The Gift That Actually Changes Outcomes During the holidays, gifting tends to focus on objects — things you can wrap, purchase, or hand to someone else. But if you are an older adult, a caregiver, or someone beginning to notice changes in aging parents, one of the most powerful gifts you can give yourself […]
What Cohousing Can Teach Us About Aging Well
Why More Seniors Are Creating Their Own Communities — and How It Differs from Villages, NORCs, and Traditional Senior Living What if the best alternative to a nursing home or assisted living facility is one you create yourself? That’s exactly what a growing number of older adults are doing — forming intentional cohousing communities where […]
How to Talk to Your Loved One About Their Mobility Issues
Dear Kiwi and Mango, I recently noticed my mother was having mobility problems. We were at a family gathering this past weekend, and she was in the living room when she lost her balance and fell. This happened a few other times recently in her home and mine. She was always quite athletic and a […]
Americans Risk Losing Life Savings When CCRCs Go Bankrupt
Bob Curtis, 87, and his wife, Sandy, put down over $840,000 to live in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) known as The Harborside, following the sale of their home three years prior. The couple expected to spend the rest of their lives receiving care at the facility. Not only will these plans never come […]
Keeping the “Happy” in Happy Halloween for Seniors with Dementia
Dear Hayek, Halloween is tomorrow night. Recently, my mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease, moved in with our family. I am concerned about how she will react to all of the commotion of kids in costume ringing the doorbell, my dogs going crazy, and her young grandchildren bouncing off the walls from too much sugar. Do […]
October Is Long-Term Care Planning Month
Dear Raider, I read that it is Long-Term Care Planning Month, and last night Lester Holt talked about the rising cost of living for aging Americans. With most things continuing to rise in price, I can’t even imagine the cost of long-term care these days. Do you have any recent information about what someone could […]
Top Considerations When Retiring Alone
Dear Angel, I am currently single and loving it and will be retiring in the next few years. Do you have any tips or considerations for those who are retiring solo? Thanks for your help! Alona Ghenn — Dear Alona, You are not alone in retiring alone! According to Pew Research, more than one in […]
Tips for Healthy Family Conversations About Challenging Topics
Dear Raider, I want to talk about Estate Planning and inheritances with my family, as I believe that these are important topics. But before I do so, I want to get my family to communicate better in general. My husband brings his work home and works late, and my kids are doing their own things, […]
When Memory Loss isn’t Necessarily Dementia
Dear Raider, My husband has been experiencing memory loss and it seems to be getting worse. It is coming on pretty quickly too. I read somewhere that memory loss doesn’t always mean dementia. What are some other things that can be the culprit behind his memory loss? Thanks for your help! Nadi Mentya — Dear […]
The Top 10 Causes of Senior Driving Accidents
The population of seniors who are older than 65 has grown at a faster rate than any other age bracket, and they are continuing to drive longer than ever before. According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), there were 48 million licensed drivers ages 65 and older in 2020, which is nearly 70 percent more […]
Are You a Super-Ager?
Are you someone in your 80s or older whose memory recall seems to be as good or even better than people decades younger than you? If you are, you’re in a relatively rare category of people known as “super-agers” — people who can easily recall things from many years ago with exceptional clarity along with […]
It’s September 26: Twenty-Six Things That Get Better as You Get Older
Many of us are over 40 and are therefore considered “middle-aged.” It is widely believed that aging is inevitably a process of cognitive and physical decline, but that’s not entirely true. In fact, not everything about getting older is negative. There are a lot of non-tangible benefits to “growing older,” which can make you a […]
20 Tips for Dealing with Stubborn, Aging Parents
Q. Both of my parents suffer from chronic health problems. Their home has a lot of steps and is 800 miles away from us. For years, I have begged them to move near me to a housing community with caring support. Instead, they stayed in Florida and bought a different home with a pool and […]
Can an Ingredient in Energy Drinks Increase Your Longevity?
Maureen, 64, is part of a “walking book club.” They meet every morning at 7 a.m. and exercise their bodies and brains as they discuss the book of the week, while logging steps in the neighborhood. Maureen has never been much of a morning person, but she knows how important it is to exercise each […]
The ‘Benjamin Button’ Effect: If Scientists Can Reverse Aging in Mice, Can They Do the Same for Humans?
Fourteen years ago, the movie “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” was released. In the movie, Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) begins life as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years later, he meets a young lady, Daisy, who flits in and out of his life as she […]
What Happens to the Brain After Age 40?
Eighteen years ago in 2004, Bruce Yankner, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, investigated how human brains change between ages 26 and 106. His research found that some people between 40 and 70 had gene patterns more like younger people and some more like older people. He and his colleagues at Children’s Hospital […]
Is Your Loved One a Hoarder or a Collector? How to Declutter and Downsize
Cal, 70, lives alone in his condominium in Fairfax County. He is a widower who is estranged from his adult children. He has lots of “collections” of items that he says he will never part with because they have sentimental value to him. He doesn’t have people over ever, and his trusted neighbor and closest […]
What is the Difference Between a Nursing Home and Assisted Living?
Sheila lives with her son, his wife, and her grandchildren in their home, and has been there for 3 years since her Parkinson’s started getting worse. They enjoy having her with them, but as her needs are becoming greater, they think she may need more support than they can provide. They have heard from some […]
Opus: A New Kind of Senior Living for Middle-Income Seniors
Linda Helfet, 78, and her husband Bill Hilliker, 86, planned to grow old in their condominium, located just outside of Boston. Plans changed when their sons moved away to different parts of the country. They had to rethink their living situation, keeping in mind what would happen if one of them was gone and the […]
Things Not to Do When You Get Older
Upon turning 50, Steven Petrow, an award-winning journalist and author best known for his articles in the Washington Post and New York Times, started a new project. Inspired by his 70-something-year-old parents, he began assembling a list of “things I won’t do when I get old.” Although he was very close with his parents and […]
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