Browsing: aging
It may be months before the calendar flips to 2025, but not for Medicare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of serious illness and death was jarringly high in older populations. Why? Weakening…
This 86-year-old tech wiz nicknamed ‘Mr. iPhone’ started teaching computer classes for his senior living community and transformed the way people engaged with their families
Andy Petro, 86, gets stopped by his neighbors half a dozen times a day in his senior living community in…
About 5.8 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, giving these life-altering illnesses a wide impact…
Why so many Medicare beneficiaries have trouble getting their Part D plan to cover their medications—and how to prevent it from happening to you
If you have a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan and take one or more brand-name medications—especially, expensive ones—there’s a…
Fear of aging is real: 25% of women report turning down social invitations as they worry they’ll be ‘shunned from society’
The majority of women say they are afraid to grow old. These fears are not only about dying or age-related…
You might think that if you’re 65 or older and need a wheelchair or electric scooter to get around, Medicare…
Japan’s population is getting so old that a diaper manufacturer is only making products for adults, not babies—a marker of its graying population
A Japanese diaper maker will produce diapers exclusively for older adults amid a steep decline in demand for infant diapers,…
Nearly everyone has walked into a room and immediately forgotten why, misplaced an item they just had, or failed to…
How often do people change their friends as they get older? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and…