Have you noticed your vision changing as you age? Do you need brighter light to do close-up work? Are you having difficulty reading or are you struggling with blurry vision? Loss of eyesight is a common concern for older adults. And there is no greater concern than the all-too-common risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). 

Are you struggling with persistent joint pain and worried that it might be something more serious? You’re not alone. Joint pain can be a sign of rheumatoid arthritis, a common condition that affects 1.5 million Americans.

You’re probably aware that high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, can be dangerous, increasing your risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, eye problems, and heart failure. But what exactly causes high blood pressure in older adults? And why does it increase with age?

When relocating to an age-friendly community, it’s well worth weighing the “Five P's”

As the saying goes, age is just a number. What matters is how you feel as you age, inside and out. If you feel pretty good on both counts as the years go by, consider yourself aging well.

To wrap up this series, we sum up your answers to the one question asked most widely on this site: what makes a particular town or city age-friendly? We hope this piece helps readers assess and review the towns and cities you each call home. As always, let us know if you have anything to add in the comments below.

In this episode of Aging Insights TV, which comes to us from New Jersey, we learn about how organizers in two states-- New Jersey and Arizona-- are making their states more age friendly.   Prepare to be enticed into jumping on the bandwagon :)

Have you lost a loved one during covid and struggled to find ways to grieve while separated from family?  Like tens of thousands of older Americans, Jeanne has found herself in the challenging position of navigating the processes of grieving and adapting to life on her own within the unique constraints of the covid world. 

If you had a magic wand and could make your city, town, or neighborhood desirable, productive, resilient, transcendent, what would it look like and how would it feel? What is a good place for children, for work, for shopping, for health, for fun, for aging?

Remember when Zoom conjured up a zip code:  Oh two ONE three FOUR sung brightly on a PBS television program?

Today Zoom virtual meetings convene samaritans who share ways to connect zip codes to critical services that may be lacking due to COVID19.