Personal Stories

For many women, hitting age 60 is a real milestone: for some it brings comfort in where they are in life, but for others it’s an anxiety-provoking and humbling moment. For photographer Jenny O’Connor, turning 60 became the opportunity to seek out other women in her situation and to document,…

After 33 years in late-night television, you can’t blame David Letterman if he wants to sleep late or forego a daily shave. He’s earned the time off for sure. But like many retirees, the 69 year old Letterman is determined not to just lounge for the rest of his life….

At age 105, Clare Hollingworth is no longer traveling the world as the pioneering female foreign correspondent she once was. But in addition to celebrating her remarkable age, it’s important to celebrate the career of this journalist who not only reported on great moments of history but who herself was…

While the debate about “aging in place” versus entering a facility is raging in many policy circles, a perhaps more disturbing headline about senior housing gets little public attention: the number of homeless seniors. Fully ⅓ of homeless Americans are over the age of 50. Imagine the usual aches, pains…

Maybe your older relatives regaled you with stories of the hardships they faced as youngsters making their way to school. Well those stories pale in comparison to the current challenges of Durge Kami, a 69 year old Nepalese man who treks over rural countryside every day in order to attend…

WQXR is a beloved classical music radio station in New York. It has a devoted following, including 93 year old Holocaust survivor Joe Feingold. A long time musician himself, Feingold heard about a drive for used instruments that WQXR hosted a few years ago, and decided it was time to…