Cole’s 85-year-old father had heart bypass surgery. He hasn’t been quite the same ...

We’ve all seen it happen: An older friend or family member retires, is diagnosed with a serious illness, ...

Surgery can be hard on older adults, resulting in serious complications and death far more often than in ...

In November, six people with Alzheimer’s disease and related types of cognitive impairment stood before an audience of ...

Twice a day, the 86-year-old man went for long walks and visited with neighbors along the way. Then, ...

Ask Edith Smith, a proud 103-year-old, about her friends, and she’ll give you an earful. There’s Johnetta, 101, ...

For years, Wendy Forman considered how to make her wishes known in the event that she became seriously ...

Geriatricians can serve as primary care doctors, mostly to people in their 70s, 80s, and older who have ...