Aging

The Iowa Department of Public Health has notified nursing homes that it will not help them adhere to new federal requirements to frequently test all staff members for coronavirus.

While her peers were renting their first post-grad apartments, Kari Grindberg was moving into a different residence -- a senior living community in Pella,…

COVID-19 has killed close to 90,000 Americans, about 80% of whom are people 65-years-old or older. For many older people, it’s a scary time, a sad time…

On this edition of River to River, Ben Kieffer speaks with renowned neuroscientist Dan Levitin about his new book "Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist…

Dr. Francois Abboud describes his coming to the United States as serendipitous.In 1955, as a young up and coming doctor in Egypt, he had little knowledge…

A fire has heavily damaged a nearly-completed assisted living facility in northwest Iowa. The project aims to fill an assisted living shortage in the…

This program originally aired on August 31, 2017.In under three years, Mike Glenn went from needing glasses to complete vision loss. In this Talk of…

Iowa’s chief watchdog for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities is giving Gov. Reynolds a candid evaluation for a new system…

Iowa came out near the top in the current national rankings in Caring.com's new survey "Best and Worst States to Grow Old."  But retiring in Iowa is not…

Growing old brings challenges. Some of them are harder than others. "The hardest thing I had to adjust to was having my teeth in a glass of water next to…