seniors

Twenty states, including Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska and Kansas, have joined a lawsuit suing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services over a nursing home staffing requirement.

Seniors who are hospitalized with even a minor illness or injury are at risk of something called hospital-acquired disability. This puts them at risk of rehospitalizations and a downward spiral that could eventually land them in a nursing home.

Many Midwest states are now weeks into distributing coronavirus vaccines to residents who are 65 or older. With demand still far outstripping supply, many…

The elderly are especially vulnerable to COVID-19. The country’s first big outbreak was at a nursing home in Washington state, and more recently nursing…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people over 65 have the highest risk for deadly complications from the new coronavirus. So they’ve…

Loneliness is often overlooked or stigmatized in our society. Wisconsin Public Radio speaks with Dr. Carla Perissinotto, a geriatrician in San Francisco,…

Professor Bill Chopik is here to make you feel really bad about all the times you wanted to run, screaming, from the room after trying to teach your…

An architect looked at communities that serve older adults, and didn't like what he saw. By changing habits earlier in life, he says, we can create vibrant communities that will sustain us.

Dementia has been slowly stealing Ruth Perez's memory and thinking ability for 20 years."She would put food together that didn't belong…

It’s that time of year again, when many of us return to our lapsed gym memberships or perhaps join a new one as part of a new year’s resolution to get…