As one gets older, the list of potential health and beauty complaints grows. AARP has done a yeoman's job of documenting those complaint...

What kind of housing do most older Americans want to live in as they age? They want to live in their own house, of course. According to an A...

Older Americans face a great unknown: will they or won't they need potentially costly long-term care as they age. Researchers at the Cen...

Nearly half of middle-aged and older Americans believe something that isn't true. No, this story isn't about QAnon. It's about l...

Over the years, happiness studies have revealed a "paradox of well-being"—the finding that life satisfaction increases with advanc...

Do older Americans stay in one home long enough to turn their home equity into an income stream, boosting their standard of living in retire...

Entrepreneurs take note. Over the next two decades, prepare for explosive growth in the number of households headed by people aged 65 or old...

The median age of the labor force is projected to rise by another 0.6 years between now and 2028—from 41.9 in 2018 to 42.5 in 2028, accordin...

Americans aged 60 or older spend more than half their waking hours alone—7 hours a day, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the B...

Older Americans might be in trouble. They control a large share of the nation's wealth, yet many are not prepared to manage it. Cognitiv...

On average, American women think "old age" begins at 70, according to an AARP survey of women. But the age at which "old age...

At what age do you consider a person to be "old"? That question was asked by the TransAmerica Center for Retirement Studies in its...

Most older Americans participate in the arts. A study for the National Endowment for the Arts examines arts participation by people aged 55 ...

Dying has changed. It has become a slow process rather than a sudden event, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. "Due to medical ...

How many retirees with mild cognitive impairment or dementia have someone to help them with their finances? That's the question posed by...

Half of nursing home residents have Alzheimer's or dementia, according to a government report on long-term care . But most people with d...

The number of nursing home residents has fallen steadily since 1997 as home health care and residential care options have expanded. Between ...

Getting from here to there is a growing problem for many as they age. Ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft may solve this problem in ...

In a recent survey, AARP asked Americans at what age they think they will be over the hill. Here are the answers by generation... Age at w...

The number of prisoners sentenced to at least one year in a state correctional institution climbed 55 percent between 1993 and 2013—from 858...