It’s hard to overstate the scale of what’s coming: the latest federal budget deal could trigger the deepest cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in its 50-year history, with a ...

Poverty is on the rise among the oldest Americans. The number of people 65 and older who were experiencing poverty increased by nearly 1 million between 2020 and 2021, according to the U.S. Census ...

As we age, our nutritional needs shift. Seniors need fewer calories than they did in their younger years, but their need for essential nutrients actually increases. Eating the right foods can help ...

Exercise, diet and nutritional interventions seem to have a preventive effect on the progression of sarcopenia. 8 9 However, nutritional interventions are sparse and equivocal due to the low number of ...

New research led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that the depth of social networks that older adults ...

The Senate’s draft budget bill would cut Medicaid for older adults more deeply than the House version. It would scrap a Biden-era minimum staffing rule for nursing homes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an updated report indicating there continues to be a rise in older Americans dying from unintentional falls. According to the CDC's data, 69.9 ...

33. Vanderwall C, Tangney C, Kwasny M, Gustashaw K. Examination of circulating folate levels as a reflection of folate intakes among older adult supplement users and nonusers in the National health ...

Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, according to a new federal report published Wednesday, with white people accounting for the vast majority of the deaths.

Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, according to a new federal report published Wednesday, with white people accounting for the vast majority of the deaths.