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When Dan Callahan, a public relations professional from Missouri, learned in 2003 that the Medicaid qualifications were going to get tougher, he and his two siblings took their 83-year-old mother to an accountant who specialized in elder and estate law to find out how they could comply. Callahan...

Former White House reporter Helen Thomas' rant against Israel was more than a "senior moment," but the forced retirement of the 89-year-old is a lesson in what the future of the American workforce could look like. Not that more elderly workers will be telling people where to live in a racist...

The Obama Administration has begun mailing checks to seniors hitting the "donut hole" in their Medicare prescription drug coverage. The help for seniors to cover the gap is part of the health-care reforms Congress passed earlier this year.

There are cell phones and computer tech support for the elderly, and now a computer designed for grandparents -- the GO Computer that is clearly aimed at Baby Boomers and the elderly who don't know much about computers and are willing to pay a lot extra for help. But at $879 for the computer and a...

Poverty among the elderly is now nearly twice the normal rate. Traditionally, 10 percent of Americans over age 65 live below the poverty line, but the National Academy of Science has developed a new formula it hopes will replace the current nor, which has been in use for around 50 years -- and the...

While the supposed "death panels" that would decide whether granny lives or dies have grabbed headlines recently, it seems that the public furor that they have generated may be the least of concerns for health care reformers. More troublesome for President Obama is the fact that a persistent...

At least one industry is growing in this lousy economy: In-home health care for the elderly. And where an industry grows, there are usually jobs that grow with it. Homewatch CareGivers, a franchise based in Colorado that serves all ages, announced record-setting growth for 2008 with domestic sales...

Based on increasing reports that our elders are committing more crimes, it seems that Grandma can't be trusted anymore. The Buffalo News reports that a 61 year old, former church business officer is scheduled to be sentenced for bilking her church out of over a quarter million dollars. What's worse...

Just when you think there is insurance for everything, Commemorative Life Insurance has come out with, "AfterThoughts Birthday Insurance" which will provide birthday cards and cash to your lovely little grandchildren even after you have left this world. The program is a whole life insurance policy...

A piece in today's New York Times looks at Robert J. Pyle, a 73-year old retired aerospace engineer who lost everything giving gifts to people he thought were his friends and then sold his house at a steep discount to its value to the first person who made an offer when he needed money. Now he's...