Elderly patients who get treated for illnesses or injuries in the emergency department (ED) are at risk of increased disability for up to six months afterward, a recent study suggests. To look at how ...

Cognitive impairment is more common and severe in older adults with MS than in younger patients, but this is driven by ...

California Sen. Adam Schiff is leading a bipartisan effort to improve emergency services for older adults and disabled people, after many were killed in ...

Some Waterbury residents spent much of Monday helping dig the city out from under at least 15 inches of snow dropped by ...

The common assumption that old age in America brings with it unremitting deterioration is being challenged by a new study that shows disability rates among the elderly decreasing during the 1980s.

Aging can be defined as the process of growing older. People growing older with long-standing disabilities are said to “age with disability,” whereas people who do not experience disability until ...

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services will no longer seek to cap weekly paid hours for live-in family ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have formed the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence to foster dialogue and address issues of mutual interest and concern related ...

There are numerous options available for older adults, adults with disabilities, and caregivers for accessible classes, services and events at Anne Arundel County’s seven senior activity centers and ...

Kern County should prioritize the hiring of an Office of Emergency Services manager and local cities should have current disaster plans, the Kern County grand jury said in a report ...

Governor Bill Lee signed the Tennessee Disability and Aging Act today, legislation that merges Tennessee’s Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) and Commission on Aging and ...