Fifty Plus Advocate

By Michael E. Festa The early days of June are always a wonderfully vibrant time in Boston. It’s when we celebrate PRIDE week. AARP staff...

Elders throughout the United States lose an estimated $2.6 billion dollars or more annually due to elder financial abuse and exploitation.

As guests pass through the grand arches into the landscape of the New Fantasyland they are surrounded by a delightful world of fanciful architecture, waterfalls, grottoes, arched bridges, forests and a massive circus big top.

I once believed that feminism would solve all issues of inequality. But, that was when I was a young, idealistic college student in the 1970s.

Willpower apparently can be bought. The chance to win or lose $20 a month enticed dieters in a yearlong study to drop an average of 9 pounds.

By Jim Fitzgerald
 CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. — At the Fellowship Community’s adult home, workers are paid not according to what they do, but what they need....

Spring cleaning can feel overwhelming. But where to begin? Never fear: Three professional organizers are here to offer three projects you can do in an afternoon each.

The days of counting on Uncle Sam and a company pension to carry you through old age are long gone. We’re living increasingly in a “yoyo” economy — short for “you’re on your own.”

By Brenda Diaz Surgery, whether expected or unexpected, is no walk in the park. It is painful, and in most circumstances, recuperation takes much longer...

By Michael E. Festa Bay State voters head to the polls next month — this time to fill the seat vacated by Sen. John Kerry...