elderly

Billie Bob Sykes joined the gym in 2000, when she was 75, because she felt she needed to exercise and be around people. As one fitness instructor notes: “She loves everybody; everybody loves her.”

The FDA approved donanemab, which will be sold under the brand name Kisunla. The new drug helps slow decline in Alzheimer's patients with mild cognitive impairment.

Analysis: Florida is among the states that sought to improve quality of care by mandating the highest minimum staffing hours per resident. But records reveal that a law was no guarantee of improvement.

Rising health care costs are fueling anxiety among older Americans covered by Medicare. They’re right to be concerned.

The White House has launched an initiative on women’s health. Studying the health of older women, a largely neglected group in medical research, should be a priority.

Falls are not inevitable. Simple exercises, adjustments in meds and staying on top of vision and hearing screenings can help. So can fall-proofing your home.

Many older adults who need hospital care are getting stuck in ER limbo — sometimes over a day. The long waits for seniors who are frail, with multiple medical issues, lead to a host of additional medical problems.

It’s estimated that an older patient can spend three weeks of the year getting care — and that doesn’t count the time it takes to arrange appointments or deal with insurance companies.

Assumptions that older people are one big, frail, homogenous group can lead to problems, says the author of Elderhood.

Florida lawmakers in Tallahassee are considering major changes to the state's Purple Alerts used to help find missing adults who suffer from an intellectual or developmental disability.