Staff members cut hair for clients at an elderly care center in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, March 5, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] As China's population continues to age, the silver economy ...

Adult day care centers provide crucial, affordable relief for caregivers, especially members of the “sandwich generation” who are taking care of parents and children at the same time. But the ...

Although people in Japan tend to live long lives, this does not necessarily mean they are healthier than other populations. New research from Karolinska Institutet and collaborators shows that ...

Thousands of older Americans struggle to afford nutritious meals, a challenge local officials say programs in Ontario County are working to address. The Ontario County Office for the Aging is marking ...

About a year ago, Elaina Hayes, an upstate New York nurse who works full time managing automobile-injury claims for Travelers Insurance, got the upsetting call from her 84-year-old father Jim ...

The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year's tragic midair collision near Washington D.C. to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator ...

Elder care is a women’s issue for two main reasons: most caregivers are women and women live longer than men, often surviving their spouses who would be their natural caregivers. According to the TIAA ...

The U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January, according to federal data released this week. But a closer look shows that the lion's share of this growth came from one specific task: caring for older ...

Eldercare emerged as a policy priority at Shanghai’s annual Two Session meetings this week, as city leaders laid out plans for expanded services in 2026 to meet the needs of a rapidly aging population ...

Americans believe that the family as a whole-especially a spouse or partner-is responsible for caring for an older adult. Biological and stepchildren have the next highest levels of obligation, ...

Abstract: Wearable devices are becoming affordable in our society to provide services from simple fitness tracking to the detection of heartbeat disorders. In the case of elderly populations, these ...