Who Will Care For Our Parents and Grandparents?
As the population ages and more people would like to grow old in their homes, E Tammy Kim, freelance writer and fellow at The Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, reports for Bloomberg...
View ArticleTo Fight Disease, Researchers Aim to Slow Down Aging
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Yesterday in Chicago, Vice President Joe Biden spoke to one of the largest annual meetings of cancer researchers in the world, and he urged...
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Opportunity Costs: I Never Felt Inferior
I first talked to Ernie Major a few years ago, for our episode about living alone. When we put out our call for class stories, Ernie got in touch again. "I’m retired now, by myself in a single wide...
View ArticleI Can't Grow Old Gracefully
Surprise! We've got one last Pull Quote episode for you. When we remembered this tape, we couldn't help but share it with you. Musician Robert Earl Keen talks about aging in a way that feels so true...
View ArticleHr2: Humans and Wildfire, Aging Research, Holiday Math
Researchers continue to chip away at the one thing we all have in common —getting older. Plus, in heavily populated regions, human influence on wildfires appears to override the effects of climate...
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Standard Medigap plans are learning some new tricks
Photo by David Jakle/Getty ImagesMedigap supplement policies have begun to change, moving away from being the plain-vanilla member of the Medicare family. Increasingly, these private insurance policies...
View ArticleAge Shaming of the Aging
Margaret Morganroth Gullette, resident scholar at Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and author of Ending Ageism, or How Not to Shoot Old People (Rutgers University Press, 2017),...
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Older people dying on job at higher rate than all workers
Poor women are four times more likely to be jobless by the end of treatment than their better-off peers, according to a study published Monday in Health Affairs. Photo by srisakorn/via AdobeOlder...
View Article#100 Is 100 That Exciting?
In honor of our 100th episode, producer Abigail Keel talks to some centenarians about the good and the bad of 100. To join the conversation, go to www.longestshortesttime.com! This episode is brought...
View ArticleBill Nye Lets Out His Inner Nerd, How To Grow Old Without Getting Old, 'A...
Bill Nye joins us to discuss his new book Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem. Malachy McCourt on his latest book Death Need Not Be...
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Help! I lost my job and just turned 65. What do I do about health insurance?
Phil Moeller answers your aging and retirement questions in his weekly column, “Ask Phil.” Photo by Lucy Nicholson/ReutersEditor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller is here to provide the answers you...
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How the back pain industry is taking patients for an unhealthy ride
Searching for solutions to back pain can lead sufferers into an expensive and sometimes dangerous maze of ineffectual treatments, procedures and pills, journalist and investigative reporter Cathryn...
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What’s the best place to retire? Keep these factors in mind before settling...
Photo by Eric Gaillard/ReutersEditor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller is here to provide the answers you need on aging and retirement. His weekly column, “Ask Phil,” aims to help older Americans and...
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Think you’re too old for a bucket list? These 90-somethings disagree
Mildred “Milly” Reeves, right, flies a Cessna Model 172 with assistance from pilot Pete Lockner, left. (Screengrab of family video/YouTube)It is one thing to have a bucket list at any age. It is...
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What do you need to know about successful aging and retirement?
Tens of millions of adults are chronically lonely, which has deleterious impacts on aging. Photo by brunella fratini/via Adobe. related words: seniors, retirement, health care, medicareEditor’s Note:...
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If I’m healthy, do I really need a Medigap or Medicare Advantage plan?
The Social Security Administration has no idea who’s in your family unless you tell them. That information can affect the benefits you collect. Photo by Siri Stafford/Getty Images.Editor’s Note:...
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How older adults can recover from loneliness
Photo by Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty ImagesIt’s widely believed that older age is darkened by persistent loneliness. But a considerable body of research confirms this isn’t the case.In fact, loneliness...
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Many seniors who qualify for home-based care under Medicare aren’t receiving...
A worrisome and growing number of Medicare enrollees have said that they have been denied home-based care even though they are qualified to receive it and it is covered by Medicare, Phil Moeller...
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Want to live past 100? These centenarians share their secrets
100-year-old Marge Jetton lifts weights every morning. “I’m for anything that has to do with health” Jetton says. Photo by Getty.Gertrude Siegel is 101 and hears it all the time. “Everyone says ‘I want...
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Column: Need to unload family heirlooms? Prepare for disappointment
Richard Eisenberg of Next Avenue has advice for boomers desperate to unload family heirlooms. Photo by Jon Nazca/ReutersEditor’s Note: Next Avenue columnist Richard Eisenberg has advice for boomers...
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