Aging/Eldercare

People with dementia end up in hospital ERs 1.4 million times a year. Better caregiver support could prevent future crises.

“Volunteering… could serve as a simple intervention in all older adults to protect against risk for Alzheimer’s disease,” says Yi Lor.

As temperatures rise in the US, so does the incidence of heat-related deaths, including heatstroke.

With paid leave, older adults are spending less time looking after their grandchildren and more time looking after their parents.

These care delivery models are aimed at breaking down the often-impenetrable barriers between health care and social supports.

Older people and Disabled people are among the most at risk from heatwaves and flooding.

Older people have borne a higher burden of illness and death from COVID-19, with people 65 and older experiencing higher rates of hospitalization and death. That’s only part of the…

“Frustration is surging among the low-wage workers who make up the backbone of the nursing-home industry, as tens of thousands of their colleagues call out sick with Covid-19, inflaming shortages…

When talking about food insecurity in the United States, the conversation cannot continue leaving seniors behind.

Nursing home residents with dementia get better care when they’re in the majority, but that’s typically not the case, research finds.

When Older Americans Month was established in 1963, only 17 million living Americans had reached their 65th birthday. A meeting in April 1963 between President John F.Kennedy and members of the National Council of Senior Citizens led to designating […]…

Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are family caregivers of someone age 65 and older who needs help because of a limitation in their physical, mental, or cognitive functioning.