Readers, including a 101-year-old woman, react to a guest essay by Roger Rosenblatt about the challenges of aging. To the Editor: Re “It’s No Joke, Old Age,” by Roger Rosenblatt (Opinion ...

As people age, they tend to move the goalposts that mark out major life stages: a 2009 survey of American attitudes toward old age found that young adults (those between eighteen and twenty-nine ...

Once people are past middle age, they’re old. That’s how life progresses: You’re young, you’re middle-aged, then you’re old. Of course, calling someone old is generally not considered ...

Story at a glance Perceptions on aging are changing with older adults now considering 75 to be the beginning of old age, according to a new study from the American Psychological Association.

The team found that as people aged, their perception of when old age begins was pushed later. At age 64, the average participant said old age started at 74.7. At age 74, they said old age started ...

Trying to put off aging forever? It’s a popular goal: The anti-aging market, valued at $40 billion, is estimated to hit $60 billion by 2032.To stave off old age, people slather on wrinkle cream ...