Tallying the Cost of Growing Older

Researchers have been studying how much care American adults will require as they age, and for how long.

Long Hours, Low Pay, Loneliness and a Booming Industry

The ranks of home health aides are expected to grow more than any other job in the next decade. What kind of work are they being asked to do?

Opinion | Home Care Keeps Me Alive. It Should Be Fully Funded.

Most Americans want to stay at home when they’re sick or aging. The U.S. should make it possible.

More Than 80 Percent of Seniors Are Vaccinated. That’s ‘Not Safe Enough.’

The older cohort had a head start on getting immunized against Covid-19, but too many remain unprotected, experts say.

Opinion | What I’ve Learned Over a Lifetime of Caring for the Dying

As a doctor who cares for the dying, I know that direct-care aides are invaluable to patients and their families. We need to honor the work they do.

For Older Adults, Home Care Has Become Harder to Find

Staffing shortages have long plagued the home care industry. But the pandemic has intensified the problem.

To Keep Their Son Alive, They Sleep in Shifts. And Hope a Nurse Shows Up.

A nursing shortage — driven by the pandemic — has made life miserable for parents with profoundly disabled children. “What if I’m so exhausted that I make a mistake?”

Opinion | Will Congress Abandon America’s Seniors?

Republicans are right that elder care only loosely counts as infrastructure. But something must be done about it.

Family Caregivers Feel the Pandemic’s Weight

Early studies reveal the toll that lockdowns, isolation and stress have taken on those who care for older Americans.