As our population ages, we must build systems within families, airlines, and public infrastructure that honour the dignity ...

She had her hand gently pressed against her chest as she spoke. “You look so much like someone I know,” she said. Her eyes ...

Losing most of their full-time staff members to a lack of federal money — which they hope is temporary — is only one of the ...

ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN HAS BEEN KILLED IN A FATAL COLLISION in Brooklyn. The driver of a SmartCar struck an elderly pedestrian.

Keeping seniors safe in extreme summer weather like wildfires, heat waves, flooding and power outages present new challenges.

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jennifer Senior has had insomnia for 25 years. Her new piece in The Atlantic is about her often futile attempts to fall asleep, and about the latest research into ...

There are more Long Islanders who are age 65 years or older today than a decade ago. One in five — approximately 111,000 seniors — are now living alone while coping with the challenges of ...

The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan advocacy group, recently estimated that 21.8 million seniors today get by on Social Security benefits without outside income to fall back on.

EDWARDSVILLE – An Alton woman faces several charges, including a felony battery charge, after allegedly pushing a senior citizen and causing them to fall.