PAULA SPAN

Hospital-at-home care is an increasingly common option, and it is often a safer one for older adults. But the future of the approach depends on...

It’s annual enrollment season once again. Here’s a look at the pros and cons of the two approaches to health insurance.

Americans over 65 remain the demographic most likely to have received the original series of vaccinations. But fewer are getting the follow-up shots, surveys indicate.

Over-the-counter hearing aids are coming at long last. But lower prices and greater accessibility may take time to materialize.

In the blizzard of paperwork needed to get into a nursing home or assisted living, some residents unwittingly surrender the right to a day in...

Rituals like graduations and weddings are few and far between for older adults. Some are finding ways to honor their momentous occasions.

As experimental drugs prove ineffective against increasing dementia cases in the U.S., researchers argue that improving eyesight can have an effect.

Millions of Americans take aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. Now, doctors are advising against it — especially for people over 70.

Through more than three decades of research, the Yale psychologist Becca Levy has demonstrated that age discrimination can take years off one’s life.

Two neurologists argue that calling T.I.A.s what they are — minor strokes — could prompt patients to seek the help they need more quickly.