Older adults are generally good at judging their capacity for handling their finances, but cognitive impairment degrades that skill. Proactive planning can help protect them from fraud.

Even small lifestyle changes – such as more social interaction and a better diet – can help reduce stress.

As climate-related disasters grow more frequent and intense, one group remains dangerously underprepared: older adults. Planning should involve the entire family.

When people over 65 lose Medicaid coverage, they stop seeing their doctors for preventive care due to high costs. This in turn leads to worse health outcomes and higher health care costs.

The landmark study, which enrolled more than 160,000 participants and has informed public health guidelines for women over 50, is still making tremendous contributions to women’s health.

A more nuanced understanding of hormone therapy now suggests that its benefits for heart health depend on how soon after menopause onset it is prescribed.

People living in locations that experience frequent extreme heat days age faster at the molecular level.

The study shows cognitive processing speed increased even when participants were moderately active.

Her proposal is aimed at easing the burden for family caregivers. She says that negotiating lower drug prices for Medicare could cover the cost of this expansion of benefits for older Americans.