For many people, retirement is one of those things that has always been on the horizon at just enough distance not to warrant any real concern related to what to …

If your aging parents are a bit leery about using today’s technology, call in the grandchildren. Even the youngest ones seem to intuit how to use smart phones and tablets, …

According to ExperienceWorks, an organization that helps older adults find work, by the year 2020, nearly 25% of workers will be age 55 or older. Older women, veterans, and workers …

Elderly Social Security recipients are easy prey for scammers, as headlines remind regularly. Whether through a sweet-talking individual who claims to be from the Social Security Administration or the response …

In most cases, the need to downsize is a function of the need to move. Moving from the family home can be one of the most stressful events an older …

Oftentimes, family members become frustrated if they face resistance from their elderly relatives when they suggest having help or considering another place to move. In many cases, this resistance comes …

The Hospice movement was started in Britain in 1967 by a physician, Cicely Saunders, who advocated pain management for the dying. Her philosophy was that dying people needed dignity, compassion …

There were 26.8 million households headed by someone 65 and older in 2013, up 24{d0e74b8a3596e4326b45924d39792f257a1f9983beed4201831d386befd3d18e} from 10 years earlier. The U.S. Census Bureau also found that households headed by a …

The impact of one individual’s health can have a ripple effect on an entire family. Family members are caring for their loved ones in the home more today and for …

The Journal of General Internal Medicine recently published a report that looked at data from more than 3,000 people covered by Medicare to gauge the impact of health care cost …