The most unexpected lesson I learned from my 82-year-old mother’s stroke was what mobility-challenged people may face when they need to stay in the country’s more than 54,000 hotels. My education came from transporting my mother cross-country by car (t… Continue reading
Last week, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in giving final approval to a five-year renewal of the programs and services of the Older Americans Act (OAA). This represented a strong bipartisan reaffirmation of the value of the law to maint… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story is part of Still Here, Still Positive: A series on the first generation of Americans aging with HIV/AIDS, with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation.) As part of our special series “Still Here, Still Positive,” we’ve b… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This article is part of an editorial partnership between Next Avenue and the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, a Cleveland-based nonprofit whose mission is to advance support for older adults and caregivers.) Many older adults want to s… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This article is part of an editorial partnership between Next Avenue and the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, a Cleveland-based nonprofit whose mission is to advance support for older adults and caregivers.) Many older adults want to s… Continue reading
Joan Lunden is one of those celebrities who is instantly relatable, which is why she was so successful co-hosting ABC’s Good Morning America for 17 years in the 1980s and 1990s. By sharing her personal challenges — healthy living, caregiving and surviv… Continue reading
You’ve undoubtedly heard that Americans are living longer. But have you thought about how you might adjust your career to personally take advantage of the longevity trend? The needs of aging boomers and their parents are opening up a variety of job opp… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: The pet owners have asked to be identified by first name only.) At the pet loss support groups I conduct at the VCA Southpaws Veterinary Center in Fairfax, Va., I often hear from attendees that they encounter sentiments like this as the… Continue reading
Family caregivers open their hearts and their minds when caregiving for ailing loved ones. They often open their wallets, too. But there are a few ways you can try to recover the financial costs of caregiving, as experts explain below. According to the… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: Former model turned restaurant icon B. Smith, has died, five years after announcing she had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Smith was a leader in raising awareness about Alzheimer’s among African Americans, going pu… Continue reading