Activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) are tasks that independent adults can do on their own. ADLs include feeding, getting dressed, bathing, toileting, ...

Independence is a precious commodity that only increases in value as you age. When you’re no longer able to complete routine tasks and activities, such as shopping for food, preparing meals or ...

For many people, as they age, the "little things" like buttoning a shirt, grabbing a jar from the pantry or remembering a morning pill, start to feel like major hurdles.

Dear Carol: My mom was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. While she’s pretty normal now other than some short-term memory loss and occasional confusion, I want to be prepared to help her as she ...

Social frailty — when a person lacks social resources to support their health — is high among older adults living with HIV/AIDS, according to a new study that identified risk factors linked to it.

Medicare beneficiaries who are Black or Latino are more likely than white beneficiaries to report difficulty with two or more activities of daily living (ADLs), a new report has found. The report’s ...

Black and/or Latino Medicare beneficiaries are more likely than white beneficiaries to report difficulty managing activities of daily living (ADLs), according to a databook released by ATI Advisory ...