Living

The news has broken and now the wait is on: soon enough, you’re going to be a grandparent and going to take on a whole new role in life, both with your adult child and with the child to be born. Are you ready? Do you know what issues you’ll…

While most of the gift-selection attention this holiday season may be on video or internet-based games, it turns out your best buy may be the old-fashioned analog board game Monopoly or some modern version of it. New research out of the University of Edinburgh reports that older adults who play…

It could be an awkward conversation, one complicated by taboos around discussing money matters or confronting long-standing family baggage. But many of us will face this situation, either for ourselves or as the adult children of those in need: that is, the dilemma of adult children who need to step…

For anyone who’s tried, you know that managing multiple medications on a daily basis is no picnic. Just trying to remember to take your medications, let alone managing the dosages, can be a challenge, especially for those suffering from multiple chronic illnesses or with diminished cognitive capacity. And for your…

Photographer Robert Frank once said, “There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” Several recent photographic exhibits and works profiled below reveal just how true that is, especially when it comes to aging. These photographers have captured the human essence and the true and frank…

So maybe your kids have gone (at least for the moment) and your house is quieter than it’s been in years. Yet would you call the nest “empty?” Not if you’re like most, who have decades of purchases and closets of possessions to deal with even if the house is…