DALLAS — Hundreds of communities around the world — both big and small — are working to make sure people can live there from birth to old age. Take John Holliday, a 71-year-old rural Maine resident who walks for his health. He uses a paved pathway in Bethel, population 2,600, in the summer. But the [...]
Baby boomers are the topic of conversation at the 8th Annual National Village Gathering, a conference aimed at connecting villages of aging populations around the country, which begins today. The three-day event is taking place at the Hyatt Regency downtown but kicked off yesterday with a Village 101 Pre-Conference, an opportunity to connect peers who [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Where you live plays a big role in staying independent as you age. Now researchers say an innovative program that combined home fix-ups and visits from occupational therapists and nurses improved low-income seniors’ ability to care for themselves in their own homes. Still to be answered is whether that better daily functioning [...]