Older adults represent a remarkably heterogeneous population that is diverse in many dimensions, including cognition. Cognitive diversity includes normative age-related changes in cognition, mild cogn...

Funded by the National Institute on Aging through the National Institutes of Health, CREATE is a multidisciplinary and collaborative center founded in 1999.

AbstractBackground and Objectives. Digital literacy is critical for older adults to maintain social connections, access information, and support overall me

With adults over sixty becoming an ever-increasing proportion of the global population, the challenge of accommodating the needs, preferences, and abilities, of this heterogeneous population has incre...

In attempting to explain how physicians in my field of geriatric medicine think through clinical cases, I have come to realize over the course of my training that, although the prevailing schemas of c...

Adapting your fitness routine to your physical realities can help prevent injury from over-exercising

Background Palliative care needs are prevalent among nursing home (NH) residents. However, access to and integration of palliative care services remain limited. NHs often rely on a workforce with va...

For America's oldest workers, retirement isn't possible. Workers in their 80s live paycheck to paycheck, use Social Security, and dip into savings.

Weill Cornell Medicine faculty seek to better integrate family and paid caregivers into the practice of medicine, guided by the knowledge that what’s good for the caregiver is good for the patient.

Discover how medical humanities interventions—like poetry, art, and music—can strengthen your palliative care practice, support your team, and improve patient care.

(WHTM) — Pennsylvania officials are looking at better ways to prevent elder abuse in the state. The PA Department of Aging held a learning session with area agencies on aging to see how multidisciplin...

Can an AI chatbot help older adults feel less lonely?

Can an AI chatbot help older adults feel less lonely?

Dementia rates are down, recovery rates are up. Many are thriving mentally and physically deep into their later years.

Michelle Hui’s participatory art installation shows how elderly Chinatown residents are facing isolation and displacement – and lets players envision alternatives.

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US adults in the age group are using cannabis to treat pain and poor sleep – and they’re a fast-growing market