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DENNIS BEAVER: Common mistakes and assumptions often made about aging in America, and the things we do wrong.

Do you have a friend or family member getting on in years who you worry about, perhaps, yourself? When was the last time you looked in a mirror and thought, “Where did that wrinkle come from? It wasn’t there yesterday?” A bit scary, isn’t it? “Life is great until it isn’t, until mom or dad, […]

Getting older isn’t for sissies, and the more prepared you are for cognitive decline and the issues that come with it, the better your life will be.

A new book, "The Measure of Our Age," explores the growing problem of our graying nation

We’re not ready for old age. Not as individuals, not as a society. That’s the sobering news from lawyer M.T. Connolly, former coordinator of the Elder Justice and Nursing Home Initiative at the U.S. Department of Justice. In her new book, The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life, she outlines how our institutions, laws, and cultural practices have failed to keep up with our amazing advances in longevity over the last century. As a result, many, if not