Even birth rates in Latin America and Caribbean, where families are typically large, are shrinking. U.S. is well below replacement rate.

Most people believe that you need less protein as you age. However, the truth is that you may need more protein because your body naturally loses muscle mass over time and your ability to ...

Anemia’s symptoms — tiredness, headaches, leg cramps, coldness, decreased ability to exercise, brain fog — are often attributed to aging itself, William Ershler, a hematologist and researcher said.

Village Caregiving reports that caregivers for dementia patients need support. Key strategies include compassionate ...

When Sandi Mitchell's partner died in fall 2023 after a difficult illness, she was devastated by the loss, though it was far from her only taste of grief. Her first husband had died in 1999 after ...

Angelina Geraldi, 97, fell out of bed overnight while staying at a long-term care home in Montreal last year. The CHSLD’s day ...

The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents ...

Lt. Paul Machado, a 30-year veteran of Fall River Fire Department who helped rescue elderly and disabled residents of Gabriel ...

Gabriel House had seen better days. But for residents and their families, it was the center of a caring community.

Each year, choking claims the lives of more than 4,100 Americans who are 65 or older. It’s the most vulnerable age group, ...

Among older adults who fall, more than half receive care in a hospital — with the estimated annual average cost per inpatient ...

A 79-year-old man was critically injured and had to be flown to the hospital after he fell 10 feet from a roof at a home near ...