Most people are aware of the Sex Offender Registry — a publicly-available list of convicted sex offenders. What if there was a similar list for people who’ve been convicted ...

By some estimates, financial abuse costs elderly Americans $37 billion each year. But swindlers could soon face stricter punishment for defrauding the elderly. A recent bill in the ...

Most elderly people prefer to remain in their home rather than live in nursing homes. But which setting leads to better outcomes? And how do the costs compare? A study published in ...

Elder financial abuse is a growing epidemic in the United States, and some populations are more vulnerable than you might expect. One such population: farmers, who are typically older ...

As Asia’s aging population moves out of the workforce and into retirement, the continent’s governments are scrambling to develop policies to address the ensuing economic pressures. More ...

In Minnesota, a newly-formed group is trying to determine if video cameras can help prevent elder abuse in long-term care settings. The group includes elected officials, legal experts ...

The cloudy deficiency histories of troubled Alabama nursing homes just became much clearer. The Alabama State Department of Public Health passed a new rule last month that mandates ...

Australia has launched a national inquiry requesting that elderly people who’ve faced abuse share their stories to raise awareness of elder abuse amid a campaign to investigate and ...

A draft version of the Democratic Party’s official platform makes it a priority to protect various retirement benefits – public and private defined benefit pensions and Social Security ...

An 86-year-old ex-Marine suffering from dementia was freed last week after being held captive in a motel room for four years. He reportedly survived on approximately one bowl of cereal ...