PHILADELPHIA — Seventy-seven-year-old David Pallett, who began exercising seriously about four months ago, started a recent workout by donning a 15-pound vest and climbing 100 stairs — two at a time.

After that little warm-up, personal trainer Jim Hart, who specializes in working with older adults, led Pallett through an hour of exercises ...Read more

BRANDON, Fla. — In late July, Christine Lagisquet was bidding her friend Stephanie Figueredo goodbye at the door of her Brandon home.

The 92-year-old’s kitchen was stocked from her recent trip to the grocery store — replete with smoked salmon and the cheeses that remind her of her childhood home in Bordeaux, France.

That’s when ...Read more

When Dorothy first belted out “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” in the 1939 classic movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” she could have been singing about a place where the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

Way up high — reaching 5,506 feet into the sky — is a land of enchantment perched atop Beech Mountain in North Carolina, ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Hope Ryan knew she couldn’t cheat death. But at 14, she was pretty sure she’d found a way to evade puberty.

“The whole thing, socializing with girls, being a dude or not a dude, made me very uncomfortable,” she said. “I could never face that.”

She instead entered a monastery in upstate New York, where she stayed ...Read more

So you want to start exercising more after a lifetime of cubicle-dwelling, and have settled on the sport of millions: running. Congrats — it is great exercise, and it can be very rewarding.

But please — if you're over 50-something, or even younger and truly out of shape — do not simply lace up an old pair of sneakers and charge out the ...Read more

Later life is a time of reassessment and reflection. What sense do we make of the lives we have lived? How do we come to terms with illness and death? What do we want to give to others as we grow older?

Lynn Casteel Harper, 41, has thought deeply about these and other spiritual questions. She’s the author of an acclaimed book on dementia and ...Read more

Later life is a time of reassessment and reflection. What sense do we make of the lives we have lived? How do we come to terms with illness and death? What do we want to give to others as we grow older?

Lynn Casteel Harper, 41, has thought deeply about these and other spiritual questions. She’s the author of an acclaimed book on dementia and ...Read more

CHICAGO — Robin Tillotson remembers her first flight as an escape, and a measure of her mother’s love.

Her father had cancer, and her mother sent her and her brother to Los Angeles to spend time with family. Her mother flew them first class, wanting to make sure they were cared for and looked after.

“I distinctly remember that plane ride...Read more

Good news for competitive people: Those family euchre tournaments that get a little too intense may be delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s by five years, a new study reveals.

Scientists have long thought that brain-stimulating activities like reading, puzzling and playing cards could prevent dementia, and the July 14 study in the Neurology ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — After eight decades of providing emergency backup communications on a volunteer basis during some of this region's worst storms and disasters, members of the Steel City Amateur Radio Club hit the airwaves earlier this month to sing their own praises.

The club of about 60 members hosted a special event station each day at their ...Read more

It was December 1947, just days before New Year’s Eve. Twenty-one-year-old Anthony “Tony” Gillistro had just come home from the Marine Corps and was paying his childhood friend, William Manocchio, a visit on Standish Street, their old neighborhood in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

“The guys were getting together for a New Year’s Eve party...Read more

SAN DIEGO – What better way to celebrate a 100th birthday than on the beach in front of the Hotel del Coronado — even if you jump out of a plane to get there.

That's exactly what lifelong Coronado, California, resident Tom Rice is planning to do this Sunday.

He gives two major reasons: First, because he is one of the few remaining 101st ...Read more

As COVID-19 resurges across the country, driven by the highly infectious delta variant, experts are extending our understanding of the pandemic’s toll on older adults — the age group hit hardest by the pandemic.

New research offers unexpected insights. Older adults living in their own homes and apartments had a significantly heightened risk...Read more

As COVID-19 resurges across the country, driven by the highly infectious delta variant, experts are extending our understanding of the pandemic’s toll on older adults — the age group hit hardest by the pandemic.

New research offers unexpected insights. Older adults living in their own homes and apartments had a significantly heightened risk...Read more

In May, Vincent Keenan traveled from Chicago to Charlottesville, Virginia, for a wedding — his first trip out of town since the start of the pandemic.

“Hi there!” he called out to customers at a gas station where he’d stopped on his way to the airport. “How’s your day going?” he said he asked the Transportation Security ...Read more

In May, Vincent Keenan traveled from Chicago to Charlottesville, Virginia, for a wedding — his first trip out of town since the start of the pandemic.

“Hi there!” he called out to customers at a gas station where he’d stopped on his way to the airport. “How’s your day going?” he said he asked the Transportation Security ...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As guests step inside the front door of Nelrose and Jim Pinnick's house in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, they're greeted in a welcoming living room. Big couches line the walls and a small electronic picture frame sifts through hundreds of family pictures. Opposite the television, which sits on the mantel, is Nelrose's large recliner, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Janet and Janice Robidoux didn't live the kind of life that people would expect of women of their generation.

The 86-year-old identical twins studied electrical engineering and worked for pioneering computer companies at a time when few women had careers in STEM fields.

They didn't marry or have children. But they built canoes ...Read more

DALLAS — Donna Clemons leapt at the opportunity to participate in clinical research that could shed light on why the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease is much higher among African Americans.

Clemons, president of a Dallas brand advertising company, said that it was a “no-brainer” to join the study after watching her mother’s cognitive...Read more