You’ve reached a standstill with your mother and father, who are in their late 80s. You think they need some help in the home, but they vigorously refuse. You’re frustrated because you want to make their lives easier. They’re angry because they think you’re interfering in their affairs.

Can negotiation and dispute resolution techniques ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Richard Davis keeps his replica Congressional Gold Medal in a glass case that his wife had specially made to hold the award..

The 97-year-old Davis, who lives in Sacramento’s Pocket-Greenhaven community, is one of around 200 people left from roughly 23,000 who trained at the segregated Montford Point Marine camp in North...Read more

Eddie Nash, a UCLA sophomore, peered at his audience and then read the next question on the big digital screen.

"Which U.S. festival hosted over 350,000 music fans in 1969?" he asked.

Eight attentive students in their 60s and older studied the question and put their minds to work, searching for the answer as if rummaging through a closet for a...Read more

It was a regrettable mistake. But Kim Sylvester thought she was doing the right thing at the time.

Her 80-year-old mother, Harriet Burkel, had fallen at her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, fractured her pelvis, and gone to a rehabilitation center to recover. It was only days after the death of Burkel’s 82-year-old husband, who’d moved into...Read more

It was a regrettable mistake. But Kim Sylvester thought she was doing the right thing at the time.

Her 80-year-old mother, Harriet Burkel, had fallen at her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, fractured her pelvis, and gone to a rehabilitation center to recover. It was only days after the death of Burkel’s 82-year-old husband, who’d moved into...Read more

Well, as annual swimsuit editions go, this is certainly a departure for Sports Illustrated.

The latest cover model served time in federal prison.

And she's 81.

Martha Stewart seems to have reinvented herself yet again, and it can't be long before she's hawking a new line of perfect bathing suits, if she isn't already, in addition to the ...Read more

When his wife, Diane, died two years ago, Stanley Goldstein was shattered.

"I couldn't even go in the house," Goldstein told me.

I thought he meant it figuratively, but Goldstein went on to say he literally could not bring himself to enter the Palmdale home he had shared with his wife, who'd been suffering from Parkinson's.

"I was living in a...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A star Alzheimer's researcher at the University of Minnesota is working to restore the credibility of her discoveries and funding, following accusations last year that a scientist on her team manipulated or even falsified published images.

Step 1 for Karen Ashe was redoing her seminal but disputed 2006 paper that turned ...Read more

If you’re in your 50s and 60s with no retirement savings in sight, you’re far from alone.

According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation, 49% of adults 55-66 in 2017 had zero personal retirement savings.

But just because it’s common doesn’t make it OK — nor is it impossible to start ...Read more

Are you ready to start dating after a divorce? The range of answers to that question runs all the way from “Nope, never” to “Already started,” and each approach has its merits.

When you’re an older adult, rejoining the dating world may present extra challenges, including getting familiar with online dating services that are beneficial...Read more

Enter the rustic kitchen at the Daniels House and step through a portal into late 1600s Salem, known then as Salem Town. Ritual protection marks are etched into the wood of the heavy kitchen door to protect the house and those who lived within its walls from evil spirits.

The fire in the massive open-hearth fireplace would have burned round the...Read more

When his wife, Diane, died two years ago, Stanley Goldstein was shattered.

"I couldn't even go in the house," Goldstein told me.

I thought he meant it figuratively, but Goldstein went on to say he literally could not bring himself to enter the Palmdale home he had shared with his wife, who'd been suffering from Parkinson's.

"I was living in a...Read more

For those who enjoy restaurant reviews and stories about food culture, there's a smorgasbord of information to digest. But as the author of Golden State, a column about the blessings and burdens of aging, I've been feeling a duty to address a glaring omission.

That's why, back in January, I set out to become an early bird special restaurant ...Read more

For those who enjoy restaurant reviews and stories about food culture, there's a smorgasbord of information to digest. But as the author of Golden State, a column about the blessings and burdens of aging, I've been feeling a duty to address a glaring omission.

That's why, back in January, I set out to become an early bird special restaurant ...Read more

Friends sitting around a table, talking and laughing. A touch on the arm, as one of them leans over to make a confiding comment. A round of hugs before walking out the door.

For years, Carole Leskin, 78, enjoyed this close camaraderie with five women in Moorestown, New Jersey, a group that took classes together, gathered for lunch several times...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. -- Capt. Jay got a boat.

Six months after Hurricane Ian smashed his liveaboard sailboat into the mangroves, after a Coast Guard helicopter rescued him, after spending five months in a tent beneath a Fort Myers bridge, John “Jay” Burki, 76, finally has a home.

He’d written his plea for all to see: “I need help finding a 47-...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Older adults are increasingly drinking excessively and dying of alcohol-related deaths, and the problem has been compounded by ageism, stigma, a lack of interest from policymakers and health care providers and few age-appropriate treatment options, experts say.

“There is such a need to help this population,” said Nicole ...Read more

A growing number of California’s oldest residents are dying of malnutrition, a yearslong trend that accelerated during the COVID pandemic.

Deaths attributed to malnutrition more than doubled, from about 650 in 2018 to roughly 1,400 in 2022, according to preliminary death certificate data from the California Department of Public Health. The ...Read more

When I first contacted the Cool Grandpa, he was in North Carolina doing what lots of cool grandpas do — attending his granddaughter’s first birthday party. We set up time to talk once the festivities were over and he had arrived back home to metro Atlanta.

Greg Payne, creator of the Cool Grandpa podcast, has spent the past five years ...Read more

When I first contacted the Cool Grandpa, he was in North Carolina doing what lots of cool grandpas do — attending his granddaughter’s first birthday party. We set up time to talk once the festivities were over and he had arrived back home to metro Atlanta.

Greg Payne, creator of the Cool Grandpa podcast, has spent the past five years ...Read more