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Aging alone ─ without a spouse, a partner or children ─ requires careful planning. New programs for this growing population offer much-needed help.

A Biden administration rule that imposed minimum rules on nursing levels may not survive, even though many homes lack enough workers to maintain residents’ care.

Two academic health care policy experts break down Medicare Advantage, which was supposed to save the government money. Instead, the payment rules overpay insurance companies on the taxpayers' dime.

Providing affirming support to older LGBTQ+ adults could be one way to reduce their risk for dementia. These individuals face unique challenges compared to straight, cisgender seniors.

There is a large population of older adults with physical problems that prevent them from leaving home. Many have significant medical and practical needs that go unmet.

Diverse networks of friends, former co-workers, neighbors, and extended family are often essential sources of support for older adults living alone. Often it is the elderly caring for the elderly.

Researchers followed nearly 4,000 people for 24 years from the time of enrollment in the study in 1994. Researchers reviewed reports of loss collected periodically from participants.

Every year, Medicare officials encourage beneficiaries to shop around for their drug coverage. Few take the time. This year, it might be more important than ever.

Researchers find that “switching off” a protein with an injected antibody increased the healthy lifespan of older mice by almost 25%. The treated mice had lesser cancers and were free from frailty.

In a health care system that assumes older adults have family caregivers to help them, those facing dementia by themselves often fall through the cracks.