NYT > Elderly

News about the elderly, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

09/04/2010 12:00 AM
The Kids Aren’t All Right
A reader responds to an article about policing for children living in retirement communities.

08/30/2010 12:00 AM
Doctors Seek New Ways to Treat Loss of Muscle From Aging
Why muscles wither is captivating more scientists and drug and food companies, let alone aging baby boomers.

08/29/2010 12:00 AM
Sun City, Retirement Haven, Hunts Youthful Violators
A retirement community polices its population to be sure it does not become a refuge for children.

08/29/2010 12:00 AM
The Politics of Polite
Exploring whether good manners can have an unwanted meaning.

08/24/2010 12:00 AM
New York Law Encourages Frank Talk on Palliative Care
Under a new law in New York, physicians who treat patients with a terminal illness must offer information about prognosis and options for palliative care.

08/19/2010 12:00 AM
Wrinkle Creams: Can Science Support Product Claims?
An anti-aging product is reintroduced with an attempt to prove all claims.

08/16/2010 12:00 AM
Checking on Two of New York’s Genuinely Oldest
Evelyn Kozak and Susie Mushatt Jones are both 111-year-old Brooklynites, and, unlike Japan’s phantom centenarians, they are quite real.

08/15/2010 12:00 AM
Japan, Checking on Its Oldest, Finds Many Gone
Revelations of missing centenarians have hit an aging population already grappling with caring for the elderly.

08/09/2010 12:00 AM
Vulnerable Refugees, Losing a Lifeline
Unless Congress acts quickly, thousands of refugees who fled for their lives — and who are now elderly, disabled and poor — will learn the cold limits of compassion.

08/03/2010 12:00 AM
Feeding Dementia Patients With Dignity
Some experts are suggesting “comfort feeding” as an alternative to feeding tubes, which some studies suggest do not necessarily prolong survival.

08/01/2010 12:00 AM
Book Review - Long for This World - The Strange Science of Immortality - By Jonathan Weiner
A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer examines the scientific battle against aging through the bizarre career of the English gerontologist Aubrey de Grey.

07/30/2010 12:00 AM
The Ultimate Game: Disc in Hand, Expecting to Fly
Nearly five million people played a game of ultimate last year, including aging players who refuse to walk, or limp, away.

07/29/2010 12:00 AM
Monitoring Elderly Parents
New technologies can help adult children keep track of their aging parents.

07/29/2010 12:00 AM
The Technology for Monitoring Elderly Relatives
Technology offers growing options for keeping an eye (or an ear) on aging parents.

07/19/2010 12:00 AM
New York City Aims to Improve Lives of the Elderly
New York is listening to its older residents, motivated by good intentions and economic strategy.