In this Aging Matters special, if you have an older person in your life, or you’re just stumped in general about what to give ...

A home safety assessment can help identify falling hazards around the house. A home safety assessment is a good way to identify falling hazards around the house. FiftyForward is a non-profit social ...

How we think about getting older profoundly impacts how we age. Learn how to challenge stereotypes, embrace the second half ...

In Brevard County, Florida, aging matters. That’s why Aging Matters in Brevard was launched in 1965 and today is the lead agency serving the needs of Space Coast seniors. Elder Abuse Awareness Day ...

A few months ago, Dr. Lori Yancura from UH Mānoa’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences was a guest author in the Aging Matters column. In that article she focused on learning from kūpuna about ...

As summer approaches, we look forward to spending more time outdoors, picnics and all the good things that summer brings to us. At the Area Agency on Aging summer means something else: Farmer’s Market ...

Last month, the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging, Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office, and other critical members of the Elder Justice Multi-Disciplinary Team gathered on Courthouse ...

Colorado is getting older. The fastest growing population in the state is people 65 plus. But people age in different ways. Today, we begin an ongoing series, Aging Matters on Colorado Matters. From ...

YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE PREPARED FOR HURRICANE SEASON. ALL THIS WEEK, WE’VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT THE STORM SYSTEMS WE’RE WATCHING IN THE ATLANTIC AND WESH 2 ...

Singer Kathy Mattea shares how she handled the change in her voice after menopause. Some women’s voices change after menopause. Singer and host of NPR’s Mountain Stage, Kathy Mattea, had no idea a ...

Tom Kammerdener recently was named president and chief executive officer of Aging Matters in Brevard. Kammerdener, who was Aging Matters’ senior director of operations, assumes the role previously ...

In 1935 when Social Security established 65 as a standard retirement age, less than 5 percent of the population was over age 65 and the average life expectancy was 59.9 years for men and 63.9 years ...