While it’s technically still Fall, your skin knows that dreaded winter weather is already upon us. The harsh cold air can be especially bothersome if your skin is more fragile or dry from aging. For a general primer on skincare for aging adults, pull out your moisturizer and take a…

For millennia, people have been conditioned to accept that growing older and eventually dying are inherent aspects of the human condition. That seems to be the one universal law of nature – or is it? In recent years, scientists have reconsidered the inevitability of the aging process, and we’re now…

If you’re like most, you enjoyed a festive and food-filled Thanksgiving and now it’s on to planning for the December holidays. Whether it’s Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanza or Festivus, undoubtedly calorie-laden goodies are in the mix- and headed for your stomach. So while it may not be a good time to…

So maybe your kids have gone (at least for the moment) and your house is quieter than it’s been in years. Yet would you call the nest “empty?” Not if you’re like most, who have decades of purchases and closets of possessions to deal with even if the house is…

Do you get nervous when you feel confused or have forgotten a name or important milestone? Are you left to wonder if something is happening inside your brain? If so, then join the club. It seems a significant number of us worry that we are likely to develop dementia down…

There are lots of aspects about growing older that can cause us to feel situationally sad or melancholy in the moment. But a true diagnosis of depression, where you can’t function or lift yourself out of your funk, is something else. Estimates are that 15-20 % of those 65 and…