For 39 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has tracked the labor force experience of a cohort of Baby Boomers as they aged from their teen...

Forty-one million Americans have a disability, according to the Census Bureau's 2018 American Community Survey—12.6 percent of the total...

What are the physical functions Americans have the most trouble performing? Surprisingly, it's not walking a quarter mile or climbing st...

Thirty-nine million Americans have a disability—13 percent of the population, according to the 2012–16 American Community Survey. The percen...

When older Americans become disabled and need long-term care services and supports (LTSS), their wealth plummets. Long-term care insurance w...

Among Americans aged 65 or older in 2015, a substantial 37 percent reported having great difficulty performing at least one of nine physical...

A substantial 22 percent of American households include someone with a disability, according to the 2015 American Housing Survey. The percen...

Percentage of adults who say they have difficulty doing errands by themselves, by age... Men Aged 18 to 64: 3.1% Aged 65 to 74: 6.4% Ag...

Old age has three stages: the Go-Go years, the Slow-Go years, and the No-Go years. A Census Bureau analysis of the disability status of Amer...

Older Americans are living longer than ever, but are they enjoying those years in good health? That question is posed by a National Bureau o...

Sixteen percent of Americans aged 18 or older have trouble hearing when not using a hearing aid or other listening device. Here is the perce...

One in five Americans aged 15 or older and half aged 65 or older have a disability, according to the Census Bureau. Difficulty walking is on...

Percentage of adults who are limited in their activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems, by age... 18 to 24: 10.3% 25...

A look at the latest disability statistics reveals a disturbing figure: nearly one in ten Americans has trouble walking or using stairs, acc...

"The years 1965–1999 were the closest thing to economic 'golden years' ever seen by this nation for those moving into retiremen...

Ten million Americans aged 15 or older not living in nursing homes or other institutions need help from others to live independently, accord...