Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is courting voters who may have been born before suffrage, hoping they might feel an emotional bond with the candidate.
Thousands of elderly Americans on fixed incomes face a bitter winter, with declines expected in fuel assistance.
Researchers who followed the health of older people for almost a decade found that those who walked more quickly were less likely to die.
Heartbreak can happen at 80, but probably without the rage against the dying of the light.
The out-of-pocket cost of caring for an aging parent or spouse averages about $5,500 a year, a sum that is more than double previous estimates.
Instead of spending money on computer games or puzzles to improve your brain's health, invest in a gym membership.
Instead of spending money on computer games or puzzles to improve your brain's health, invest in a gym membership.
With one of the world's most rapidly aging societies, Japan is confronting a sharp increase in older prisoners.
In one of the world's most rapidly aging societies, Japanese 65 and over are the fastest-growing group of criminals.
The nation's fleet of commercial planes is aging as carriers put off buying more comfortable and fuel-efficient jets.
Elderly gay people in assisted-living centers and nursing homes increasingly report being mistreated.
Bologne, Balderdash & Bull Crap! True old folks loose their inhibitions but they also begin to understand what is important and what isn't.
Technology entrepreneurs are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers.
Private investors in nursing homes have cut expenses and staff, sometimes below minimum requirements.
The Medicare drug program is off to a reasonably good start, but any tendency to consider the job done is to be avoided.
Most Americans remain sexually active into their 60s, and nearly half continue to have sex regularly into their early 70s, researchers say.
Sometimes, when there's no cure, it's best to just go with the flow as a loved one becomes more confused.
Groups want to make neighborhoods comfortable places for elderly people not interested in assisted living.
Fixing the health care system may require a difficult conversation.
Fixing the health care system may require a difficult conversation.
Virtually every large drug maker is working to develop Alzheimer's drugs, seeking to improve treatment and possibly snare a big financial payoff.
Large companies are selling vast databases of personal information to thieves, despite evidence their services are used for fraud.
Improper hard-sell tactics have persuaded Medicare recipients to sign up for private health plans that cost the government, officials say.
When my life fell apart, I started taking an antidepressant — then got off it on my own.
At issue is a Labor Department rule that minimum-wage and overtime laws do not cover home care aides.