An increasing number of Americans are living well beyond the average life expectancy. It presents new and complex challenges ...

Mick Jagger famously sang “what a drag it is getting old.” He should have added: “especially in Massachusetts.” The mega-rich megastar Rolling Stones frontman, 82, doesn’t have to worry about managing ...

Driven by aging Baby Boomers — members of the dynamic generation born from 1946 to 1964 — the number of Americans ages 65 and older will more than double over the next 40 years, reaching 80 million in ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Stress impacts people of all ages, but it can be debilitating for older loved ones. According to the National Council on Aging, “stress negatively impacts the body’s ability to ...

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged ...

Canada is getting older, and the changes are impossible to ignore. Walk through any shopping mall or community center, and the evidence is everywhere. Hospital waiting rooms are fuller, retirement ...

Sunil Johal is the Vice-President, Public Policy with the CSA Group and leads the CSA Public Policy Centre. University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA.

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