The Wheels on the B23 Go 'Round and 'Round -- But for How Much Longer?
by Ailsa ChangIf the MTA doesn’t get its bailout package from Albany, the B23 bus line in Brooklyn may get cut.>>B23 Faces the Axe in MTA Crisis
View ArticleNew Formula Finds Higher Rate of Elderly Living in Poverty
The federal government is thinking about implementing a new formula to calculate poverty. The new formula would increase the number of poor from 13.2 percent to 15.8 percent. The striking change comes...
View ArticleGay and Gray in America: Getting Older as a Gay Man or Woman
What is it like getting older when you’re part of the first generation of gay people to live fully out of the closet? And who cares for you as you exit the world?We explore these issues with Laurie...
View ArticleSenior-Friendly City
Linda Gibbs, deputy mayor for Health and Human Services, talks about the city's initiative to make the Upper West Side and East Harlem more accomodating to senior citizens' needs.The New York Academy...
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Charlie Wilson’s Bus
(Matt Dellinger, Transportation Nation) – I recently visited Lufkin, Texas, to meet with Louis Bronaugh, the former mayor of Lufkin and the original champion, in Texas, of the proposed Interstate 69....
View ArticleIs it Time to Cut Your Aging Parents Loose?
We frequently talk about retired people living on limited budgets. But what about their adult children?It turns out that many people with aging parents are struggling financially, and even facing...
View ArticleChina Considers Requiring Families to Care for Elderly
Caring for the elderly has long played an important role in Chinese culture. But rapid economic growth has forced adult Chinese children to abandon their hometowns to find jobs in other parts of the...
View ArticleYour Take: New Guidelines on Alzheimer's
Would you want to know whether or not you'll have Alzheimer's if you had the opportunity? The National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association released new guidelines on the disease, in...
View ArticleTreating Dementia with Music
The new documentary "Alive Inside" chronicles the work of social worker Dan Cohen - whose organization, Music & Memory, aims to bring personalized digital music into the lives of the elderly and...
View ArticleDrum Beats Bring Seniors Together
The TransNdanceNdrum Center is an otherwise unassuming blue house in Rosendale, NY. The exception is Tuesday evenings. That’s when the building shakes with the sound of djembe drumming.Curious...
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Walking While Elderly, Danger Increases with Age in NY Region
One potential safety measure, employed in Canada, is explicit signage. (photo by Marcin Wichary via flickr)In the greater New York City region, older pedestrians are almost two-and-a-half times more...
View ArticleThe Song of the Ancient Soprano
It is no secret that opera companies have, of late, included youthfulness as one of the criteria in casting operas. This may not be actual chronological youth (the voices of opera singers take time to...
View ArticleState Registries Saved Lives During Sandy, But Not in NYC
In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a registry that would allow disaster responders to know where to find people most urgently in need of aid. But he does not appear to...
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Why We Need Grandpas And Grandmas (Part 1)
Robert Krulwich/NPROldsters, it turns out, matter. They matter a lot. And not just in human families. I've been reading a new book called The Once and Future World, by J. B. MacKinnon, which points out...
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Finding Grandpa On My Dinner Plate (Part 2)
I could tell you stories about guys who sit down to lobster dinners (there are several; I've even done one myself ) and the waiter says, "May we suggest ..." and he shows the man a very, very large...
View Article[Unedited] Jane Gross with Krista Tippett
We are living longer, for better and for worse. And the story of aging is one that too often goes untended. Our guest tells us that we not only have to care for our parents — but for ourselves.
View ArticleJane Gross — The Far Shore of Aging [remix]
We are living longer, for better and for worse. And the story of aging is one that too often goes untended. Our guest tells us that we not only have to care for our parents — but for ourselves.
View ArticleLiving Longer: Life Expectancy and the Future of Health Policy
This week, we're talking about the human experience of aging. As more of us escape traumatic deaths, life expectancy has grown dramatically in our time. But what is a human lifespan?According to...
View ArticleLiving Longer Means Rethinking Social Structures
In Greek mythology, Tiresias, the blind seer of Thebes, lived beyond 600 years. In the Bible, Noah lived to be 950. And in Chinese legend, Peng Zu was believed to have lived for over 800 years during...
View ArticleThe Dangers of Leaving Elderly Patients Out of Medical Trials
For the doctors of elderly patients, medical care can become a guessing-game when it comes to prescription medication.That's primarily because older patients are often excluded from medical trials,...
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