July 22, 2026
(NYT) – Retirement communities already grappling with labor shortages are being forced to terminate caregivers at a time when more Americans are living longer. Millions of immigrants, eligible to work in the United States, fill positions across the elder care … Read More
July 17, 2026
(Fort Worth Star Telegram) – Nearly every modern idea about why some brains resist Alzheimer’s while others do not traces back to a group of Catholic sisters who agreed, decades ago, to let scientists follow them for the rest of … Read More
July 13, 2026
(NPR) – Gerhardt started and runs a network called Navigating Solo, which offers support and community to this group of older adults, often referred to as “solo agers.” “Instead of looking at the concept of solo aging as something that’s … Read More
July 10, 2026
(NYT) – Behind closed doors, millions of Americans are stepping into one of the hardest roles they’ll ever take on: caring for their aging parents. Times Opinion interviewed dozens of family caregivers across the country to paint a portrait of … Read More
June 30, 2026
(NYT) – A growing network of home-sharing programs is helping people find compatible housemates. In Denver, the housing matchmaker was Sunshine Home Share Colorado, a local nonprofit that Alison Joucovsky, a senior services administrator, founded in 2016 when the problem … Read More
June 29, 2026
(Axios) – Nursing homes and other providers of senior care are predicting upheaval and cutbacks in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court decision to terminate temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. Why it matters: Individuals who in … Read More
June 25, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Many assume that if they can afford paid help in older age, they won’t need to rely on kin. They’re wrong. It is no secret that in the United States, the accessibility and quality of long-term care … Read More
June 19, 2026
(NYT) – The United States is reliant on unpaid family caregivers, and millions of adult children are caring for parents who didn’t really care for them. In the early 2010s, a social-work researcher named Jooyoung Kong, now a professor at … Read More
June 18, 2026
(Washington Post) – A new study pinpoints how many minutes per week of strength training might help people avoid death from conditions including heart attacks and Alzheimer’s. The links were especially strong for cardiovascular disease and neurological conditions. The data … Read More
June 18, 2026
(Wired) – Devices that monitor seniors for safety are appealing to worried loved ones and underresourced home care agencies. My dad was initially resistant to Sensi because of his own privacy concerns—who can blame him?—but after a little cajoling from … Read More
June 16, 2026
(NYT) – Faith and science are coming together to reduce stigma and improve care in the African American community. Roughly one in five Black Americans 65 and older has Alzheimer’s, compared with one in 10 white Americans. But it can … Read More
June 15, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing age-related diseases, announced that it had dosed its first volunteer. A person with glaucoma has had an experimental treatment injected straight into their eyeball. The … Read More
June 5, 2026
(WSJ) – Solo agers must navigate complex financial, medical decisions without a built-in safety net Kant had long cherished the freedom that came with being single. She prided herself on doing headstands in yoga and walking 5 miles a day. … Read More
June 5, 2026
(WSJ) – Developers at a new New York luxury condo have leased its commercial space to a high-end longevity company that offers to lengthen the lives of its members The newest luxury condominium amenity for wealthy New Yorkers isn’t a … Read More
June 1, 2026
(NYT) – Yet legalizing medical aid in dying, or MAID, has been and remains a long, contentious process. Catholic leadership and many disability organizations staunchly oppose it. (Pope Leo XIV personally asked Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker not to sign the … Read More
May 13, 2026
(The Guardian) – Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effect The stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or more a week leads to “accelerated cognitive decline” … Read More
April 27, 2026
(New York Times) – A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging. Many scientists now believe that mastering cellular rejuvenation may be the key to transforming how long and how well we … Read More
April 24, 2026
(WSJ) – Cognitive exercises offered by a bot named Sunny, paired with telehealth visits, can be ‘physical therapy for the brain’ NewDays requires patients to have telehealth visits, usually every two weeks, with its staff of doctors, then talk to … Read More
April 21, 2026
(Wired) – A longitudinal study found that loneliness is closely linked to lapses in immediate and delayed recall. Neuroscientists know that there is a link between loneliness and cognitive decline in older adults, although it is still difficult to understand … Read More
April 17, 2026
(WSJ) – The number of octogenarians is growing and they have big ideas for spending, healthcare and housing The first of the youth-obsessed baby boomers turn 80 this year, including President Trump, and they want to shake up old age. … Read More
April 17, 2026
(WSJ) – While many ER visits for dizziness result in expensive CT scans and sedatives, researchers are finding there are more-effective options Of the many age-related problems that pose a risk to adults in midlife and beyond, so-called vestibular and … Read More
April 6, 2026
(Axios) – For the first time, Medicare is covering some cannabis products under a pilot program that opens up more of the nearly $30 billion hemp industry to seniors. Why it matters: The effort is part of a White House … Read More
March 27, 2026
(WSJ) – The beauty industry is seizing on anxiety about the wrinkles from excessive scrolling; ‘I am too young for this.’ Technology has been accused of everything from spiraling anxiety to vanishing attention spans to social isolation. Now, it has … Read More
March 24, 2026
(The Guardian) – Caring for ageing parents is difficult in the best circumstances – when relationships are loving and siblings are collaborative. But for those who have had complicated relationships with their parents, especially those characterised by abuse, trauma or … Read More
March 13, 2026
(Plough) – As laws permitting medically assisted death advance, how will we learn to accept diminishment rather than kill ourselves? I share this experience with Jens because I have been mulling over a parenting challenge, and I think the way … Read More
