Aging

Many seniors on a fixed-income are struggling with rising health care, rental and food prices. But accessing programs that could offset those costs are often tough to navigate. One Arizona organization was recently awarded a grant to guide older adults.

ICE has released a 79-year-old Cuban woman from the Eloy Detention Center, after she spent nine months there. Julia Benitez suffers from dementia and was known inside the detention center as "la abuela," or the grandmother.

The shingles vaccine is really good at preventing shingles. But new research suggests it may also be really good at preventing other ailments, like dementia and cardiovascular disease.

Two new clinical trials aimed at treating Alzheimer’s disease are starting up at Barrow Neurological Institute.

Aging in Arizona isn’t cheap, but still less than the national median. On average, Arizonans will shell out about $4,800 a month for assisted living and $5,400 for memory care.

Barrow Neurological Institute researchers observed subtle changes in driving patterns — like taking fewer trips — followed by an uptick in unsafe driving like hard-breaking and crashes.

Researchers at ASU are studying how technology could help older adults who are living alone with cognitive decline.

Late last year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid repealed parts of the Biden Administration’s nursing home staffing requirements. Now, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined a coalition of other AGs in filing a letter challenging the decision.

Many Arizona seniors live in rural parts of the state, and accessing a food bank can be difficult — if not impossible — for those who are homebound. Now, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly co-sponsored a bipartisan bill that would establish a pilot program to deliver food boxes to rural, homebound seniors.

When you hear the name Terry Goddard, you may think of his legacy as Phoenix’s former mayor or as Arizona’s attorney general. But Goddard was, until recently, a caregiver for a close family relative.