International aging

Helen Keller once said, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” For many, the best part of entering your retirement years is the opportunity to undertake adventurous travel, and for many older adults, that means embarking on a cruise. While the COVID pandemic caused massive disruption in…

In case you missed the celebration of International Day of Happiness last week, there’s news to report about the prevalence of happiness among younger and older adults in the United States and around the world. A new poll conducted by Gallup was just released examining happiness around the world. Called…

As we get older, many of us feel we become less visible or perhaps even invisible. No one notices us and we seem to make little impression upon those around us. Well, several photo projects and photographers are trying to change that, by making sure that modern older adults are…

In your fantasy life, where’s your “forever” place? That place you see yourself relaxing in retirement, perhaps taking up some new outdoor activities or engaging in new cultural adventures. Or perhaps your fantasy is more exotic: maybe you’re thinking about leaving your home state or even your home country and…

If there’s one thing that’s come through loud and clear during the pandemic, it’s that older adults have, at best, an ambiguous place in our society. Most impulses during COVID have been to either protect or abandon older adults, neither of which is respectful toward older individuals, who are as…

How long can humans live? It’s a question that’s engaged scientific minds for centuries, especially as earlier public health advances and now medical and technological breakthroughs continue to push the boundaries of the human lifespan. A recent piece in The Conversation noted that since the 1950s, there’s been a significant…