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As the trend to “age-in-place” continues, and many seniors determine that moving to a facility or retirement community is not for them, there remains the challenge of ensuring that supports are in place for community-dwelling seniors, especially as physical or cognitive impairments mount and family caregivers are far away. New…

While we often associate millennials with cutting edge technology products, seniors may be just as likely to benefit from smart, user friendly technology. For Kevin Gaunt, a graduate student in design from Sweden, simplified, limited-task robots (“bots”), may be ideal for older persons aging in place and in need of…

Many if not most of us lived in some kind of communal housing as younger adults- perhaps the college dorm or the first apartment. Living alone always seemed like the eventual goal. But for many older people, living alone is not always preferable- or possible. For reasons both economic and…

It wasn’t very long ago that we highlighted some recent research about the perils of extreme heat, including the rise in deaths attributable to extreme heat among older adults (extreme heat is the #1 weather-related killer in the US), the connection to accelerated biological aging, and the special vulnerability of…

By Marc Rothman, MD   A while back, I received a call from a college buddy, a successful family man who was running a small business but had no idea how to handle a parent with memory loss. His father had passed, and now his mother’s memory and behavior were…

By Susanna P. Barton   One of the healthiest mindsets we can embrace as we age is an others-focused attitude – seeking connections and service instead of sinking into self. With loneliness at an all-time high,  volunteer participation falling, and intergenerational relationships demonstrating reciprocal health benefits, the time has never…