Robert Browning’s quote ‘Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be’ is a timeless lesson on love, ageing, lifelong companionship and hope for the future.

Many people view aging with aversion, seeing it as something to fight rather than a natural part of life. Philosopher Simone de Beauvoir suggests old age is to be contrasted with life, not death.

Noah, my younger brother, does not talk. Nor can he dress himself, prepare a meal for himself or wipe himself. He is a 42-year-old man, balding, gaunt, angry and, literally, crazy. And having spent 15 ...

It’s hard to talk too much about John Lennon‘s “Grow Old with Me” without referencing the tragedy that rendered the song’s heartfelt wishes an impossibility for Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono. Let’s ...

A FERRIS wheel ride captures my feeling about senior citizens. Rising above a quiet ascent atop the city lights. As the wheel ...

Growing up and growing old are two of the most significant experiences and achievements of human consciousness that become more challenging as the aging process gets underway. First, there is the ...

This is not a review of the research literature on aging. It’s a report of one aging person about the experience of growing older. Often, elderly people don’t want to discuss the intimate details of ...

Sometimes when I can’t sleep, I put the Twitter app back on my phone and scroll aimlessly. I’m trying to hurt my own feelings, and I’m always successful. I want something to hate, I want someone to be ...

Windsor and Maidenhead has been named England’s best place to grow old, according to the new Growing Old Index created by Health Connect for The Sunday Times. The royal borough, just a short trip from ...

The old men and women in Stacy Torres’s new book, At Home in the Big City: Growing Old in Urban America, (UC Press; $29.95), are not like the original members of the Grey Panthers, the organization ...