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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- It’s been driving Sheila Capell crazy: Her phone keeps saying her iCloud is full and she needs to click on a link and pay up. Now.

“What is the iCloud?” Capell, 83, asked during a recent get-together at her retirement community in West Boca. “They keep sending me messages that they’re going to eliminate my ...Read more

People who regularly speak multiple languages age more slowly on average, a study using data from more than 86,000 adults in 27 European countries found.

Published in the journal Nature Aging, an international team led by Agustin Ibañez of Trinity College Dublin matched participants’ chronological ages with biological data and behavioral ...Read more

BOSTON -- Are you constantly looking at your watch or phone to check your step count as you strive to hit 10,000 steps a day?

Well, a new Mass General Brigham study shows that only 4,000 steps one or two days a week can lead to health benefits for a senior population.

Older women who took 4,000 steps on just one or two days per week had a 27% ...Read more

Dear Toni,

As a certified case manager and critical care unit RN, I advise adult children who are seeking help for a parent or spouse who is having end-of-life issues. Those who have serious health care issues should be offered every option for proper planning with end-of-life care, especially hospice!

Can you explain hospice and respite care ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — They were forgotten amid the frantic evacuation of two senior care facilities, according to state investigators, leaving the elderly women in immediate danger as the smoke and flames of the Eaton fire drew closer.

In two reports published recently by the California Department of Social Services, investigators describe the ...Read more

Many were shocked by the news of screen legend Diane Keaton’s death this fall. Known for her bubbly personality and timeless influence on film and fashion, Keaton was an enduring presence in Hollywood. Even more startling was the cause of her death: pneumonia.

The bacterial lung infection is widely recognized as dangerous — yet few people ...Read more

LONDON — Many of us attribute gradual weight gain in middle age and beyond to a slow metabolism, but to what extent is this assumption true?

In a world flooded with health advice and ever-changing diet trends, we consulted Matyas Fehervari, consultant bariatric surgeon at Nuffield Health in the UK, who works extensively with metabolic issues,...Read more

Toni:

I need your help! I have discovered that my mother, Sarah, who is 67, never enrolled in Medicare Part B or a Part D prescription drug plan when she turned 65. She enrolled in Medicare Part A, which doesn’t have a premium, so that she could pay her monthly bills. A friend told my mother that if she did not go to the doctor, my mother ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Sandee Althouse walked into a Silver Lake gift shop dressed in an almost austere, simple black dress, her curly black hair graying at the temples. She carried herself like an older and accomplished, if somewhat serious, woman — but with a twist. Both of her arms were covered in freshly-inked tattoos, her left arm still wrapped ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Sandee Althouse walked into a Silver Lake gift shop dressed in an almost austere, simple black dress, her curly black hair graying at the temples. She carried herself like an older and accomplished, if somewhat serious, woman — but with a twist. Both of her arms were covered in freshly-inked tattoos, her left arm still wrapped ...Read more

NEW YORK — Seeking to curry favor with a constituency that has been somewhat skeptical of him, Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani participated in a watercolor painting class with older New Yorkers at a senior center in Brooklyn on Thursday.

His outreach effort received a mixed response.

“He sounds very impressive, but it’s ...Read more

Hello, Toni:

You helped me sign up for a Medicare Supplement Plan G and a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan; both plans started January 2021. These two plans have served me well so far.

I just received information that my current Part D plan will no longer cover the Humira that I take twice a month as an injection for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Salomon Delgado is one of Santa Monica's hottest yoga instructors.

He's 93 years old.

What?

Let me reiterate: In a city obsessed with youth and brimming with lithe fitness instructors in Lululemon-wear and wireless headsets, a 24 Hour Fitness gym has a secret weapon in Delgado. The nonagenarian yogi has been teaching there for...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Salomon Delgado is one of Santa Monica's hottest yoga instructors.

He's 93 years old.

What?

Let me reiterate: In a city obsessed with youth and brimming with lithe fitness instructors in Lululemon-wear and wireless headsets, a 24 Hour Fitness gym has a secret weapon in Delgado. The nonagenarian yogi has been teaching there for...Read more

Dear Toni,

My husband recently fell from a ladder, shattered his hip and broke his right leg. After having emergency surgery, Jim is having a stay in a skilled nursing facility for his rehab to learn how to walk on his repaired hip.

A friend recently had a skilled nursing stay and was billed more than expected because she did not have the ...Read more