Maine might fund senior home care. How do most Americans pay?
Sixty-three percent of people over the age of 65 are likely to need some type of home care, but most Americans are not prepared to pay for it.
Are you older than 60 and paying off student loans? Tell us your story.
The PBS NewsHour Weekend reporting team is gathering personal stories from people who are retired or nearing retirement and are repaying student loans.
Local police departments restore peace of mind by phoning senior citizens once a day
Advocates for older adults say telephone check-in programs can help seniors remain independent in their homes and give them — and their family members — peace of mind.
Will raises for many home care workers help senior citizens?
Home care workers in at least five states are set to receive hourly increases, but critics say bigger paychecks will not impact senior citizens.
If you got in a fender bender, you probably wouldn't expect the first responder to be an unarmed octogenarian -- but that scenario is entirely possible in San Diego.
A nursing home in the Netherlands allows university students to live rent-free alongside the elderly residents, as part of a project aimed at warding off the negative effects of aging.
Eighty nine year-old retired educator Kevin Bunnell writes a poem in honor of the 16-year-old Mikinly Sullivan, who once a week comes to the Frasier Meadows retirement community in Boulder, Colorado as part of a Cyber Seniors program. The program…
A computer programmer and a kid in a Batman suit walk into a pancake house...it sounds like a joke, but it really happened, and now the programmer, Dave Vockell, has a new product to bring to market. It's an app…
Additional Support Provided By:
