New research suggests that caring for grandchildren may help grandparents maintain memory and language skills as they age.

Grandparents who help care for grandkids performed better on memory and verbal tests in a recent study. Grandmothers in ...

An estimated 7 out of 10 people will require long-term care in their lifetime, according to a report from Health and Human Services. About 38 million family caregivers in the U.S. provide unpaid care ...

Medicare offers help for caregivers of dementia patients but getting the word out has not been easy. People who work in dementia care are trying to build awareness of a Medicare benefit of $2,500 to ...

The region is among the fastest-aging in the country, with more than half of Bay Area residents expected to be over 50 by 2050, according to estimates from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

Two years after moving back to her home state of Florida to become the primary caregiver for her elderly dad, Theresa Wilbanks looked in the mirror one day and didn’t even recognize herself. “Dad and ...

Small businesses can sometimes feel like families—but data show that right now many workers’ actual families are demanding more care.

People living longer and in poor health has become a costly trend. An estimated 7 out of 10 people will require long-term care in their lifetime. The median cost for a private room in a nursing home ...