Faujah Sing: Marathon Man - In February 2013, Faujah Sing became the oldest person to run a marathon at age 101, completing a 6.25 kilometer race in Hong Kong in…
Re-released hits for baby boomers: “You’re So Varicose Vein” by Carly Simon “How Can You Mend A Broken Hip?” by the BeeGees “The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face”…
Before my mother lost her ability to speak I asked her what Alzheimer's was like. She answered: "There's something I want to say, it's on the tip of my tongue,…
The theme for National Family Caregivers Month November 2015 is “Respite: Care for Caregivers” Respite – the chance to take a breather, the opportunity to re-energize – is as important as…
VERNON — Linda Esposito started From the Heart Elder Care out of love, need, and guilt. Yes guilt. Five years ago, when her own mother passes…
Chickens helping the elderly tackle loneliness A scheme to introduce hen keeping to the elderly is turning out to have a miraculous effect on their wellbeing by reducing isolation and…
Thanks to decades of advancements in medicine, humans have a longer life expectancy than ever before. Consider that the oldest living person today – Misawo Okawa at 116 years old…
On December 31, 2029, the last of the Baby Boomers, the largest generation in US history, will turn sixty-five. With an increasing proportion of the country’s population entering old age,…
My dear girl, the day you see I'm getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I'm going through. If when…