The world is aging at an unprecedented rate. The number of people aged 60 and older is expected to reach 1.4 billion by 2030.

Getting hurt is part of the human experience. No one gets through life without some emotional bruising. However, how people respond to that pain reveals a great deal about their emotional maturity.

According to Samuel Moyn (“Old people run America. And that’s a problem,” Opinion, June 22) “older citizens — who often trend ...

Being young means making plenty of mistakes and learning from them. But as you grow up, thanks to experience you come to understand what not to do in situations. Still, just because you're over a ...

When Diana Nyad was 64 years old, she swam 110 miles from Cuba to Florida, becoming the first person to do so without a shark cage. It was her fifth attempt over the course of 3½ decades. “I said when ...

On his 70th birthday, in 1905, Mark Twain gave a speech about the secret to successful aging. (If 70 doesn’t sound aged to you, bear in mind that because of high infant-mortality rates, the average ...

The pandemic played a role in increased consumption, but alcohol use among people 65 and older was climbing even before 2020. By Paula Span The phone awakened Doug Nordman at 3 a.m. A surgeon was ...

Older people spend an average of 21 days a year on medical appointments. That's according to a recent study. And given how much time health care workers spend with older adults, you might think they ...

Although there are currently a greater number of older people in America than ever before in history, aging is seen in our society as a state of decline—the downward side of the curve of life. Despite ...

The number of people older than 65 who are living in shelters is growing quickly, in an unheralded sign of New York City’s affordable housing crisis. Earl Boyd, 83, moved into a Manhattan homeless ...