Oct 19 Will raises for many home care workers help senior citizens? By Jane Gottlieb, Kaiser Health News Home care workers in at least five states are set to receive hourly increases, but critics say bigger paychecks will not impact senior citizens. Continue reading
Jun 06 Photos: Senior volunteers give San Diego police a helping hand By Daniel Costa-Roberts 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. Continue reading
May 22 Watch 6:35 Number of seniors threatened by hunger has doubled since 2001, and it’s going to get worse By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 05 Dutch nursing home offers rent-free housing to students By Carey Reed 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. Continue reading
Dec 19 89-year-old retired educator writes an ode to young mentors By Mary Jo Brooks 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… Continue reading
Jun 16 How one entrepreneur found success over pancakes By Eric Whitney, Kaiser Health News 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… Continue reading
May 14 Watch Why more seniors are going back to college — to retire By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch Taking cues from ‘Golden Girls,’ more single baby boomers are building a future together By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Foster families find and share support with elders at Oregon housing community By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch Easing the burden of long-term medical demands for family caregivers By PBS News Hour For the 42 million Americans who take care of loved ones at home, the responsibilities of care -- once the purview of trained nurses -- have become increasingly complex. AARP has begun to advocate for greater caregiver support through public… Continue watching