The Netherlands offers arguably the world’s most generous long-term-care insurance, covering professional nursing or home ...

Understanding the needs of older adults and geriatric medicine could be of real importance as the world's population shifts and the issue impacts more people. Elderly is an age descriptor used to ...

An increasing number of Americans are living well beyond the average life expectancy. It presents new and complex challenges about how to care for a vulnerable, often ignored demographic that is aging ...

Age matters, but so do words. While pundits debate President Biden’s cognitive fitness for office and the possible motivations behind prejudicial language contained in special counsel Robert K. Hur’s ...

“We are a social species. Our social networks (families, tribes, communities, etc.) enabled us to survive and thrive.” —Clifford Singer (2018) As social distancing and self-imposed quarantine become ...

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, the advice from medical professionals is clear: Stay away from other people. Given the current lack of COVID-19 testing in the United States, ...

A viral video showing an elderly woman using an outdoor gym machine at high speed in a Bengaluru park has sparked debate over ...

Attempting to take care of an abusive elderly parent is fraught with problems and limited options, more so now as family members shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. But there are some ...

“Loneliness and social isolation in older adults are serious public health risks affecting a significant number of people in the United States and putting them at risk for dementia and other serious ...