December 31, 2025
(Market Watch) – Traditional Medicare in six states will soon feel more like privatized Medicare Advantage, using prior authorizations to determine what care can be covered for older adults. Starting in January, about 6.4 million Americans enrolled in traditional Medicare … Read More
December 23, 2025
(NYT) – People over 65 represent prime targets for such medications. “The prevalence of obesity hovers around 40 percent” in older adults, as measured by body mass index, said Dr. John Batsis, a geriatrician and obesity specialist at the University … Read More
December 22, 2025
(WSJ) – A Wall Street Journal analysis of Medicare data found one in six seniors enrolled in Medicare’s drug benefit were prescribed eight or more medications at the same time. Schmidt, who lives with her husband of 65 years in … Read More
November 24, 2025
(WSJ) – A former Wall Street Journal retirement columnist shares the hard lessons he has had to learn about life after work I had heard the adage many times: Man plans, God laughs. I just never imagined it would apply … Read More
November 3, 2025
(New York Times) – MaryBeth Lewis’s desire to be a new mom again, at 65 years old, led to a custody battle like no other. When MaryBeth arrived at the maternity ward, she found her surrogate in a recovery room, … Read More
October 17, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Barden, 75, never had children. She’s lived on her own in western Massachusetts since her husband passed away in 2003. “You hit a point in your life when you’re not climbing up anymore, you’re climbing down,” … Read More
October 3, 2025
(TIME) – Want to enjoy a long, healthy, and happy life? Just live like a centenarian. That’s the advice of Stacy Andersen, a behavioral neuroscientist at Boston University and co-director of the New England Centenarian Study, the largest study of … Read More
September 30, 2025
(New York Times) – Robert Munsch wrote “The Paper Bag Princess,” “Love You Forever” and other classics by performing them over and over for kids. But his stories are slipping away. After 50 years of publishing, Munsch told me, his … Read More
September 25, 2025
(Nature) – Maria Branyas Morera was the oldest person in the world when she died. Scientists analysed her genes, metabolism and more. At the time, Branyas was living in the small town of Olot, in the Catalonia region of Spain, … Read More
September 15, 2025
(New York Times) – Some researchers suspect that rising prescription drug use may explain a disturbing trend. In 2023, the most recent year of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 41,000 Americans over 65 died … Read More
September 9, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Carrying out daily tasks in the MIT-designed outfit provides a taste of the challenges the elderly face, and motivation to prepare The MIT designers call the outfit the “Age Gain Now Empathy System,” or Agnes for … Read More
September 3, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – More than 16 million people aged 65 and older in the U.S. live alone. That represents 28% of that age group, almost triple the share in 1950. Among the reasons: increased longevity, higher divorce rates among … Read More
September 3, 2025
(Rest of World) – In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI. My mother’s reliance on DeepSeek grew over the months. Even though the bot constantly reminded her to see real doctors, she began to … Read More
September 1, 2025
(Nature) – A map of DNA methylation changes in human organs could help researchers to discover more targets for anti-ageing therapies. The visible effects of ageing on our body are in part linked to invisible changes in gene activity. The … Read More
August 27, 2025
(Rest of World) – A ChatGPT-powered robotic companion called Hyodol is taking over some work from overburdened caregivers, much to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren. Kim lives alone in Guro, an industrial hub in the bustling … Read More
August 19, 2025
(Washington Post) – In tech classes, seniors are learning about AI-generated images and the risks of AI scams and deepfakes — and finding their own uses for bots like ChatGPT. America’s seniors, who have lived through leaps in technology like … Read More
August 13, 2025
Nursing Ethics (vol. 32, no. 5, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
August 7, 2025
(NBC News) – Gefen and her colleagues at the Mesulam Center have autopsied nearly 80 SuperAger brains and compared them to those of their “neurotypical” peers. They focused on two indicators of Alzheimer’s: protein buildups in the brain called amyloid … Read More
July 31, 2025
(The Walrus) – Still under 40, many are responsible for aging parents while raising kids and managing debt Being a millennial has also been a key to my caregiving experience. And I’m not unique. According to the American Association of … Read More
July 30, 2025
(Undark) – In parts of Europe, nursing homes use physical restraints on residents, citing safety. But experts warn of harm. In Italy, Spain, and Portugal, the use of sheets, belts, bed rails, and other devices that limit freedom — known … Read More
July 29, 2025
(CNN) – Maida’s cognition showed additional improvement, however, after she completed a total of 40 weeks of intensive lifestyle changes, said principal investigator Dr. Dean Ornish, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and creator … Read More
July 17, 2025
(STAT News) – After a decade-long rise in suicide rates among young Americans — and with depression diagnoses soaring in this age group during the pandemic — the U.S. surgeon general issued a report in 2021 warning about the “devastating” … Read More
July 10, 2025
(SwissInfo) – The suicide rate among older people in Switzerland has reached record levels. The main reason for this is euthanasia. Other suicides are on the decline, but there is a significant gender difference. Senior citizens were 42 times more … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Among nearly 2,000 of these types of facilities nationwide, at least 16 of them have filed for chapter 11 since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020, according to a Wall Street Journal review of court … Read More
July 4, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 22, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
