Our Issues
Starving Seniors: How America Fails to Feed Its Aging September 13, 2019 
Are Pets Really Good for Older People? September 9, 2019 
Is There Such a Thing as Normal Aging? August 21, 2019
Blog
What’s behind Sundowning? Part 1 September 20, 2019 
Got Milk? September 5, 2019 
Not ‘Old Enough to Die,’ Old Enough to Choose Wisely August 27, 2019
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Doughnut Hole is Gone, But Medicare’s Uncapped Drug Costs Still Bite into Budgets
Medications for chronic conditions are still a major drain on an older adult’s resources. It’s uncertain if this will improve any time soon.
Cinema
Truman - Most films about terminal illness focus on the high dramatics, the withering hero finding clarity on a deathbed or lingering in a somberly lit nursing home. …
Our Souls at Night - In a sleepy Colorado town, widow Addie (Jane Fonda) visits her withdrawn, widower neighbor Louis (Robert Redford) with a proposition: they should sleep together. …
Fiction
Don’t Ever Get Old: A Mystery - This really hits the high notes for being a clever crime novel that’s also an honest portrayal of an aging, opinionated gumshoe. …
Women in Sunlight - Get ready to pack your bags and head to Italy, because Frances Mayes has done it again. In her new novel, three single women are considering the next chapter …
Nonfiction
Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault: Essays from the Grown-up Years - Hooray. She’s back and she’s every bit as funny and relevant as you remember. Cathy Guisewite, 69, of the iconic comic strip …
My Parent’s Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving - As we humans are living longer, the sandwich generation has moved to the club sandwich, as we care for not only parents and kids but grandparents and grandchildren …
Children’s Books
Mare’s War - In this young adult novel, hard-to-impress teenagers Octavia and Tali take the road trip of a lifetime with their unconventional grandmother. …
Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs - Positive images of aging can be hard to find, especially in children’s literature, and when a children’s book features an older woman as the heroine and role model …