PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New pants to replace Alex Morisey’s tattered khakis will have to wait. There’s no cash left for sugar-free cookies either. Even at the month’s start, the budget is so bare that ...

Men in the United States die, on average, nearly five years earlier than women — despite many of the top health risks being preventable. With a life expectancy of just 76.1 years, men face higher ...

When, how, and where dying with dignity can take place, with options and implications for individuals, families, and society.

The following guest article comes from Care Resources. Our society often touts the wisdom of elders, while also falling into ...

Mike DeWine is governor of Ohio. It is easy to take the comforts of home for granted. Home is where we feel most secure and are best able to express ourselves; the ultimate safe haven and source of ...

Dignity for the Aged — a Peninsula-based nonprofit that aims to improve long-term care facilities and advocate for the residents who live in them — has a new home and new university partnership to ...

Older people need timely information about what they are entitled to and what they can expect from services in order to maintain control and independence. Good experience is partly dependent on having ...

I applaud the state House and Senate budget proposals that include Medicaid bridge funding for assisted living facilities like the Evergreen Inn here in Vancouver. This critical funding will disappear ...

Across New York, elderly and medically fragile patients sit in hospital beds for days — sometimes weeks — not because they ...