Elder Options News Today

“Greater Good” is a WUFT-produced half-hour series showcasing non-profit organizations in the North Central Florida community.

Successful aging and life satisfaction can be a subjective concept. For the purposes of this article, I would like to propose the definition of successful aging and life satisfaction as:  Research indicates that the following...

Editors note: This is part one of a three-part series about the Citrus County community centers and associated facilities.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — For the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the numerous caregiving challenges faced across generations. The National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP’s recently released Caregiving...

Violence against the elderly was already hard to track. Then the pandemic made it harder.

Florida’s senior population, or people over 65, is greater than 4.5 million. Even as specialists and advocates warned that elder abuse rates would increase during the pandemic, the number of cases reported to help lines and law enforcement remained steady or declined.

Experts are worried the number of cases reported to help lines and law enforcement don't reflect the reality of elder violence.

Social connection offers physical, mental, and emotional benefits

Nation’s first elder abuse registry established, ‘Shirley’s Law’ enacted into law in Alabama

Gainesville on the map as age-friendly community Star Bradbury © [Rob C. Witzel/Staff photographer, File] An instructor helps a student in navigating her iPhone during a technology class teaching local seniors how to operate their Apple products in 2015 at the Senior Recreation Center in Gainesville. You may be pleasantly surprised to hear that Gainesville has opted into a nationally recognized program to be designated age-friendly by both the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Com...