older adults

An important new study offers much-needed data to inform older Americans of the risks and benefits they must weigh when facing major surgery.

In Montana and across the nation, homeless shelters report the worrisome trend that seniors are a growing proportion of their residents.

About half of adults 65 and older have above-normal blood sugar levels that put them in the prediabetes category. Although that is a signal to improve your eating habits and get more exercise, researchers say only a small percentage of the group will develop diabetes.

Ageism in health care settings, which can result in inappropriate or dangerous treatment, is getting new attention during the COVID pandemic.

Despite being hit hard early in the pandemic, New York City lags behind in vaccinating people 65 and older, and its efforts to reach the homebound and disabled have been disorganized.

Between 2 million and 4.4 million older adults are homebound and at extremely high risk of dying from COVID-19. Yet, they haven’t been recognized as a priority group for vaccines.

Dental hygienist Jennifer Geiselhofer often cleans the teeth of senior patients who can’t easily get to a dentist’s office. But until recently, if she…

Old. Chronically ill. Black.People who fit this description are more likely to die from COVID-19 than any other group in the country.They are perishing…

For the first time, the federal government is shining a spotlight on the quality of rehabilitation care at nursing homes — services used by nearly 2…

Some lesser known parts of the Affordable Care Act have especially benefited people 50 and older. Will repeal of the ACA bring back sky-high premiums and gaps in Medicare's prescription drug coverage?