As an older adult, you may be experiencing new health concerns, adjusting to retirement, or even processing the loss of a loved one.

Many older adults go through major life changes that could make them more vulnerable to depression.

Maybe you’ve noticed that your mom has lost significant weight.

When you speak to your dad, does he seem unusually short?

Depression is a true and treatable medical condition, not a normal part of aging. However older adults are at an increased risk

Feeling down every once in a while is a normal part of life, but if these feelings last a few weeks or months

Kendra could tell that her father was suffering. He’d dropped several pounds in the last few months

Have you lost interest in the activities you used to enjoy? Do you struggle with feelings of helplessness and hopelessness

By 2030 more people in the United States will be older than age sixty-five than younger than age five.

Studies show that mental decline is not an inevitable part of ageing. People who lead intellectually stimulating lives are more likely to be free of dementia conditions like Alzheimer's disease.

The number of older adults worldwide is rising, along with an increase in age-related memory decline. Researchers have long sought ways to prevent or reverse memory impairment. They’ve been able to pinpoint specific brain circuits and networks that underlie learning and memory. But effective and lasting interventions to improve memory have remained elusive.

Cognitive health — the ability to clearly think, learn, and remember — is an important component of performing everyday activities. Cognitive health is just one aspect of overall brain health.

Although recent years have seen a marked positive shift in terms of mental health awareness and public attitudes toward mental illness, mental health issues in older adults are still all too often overlooked, undiagnosed, or seen as taboo by some people.

Nearly all U.S. adults over 65 have some mental health coverage through Medicare. Whether that coverage is sufficient is in question. Comparing mental health care access and affordability for U.S. Medicare beneficiaries with that for older adults

The COVID-19 pandemic created shutdowns, stay-at-home orders and event hiatuses. Though few of us were unaffected by the impacts, it seems some demographics may have experienced higher levels of loneliness due to social isolation than others.

In January 2023, the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging (NPHA) asked a national sample of U.S. adults age 50–80 questions about loneliness (measured by their feelings of isolation and lack of companionship) and their social interactions.

Good nutrition helps fuel both mind and body. People who eat a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts and plant-based proteins are less likely to develop dementia.