About 900,000 people in the United States live in assisted living, and roughly 15% could transfer to nursing homes ...

Dementia is not one specific disease, but a general term used to describe the progressive loss of cognitive functions: ...

Cognitive decline is more common than people may realize. Two forums shedding light on this issue will be held; one in St.

Rain, rain, rain. Heavy, wind-blown rain. Finally, we have had a good soaking rain after what seemed an endless dry spell. It ...

Unfortunately, the advice often given to facility administration to solve this problem has helped very little. The findings of the Journal of Applied Gerontology suggest that the root causes of ...

“Americans are consuming far more processed foods than ever,” says Cary Kreutzer, an associate professor of gerontology at USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and Keck School of Medicine in Los ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science), Volume 16, Issue 17 on September 13, 2024, entitled, "Intraovarian PRP ...

A new analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 ...

Wenonah Bish turns 112 years next week. Bish is likely the oldest person in the state and one of the oldest people in the ...

The Franklin County Fiscal Court recently approved an agreement with the Franklin County Agency for Substance Abuse Policy ...

The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000 – almost 90% of them women, ...

The Irish Gerontological Society is pleased to unveil the programme for its 71st Annual & Scientific Meeting, taking place ...