This statement, which summarizes the results of numerous surveys and polls of people from 149 countries, was astonishing to me when I first read it. Possibly because of my own internalized stereotypes ...

“Older Americans Are Hoarding the Nation’s Potential,” by Samuel Moyn (Opinion guest essay, April 26), relies on a troubling premise: that older Americans constitute a problem population whose ...

Getting hurt is part of the human experience. No one gets through life without some emotional bruising. However, how people respond to that pain reveals a great deal about their emotional maturity.

People who have a higher level of mental and emotional maturity don’t fall into the trap of getting stuck on every single issue that comes up on a day-to-day basis. They know that most of it's just ...

The pandemic played a role in increased consumption, but alcohol use among people 65 and older was climbing even before 2020. By Paula Span The phone awakened Doug Nordman at 3 a.m. A surgeon was ...

Forecast that older people will outnumber children next year is ‘wake-up call’ - Northern Ireland’s Commissioner for Older ...

On his 70th birthday, in 1905, Mark Twain gave a speech about the secret to successful aging. (If 70 doesn’t sound aged to you, bear in mind that because of high infant-mortality rates, the average ...

Mel Owens, the new Golden Bachelor, casually announced on a podcast that he’s only open to dating women 45 to 60 years old. Owens is 66. This did not go over well on social media, with many women ...

Although there are currently a greater number of older people in America than ever before in history, aging is seen in our society as a state of decline—the downward side of the curve of life. Despite ...

Older people spend an average of 21 days a year on medical appointments. That's according to a recent study. And given how much time health care workers spend with older adults, you might think they ...

In South Africa, most long-term care for older people happens at home through the efforts of family members, largely female kin, not through government services. With South Africa’s population growing ...