January 2014 - New Old Age at the New York Times

The Policy Lapsed, but No One Knew

The price of long-term care insurance? Eternal vigilance. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 31 2014 11:47 AM by The New Old Age

Filed under: Finances & Legalities, elder care, Long-Term Care Insurance, State Legislatures

A Decision Deferred: Turning Off the Pacemaker

Few older adults with pacemakers and defibrillators have thought about when the devices should be deactivated. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 29 2014 9:37 AM by The New Old Age

Filed under: End-of-Life Care, pacemakers, elder care, Life-Sustaining Support Systems, Withdrawal Of, Ethics (Institutional), Defibrillators

The Older Mind May Just Be a Fuller Mind

It’s not so much that the mental faculties of older people are rapidly declining, it's that their databases are fuller, a new study suggests. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 27 2014 12:27 PM by The New Old Age

Filed under: News & Research, memory, elder care, Alzheimer's Disease, Mind

The Company I Keep

My life is filling up with ghosts, and I don't want them gone. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 24 2014 3:08 PM by The New Old Age

Filed under: elder care, Death and Dying, Essay

When They Don’t Know They Are Ill

Frequently a result of dementia, anosognosia is the inability to recognize one's own impairment -- a phenomenon caregivers know too well. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 22 2014 10:52 AM by The New Old Age

Filed under: Medical Issues, dementia, elder care, Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Brain

A Risk in Caring for Abusive Parents

Perhaps unsurprisingly, people caring for abusive parents are more likely to have symptoms of depression, a new study finds. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 20 2014 12:04 PM by The New Old Age

Filed under: Family Relationships, elder care, Child Abuse and Neglect

Reader Comments in the New Design

How to find and submit comments in our new design. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 16 2014 12:55 PM by The New Old Age

Filed under: The New Old Age

An Osteoarthritis Primer

Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of disability in the United States. A Q & A with Dr. C. Thomas Vangsness Jr., co-author of "The New Science of Overcoming Arthritis." Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 16 2014 10:17 AM by The New Old Age

Filed under: Medical Issues, Arthritis, Joints (Body Part), Osteoarthritis