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Ethel Paley, Champion of Nursing Home Patients, Dies at 99

Older People Need Rides. Why Aren’t They Using Uber and Lyft?

The Elderly Are Getting Complex Surgeries. Often It Doesn’t End Well.

A New Rx for Diabetes: Lighten Up

Older Patients Are Not Returning as Often to Hospitals. Is That a Good Thing?

A Debate Over ‘Rational Suicide’

The Illness Is Bad Enough. The Hospital May Be Even Worse.

For Scientists Racing to Cure Alzheimer’s, the Math Is Getting Ugly

Got Medicare Advantage? Prepare for New Perks — and New Questions.

‘It’s Almost Like a Ghost Town.’ Most Nursing Homes Overstated Staffing for Years

How Staffing Fluctuates at Nursing Homes Around the United States

Breathing Tubes Fail to Save Many Older Patients

The Trial Is Open, but the Elderly Need Not Apply

Trump Passed a Cognitive Exam. What Does That Really Mean?

You’re Over 75, and You’re Healthy. Why Are You Taking a Statin?

A Better Kind of Nursing Home

Some Older Smokers Turn to Vaping. That May Not Be a Bad Idea.

Older Voters Stymied by Tighter ID Requirements

Skin Cancers Rise — Along With Questionable Treatments

No Excuses, People: Get the New Shingles Vaccine