(This article is part of a weekly Next Avenue series, The Future of Aging: Realizing the Potential of Longevity, published by the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging.) As America ages, we ...

Ageism is a problem in health care, and the World Health Organization Global Report on Ageism points to factors such as increased human life expectancy, declines in birthrates, and the lack of ...

America has a loneliness epidemic, but for aging people, social isolation has grave health consequences, including an ...

Intergenerational shared sites are not a new concept in the United States. Messiah Lifeways, a residential community for older adults in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, opened more than 40 years ago with ...

It’s easy to understand how aging adults, many of whom are retired and live alone, can become isolated and disconnected. But we forget that living alone is not the only factor that can lead to social ...

When my older son was 2 years old, a fellow mom arranged for our playgroup to visit a local nursing home at Halloween and holiday time. The seniors’ faces lit up upon seeing the children dressed in ...