Aging Alone with Little Support Is a Challenge

The Little Lies We Tell Aging Parents Who Are Suffering from Dementia

Experts advise caregiving children to employ white lies to help their aging parents with future care.

18 Signs Your Elderly Parent Needs Help

Whether mail is stacking up, food is spoiled or something just seems off, it's important know the signs that your aging parents need help.

How to spend time with Aging Parents

How to Visit Your Aging Parent the Right Way

Knowing how to approach visits with older relatives can make the experience better for both of you. Advice from the author of "I Don't Have Time for This!"

50 Things Every Woman Should Have By Age 50

50 Things Every Woman Should Have By Age 50 While by no means complete, this is a very insightful list of possible goals for women.

Age-Related Memory Loss: What's Normal, What's Not, and When to Seek Help

Learn about the causes of age-related memory loss and what you can do to stay mentally sharp and avoid memory problems as you age.

Healthy Aging: What Can You Control?

Genetics isn't the only factor in aging. Your lifestyle can help you break the mold.

What Have We Learned From 30 Years of 'Aging in Place'?

A new study on "naturally occurring retirement communities" shows that cities must adapt to and support the needs of elders for them to thrive.

What Aging Parents Want From Their Kids

There’s a fine line between caring and controlling—but older adults and their grown children often disagree on where it is.

Why Aging at Home Is Getting Easier for Some Families

A new report says that most Medicaid spending for caregiving is now on home and community care rather than nursing homes. That's a welcome change for many.

How to Prepare for Old Age When You Don’t Have Kids

Generally speaking, if you have kids, you have someone to watch over you beyond your golden years. Not everyone has children, though, and if you don’t, it’s up to you to prepare for your own senior care. And it’s important to plan now.

Why home care workers struggle with low wages

With most aging Americans wanting to stay in their own homes, the need for in-home caregivers is skyrocketing. But unlike most other jobs, there's no federal guarantee that these workers get minimum wage or overtime. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports on the challenge of getting care that’s reasonably priced while still paying caretakers a living wage.

How to Tell If Your Aging Parent Should Move to an Assisted Living Community

If you notice any or all of these signs, you may want to start considering assisted living care as beneficial for your loved one.

What the senior and aging care industry wants from digital health innovators

There’s no getting around it: we’re all getting older. Nearly 100 million people in the United States are over the age of 50, and those over the age of 65 make up the biggest, most expensive user group of healthcare.

Will Americans Be Able to Age in Place?

Most older Americans want to stay in their homes. But they'll need to renovate and it's hard to get good information on how to age in place.

Will That Home Work as You Age?

Most older adults say they intend to stay put in their homes as they age. But if that’s the case, they’ll need to more carefully assess a home from an aging perspective when they first buy

Finding the Workforce to Care for an Aging Population

We need a National Geriatrics and Palliative Service Corps. It can be our new compass to provide the US the health care workforce we need to care for older adults.

6 Habits of People Who Age Well