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By David J. Dowd When it’s time to sell a home, one of the hardest decisions is what to fix or repair. In order to...

By Linda T. Cammuso The United States economy is slowly recovering in the wake of the most significant financial crisis since the Great Depression. Still,...

By Al Norman A recent report from a Washington, D.C. think tank says that the “retirement crisis” facing most families is worse than we think....

By Michael E. Festa In 1958, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus set out to solve a big problem: how to help older Americans maintain independence, dignity,...

By Marianne Delorey Resident associations, or tenant councils, often plan activities and represent the group to housing managers. Here is what I have learned about...

By Micha Shalev Are you kidding me, I have what!? It can’t be true. It has to be a mistake. When you first receive a...

By Judith Boyko Advances in medicine enable us to live longer than our ancestors did. In the mid-1800s, for example, one’s mid-30s was the typical...

By Brenda Diaz The warm days of summer and spending time outdoors are quickly coming to an end. What will occupy your time in during the...

While others his age were working in summer jobs … Wallack , adorned in a white lab coat, was retrieving refrigerated test materials at the Boston University School of Medicine’s Molecular Psychiatry and Aging Laboratory.

WASHINTON, DC — The pool of family and friends to care for Baby Boomers as they age into their 80s will be less than...