Aging

In his new book, an essayist shares his ups and downs, fears and joys while living through his ninth decade. And a sexagenarian describes how breaking boards saved her life.

River to River host Ben Kieffer speaks with neuroscientist Dan Levitin about his latest book "Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives"

The number of active COVID-19 outbreaks in Iowa nursing homes soared to a record 114 Thursday, putting thousands of vulnerable Iowans at risk of getting sick or dying of the virus. The extremely high rate of community spread in Iowa is making it very difficult to protect Iowans who live in nursing homes.

It’s been more than six months since many Iowans living in nursing homes spent time with their spouse, children or grandchildren in person. And as nursing homes are staying locked down indefinitely to try to protect residents from COVID-19, social isolation is a growing concern.

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…

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…