As of 2015, 15 million Americans 50 and older didn’t have any close family. By 2060, that number is expected to swell to 21 ...

Poor financial literacy and a lack of foresight have led to this troubling reality. It's going to take tax policy changes, ...

Caring for our musculoskeletal health can help us stay strong and active as we age, Dr. Vonda Wright said.

“Owning a pet reduces depression, loneliness and stress,” said SpayMart co-founder Lynn Chiche. “It is a win-win program, ...

The supermarket will also dedicate £600k of Asda Foundation grants to tackling loneliness among the elderly through ‘boosting ...

A new article examines how social isolation, loneliness and frailty affect one another and the bidirectional relationship they exert as an individual gets older. hey found that physical frailty can be ...

Humans have a fundamental need to connect with other people, but how we make friends changes across our lifetime ...

Concerns have been raised that government NHS plans, including having a single patient record through the NHS App, will exclude older people.

Older adults who have experienced a fall are at an increased risk of being diagnosed with dementia, new research found. But ...

Additionally, they’re finding they’re more productive and less pressed for time to accomplish their daily to-do lists. For a time, older people and their manners were ridiculed or misread. However, ...

We would do better to treat young people with the same kind of nuanced and sensitive concern that we offer to older generations: compassion, not censure – and a commitment to build a better ...