Aging Issues:
Mom & Dad Growing Old

Chuck Quirmbach begins our series with a look at the changing financial picture faced by today's retirees...

As Catherine Brand reports – it’s just one way older couples and singles are staying heart-healthy in their golden years...

When a person dies, or goes into a nursing home, he or she often leaves behind a house full of everyday items that, collectively, formed the backdrop of their lives.

Family members must figure out what to do with the furniture, dishes, and photographs. And that can be tricky. How to disperse an estate without creating bad feelings? Patty Murray reports...

The keys to a car represent independence and freedom for most seniors. The ability to drive to the mall, the doctor, a restaurant, or wherever, is a basic necessity.

But what happens when a senior driver should NOT get behind the wheel? The answer can be hard on families. Mary Jo Wagner has some insight into the problems of senior driving...

Many people have taken in parents with Alzheimers – at great financial and emotional expense. For this installment of our Aging series, Brian Bull spent a day with a Baby Boomer whose mother has Alzheimers ...and prepared this report....

Recent surveys find as many as ten percent of elderly patients admitted to hospitals show signs of alcohol abuse. But the problem is likely much larger because seniors are often skilled at disguising their drinking until a fall or some other medical emergency reveals it.

For the adult children of aging alcoholics dealing with their parents drinking can be a heart wrenching experience. Gil Halsted examines the problem...

While the American culture embraces youth, it shuns talk about dying. But it is a fact of life in that it happens to everyone.

We conclude our Wisconsin Public Radio series on aging with this report from Mike Simonson on a family in Superior helping their dying dad...