As Melvin Trotter faces execution today for a 1986 killing in Florida, his attorneys argue his intellectual disability has been long-documented.

Why age alone in financial hardship when you can enjoy companionship — and share the costs of housing, groceries and health care — with a small community of friends?

Living alone as a senior can feel empowering. It gives you freedom, quiet, and the comfort of your own routines. Many older ...

Several Long Islanders shared their strategies for living a full and engaged life at 80 and beyond. Despite being a widow, losing her daughter and surviving cancer, Goldstein remains independent. She ...

No two senior centers are alike. We visited three very different venues in L.A. to learn how they’re changing for ...

Most research on autism focuses on younger people, but some studies suggest older adults face increased risks — and perhaps ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with the 54-year-old curler, Rich Ruohonen, the oldest American Winter Olympian to ever compete ...

Americans who live alone are paying a five-figure "singles tax" amid rising rents around the nation, a new analysis finds. Data from Zillow shows that the typical apartment rent is currently $1,745 ...

Luis Cano, a 111-year-old Linden, New Jersey, resident, is believed to be the oldest man living in the United States, according to LongeviQuest. Born in Colombia in 1914, Cano served in the Colombian ...

For parents, leaving your kid home alone for the first time can open up an array of new anxieties, even if it’s only for a short period of time. One’s mind might wander to an ‘Home Alone’ scenario ...

The latest U.S. Census data shows Nancy Guthrie was living in the most common situation for U.S. women 75 and older: alone.