There is no shortage of advice these days about how to deal with the “problem behavior” of people who have dementia, many of whom get more resistant as their conditions …

Old age is getting younger. For the second year in a row, the life expectancy in the United States declined according to a recent bleak series of reports by various …

Architect Erick Mikiten ticks off some of the top reasons many people fear growing older: perceived threats of being institutionalized, aging out of relevance, becoming progressively more isolated. And, he …

Chances are you may be one of the 66 million family caregivers in the U.S. charged with attending the needs of a loved one — or will join their growing …

At a recent lecture titled “Making a Difference to Seriously Ill Older Adults,” Louise C. Walter, Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California-San Francisco, first answered …

“These phone lines are very helpful. I really do appreciate them,” one man told me recently as I was volunteering at the Institute on Aging’s Friendship Line — a national …

My parents have always been so independent and able to make their own decisions until the past few years. Slowly, they began to depend on me and now want me …

You might assume that at the ripening age of “pushing 79,” sex therapist/sex columnist/board-certified sexologist Isadora Alman might be tiring of the topic that’s brought her national notoriety. But it …

Long-term insurance — a form of coverage generally intended to help pay for care services that may be needed later in life — has already been both embraced and disgraced …

The story of my husband’s grandfather is nothing short of remarkable. He was definitely made of the right stuff and what he overcame to thrive in America would crumble people …