On Friday, U.S. health officials announced that information on health-related issues can be sent to seniors from their private health insurance providers, as long as the members were allowed to opt out of receiving the communications. The announcement has led to the closing of the investigation into Humana, a major insurance company that was allegedly trying to scare seniors with a mailer claiming that, under Obama's health care reform plan, the members would lose important health benefits.

Recently nursing home abuse and the incidents of nursing home malpractice have promted the state governments to take serous actions to protect the rights of the elderly people residing in nursing homes. Today Connecticut Governor Rell signed a bill enhancing rights of Nursing Home residents. The law prohibits homes from requiring donations and gifts from Medicaid patients as a basis for admission or extended stay.

Hospice isn’t a place. It’s a type of care that focuses on living; living as fully as possible, up until the end of life. Hospice provides many health care services, reports the story published in today's eMaxHealth.

Under the leadership of Dr. Pamela Jenkins, Professor of Sociology, The University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO-CHART) has been conducting applied research on elderly evacuation.

May is Older Americans Month, a time when the spotlight is on the nation's aging population – a population that includes millions of baby boomers who are preparing to reach retirement age in 2011.

How should you eat as you get older? Which foods are likely to keep you most healthy and which ones should you limit? Is it possible to eat well and stay within a healthy weight? These and other questions are addressed in "Eating Well as You Get Older," the latest topic to be added to NIHSeniorHealth, the health and wellness Web site developed by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), both part of the National Institutes of Health.

Researchers say that the work force in today's health care system is too small and not prepared to handle the necessary care that the baby boomers will need as they turn 65 in 2030. Experts, knowledgeable about the matter, say higher pay for the health care workers, more training, and changes in patient care delivery are needed to avert the health care crisis for the baby boomers.

The program by the National Institute of Aging hopes that the smartphone technology should improve compliance with taking prescription drugs for the elderly and disease management.

Drug costs have been increasing during 2007, especially those mainly prescribed to elderly.

Spousal refusal, an increasingly popular way for elderly couples to qualify for Medicaid coverage to avoid nursing-home costs, has been painted by critics as an abuse of public funds.

The Village at Gordon House, an assisted living facility located in Orange County, Virginia, has introduced a new bed-and-breakfast standard of living for the elderly. Less than a two-hour drive from Washington, D.C., the facility is nestled among antebellum homes in historic Gordonsville, in close proximity to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia.