Successful aging lacks a clear definition. Elizabeth Saenger, PhD, Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health Program Director, speaks with Dilip Jeste, MD, Director of the Institute for Research on Aging, ...

For the millions of older adults who rely on the support of a family caregiver, successful aging is not an individual achievement but a cooperative process between a care receiver and a caregiver. Yet ...

Choosing a physician is key, particularly in later life when we often are confronted with more conditions and diseases. In addition to physician competency, one of the most important aspects of ...

Successful ageing is a multidimensional concept encompassing the maintenance of physical health, cognitive function and social engagement alongside psychological well‐being. Researchers characterise ...

As a model of successful aging, you can’t beat 82-year-old Juan López García. Really, you can’t beat him. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The ...

The view that aging is all downhill may be one that you implicitly believe in. How many times have you made jokes about your age, made jokes about someone else’s age, or just looked in the mirror with ...

Many people in the Piedmont Triad opened their front door to see more than a foot of snow last week, and after a couple of days of thawing and refreezing, we had icy steps and icy ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGHP) —We all want to stay in our own homes ...

omen scored higher than men on the Successful Aging Index (SAI), a questionnaire consisting of a metric section and a proprietary tool, according to a January study published in BMC Geriatrics.

Pianist Gil Rosas performed an encore show full of romantic songs on the day after Valentine's Day. Fans filled ...

This week is a continuation of my annual anniversary column, which marks 24 years of writing Successful Aging. That’s 1,175 columns later. Readers shared their experience and advice covering over 35 ...

The final pathway, the true successful agers, was the "integrated," who reorganized their priorities and role involvements to meet the challenges of aging. These were the truly successful agers-- like ...