Sometime early this tear, new HHS Privacy Rule changes will have removed some major barriers between you and your own health records....

Particularly for older adults, loneliness isn’t just an emotional problem; it can also be a physical one. A 2012 Journal of the American...

According to the Family Caregiver Alliance there’s a 68 percent probability that a disability will keep people 65 or older from...

According to a 2002 National Institutes of Health study, false negative perceptions of aging can take an average of 7½ years off a...

Long before the Coronavirus outbreak, thousands of people over 65 have been quarantining themselves – not from pandemic disease, but from...

Did you know that flossing your teeth can help you live an average of 6.3 years longer? That’s what Dr. Michael Roizen writes in his...

Medicare Part A covers hospice care for terminally ill patients “with a life expectancy of six months or less,” as determined by the...

When it comes to surgery for older adults, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that “In modern surgery, it’s a rare event to...

The way too many people think about DNR orders, it’s as if the initials stood for “Deny Needed Remedies” instead of “Do Not Resuscitate.”...

While only 7.3% of adults aged 18 to 44 have Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC), almost nine times as many 65 or older do (61.6%). And...

Getting seven to nine hours of sleep a night is important for maintaining good health. The average American gets less than seven. Given...

The Lancet Commission report on dementia named factors that could prevent the onset of dementia or delay its progression. One of those –...

Throughout last year, thanks to rumors of vitamin D warding off coronavirus infection, many, many more Americans started taking it –...

A growing medical consensus says you don’t. No matter how old you are, it’s important to keep taking some tests – blood pressure check,...

People with mid-stage and advanced dementia often follow a pattern: As the day goes on, they get more and more confused and agitated....

Survey after survey shows that the overwhelming majority of older adults – in some surveys as many as 90% – want to spend the rest of...

A middle-age man worries aloud about his father driving at night. His father complains about being badgered by his kids about his...

Buying groceries and other household items in bulk has always offered the chance to save money. Today, particularly for seniors, it also...

The pandemic has accelerated three trends already in the works – and that’s good news for seniors. Remote Working In response to...

As Virginia’s reopening continues, churches, synagogues and mosques are reopening their doors – and that’s good for seniors who’ve been...