Senior living options aren't one-size-fits-all, and you don't want to be caught flat-footed in the event of an unexpected health crisis. The time to start researching senior care ...

Steps to Take When Home Care Isn’t Working When home care is no longer enough for your parent, the next step is to reassess ...

The number of mergers and acquisitions involving senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities reached $30.5 ...

Jerry Gurwitz was one of the first doctors to receive the designation as a geriatrician. He’s now the chief of geriatric medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Recently, he ...

It can happen in an instant. One day your dad is living on his own, independent and mostly healthy despite advancing age. The next he’s in bed with a broken something, dependent on his grown children ...

"Families want to do the best that they can and often they don't, simply because they don't know how to do it." Rona Bartelstone is a geriatric care manager. She has a bustling practice in Palm Beach, ...

As Americans live longer, there's a dire need to create an age-friendly health care system. But right now, there aren't enough doctors specializing in geriatrics to care for older adults. In CBS News ...