With the mundane routines of everyday life, it’s easy to forget how lucky we are to live in such an advanced society. 12 ...

Older people often aren’t being screened for anxiety disorders, even though it is a common affliction — one masked by other problems when growing old.

It’s higher for single people, too — a reality forced on hundreds of thousands of older Americans whose spouses died of Covid-19.

Several states currently offer property tax exemptions to older homeowners, and seven more are now trying to introduce further relief.

Older people themselves aren’t the issue, but the way we talk about them is. We must change the language our society uses to describe older adults.

Some do it for survival – 20% of people aged over 65 in Japan live in poverty, according to the OECD, compared to an average of 14.2% across the organization’s 38 member countries.

Medicaid spends more than half its budget on medical and long-term care for frail, low-income older adults and younger people with disabilities.

Diuretics - sometimes called "water pills" - increase the amount of water the body expels. They are taken widely, including for heart failure. In high temperatures, they increase the dangers of ...

"I'm sure kicking folks off Medicaid and into farm work will go just swimmingly," one person said of Agriculture Secretary ...

In the U.S., there are about 500 accredited geriatric emergency departments, designed to be less dangerous, less stressful places for older adults to get care.