Category: aging
More than 800,000 seniors – recently including Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell – are hospitalized from falls and related injuries each…
Centenarian Ruth Sweedler has impressive recall and can make good conversation about what’s going on in the world. Over the years, strangers and…
Aging in place isn’t just a matter of deciding to stay put: You also need to make sure the space you’re staying in is safe and accessible.
If…
Devoting just 11 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity each day would be sufficient to lower the risk of diseases such as heart disease,…
As the population continues to age, an increasing number of retirees are opting to stay in the familiar and comfortable surroundings of their own…
Cataracts, loss of vision – those are threats to your vision that increase with age. That’s why eye doctors say eating leafy greens, wearing…
If you’re 65, you may have at least another 20 years of living to look forward to. And if you’re like the vast majority of older people, you…
Modesto is celebrating Marie Patton not as queen for a day, but as “queen of the century.”
The longtime resident was honored on Wednesday for her…
SACRAMENTO – Shirley Allen was surrounded by family and met with applause as she blew out the large candles on her 102nd birthday Tuesday, Jan…
For many of us, winter can seem like never-ending gloom, with little sunshine and snowy, cold weather. When the winds howl and snow flies, we hunker…