This Teen And Her 82-yo Grandpa Are Going to College Together
This hard-working grandpa has been interested in economics since the 1950s – now, he's back at school to get a degree with his granddaughter Melanie.
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Kids Learn Compassion From 'Grandma In The Window' (WATCH)
A 93-yo lady has been waving to students riding their school bus every day for five years, until her recent illness–which ended up drawing them closer.
103-yr-old Dressed Like Wonder Woman Volunteers 5 Days A Week
At 103-years-old, Mary Cotter is definitely one of the oldest living superheroes around.
This Doctor Broke The Law To Engineer a Better Nursing Home, And the Death Rate Plummeted
It only took one physician's hunch to create a whole new way of caring for our seniors worldwide—and the results are dramatic.
How Philosophy Can Solve Your Midlife Crisis
Most people have trouble staring down their own midlife crises – but this MIT professor has found an easy way to do it.
Once in a Lifetime Cast-Keaton, Bergen and Fonda-in Fun Film About Sex in the Golden Years
A new film premiering next week starring Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen aims to stir up new romantic feelings in people over 60.
99-year-old Woman Sews a Dress for an African Child Every Single Day
98-year-old Lillian Weber sews dresses by hand for small children in Africa from her farm house in Iowa every single day.
Nonprofit Lifts Spirits of Lonely Seniors, Logging More Than 1 Million Phone Calls
For isolated seniors who don't get many visitors, a phone call can make all the difference in the world, and one nonprofit has dialed 1.6 million times.
Take Her Clue on How to Age With Grace: Do the Things That Make You Happy
Even though age restricts her body, she gloriously transports to her happy place, and takes those of us who are watching, right along with her.
The 'Extraordinary' Moment When a Teen Worker Agreed to Dance With Elderly Customer (WATCH)
A gas station in Canada employs a team that 'saves the world from the ordinary' every day-and an adorable moment caught on surveillance camera proves it.
What Are These Seniors Doing At a Skate Park? (WATCH)
Seniors need to keep their minds and bodies active, but no one expected to see folks from this Assisted Living Center show up at the local skateboard park.
When Blueberries and Grapes Are Combined, a Dramatic Decline in Memory Loss and Aging - Study
The research shows a dramatic improvement in subjects who ate blueberries and grapes together, rather than separately.
Ambulance Volunteers Have Granted Thousands of Senior Patients' Dying Wishes for Free
There are over 270 volunteer medical workers who facilitate the final wishes of hundreds of senior patients around the world every year.
90-Year-old Feels As Good As She's Ever Felt
Phyllis Sues says she is not aware of being almost 90 years old. I'm physically as good as I have ever felt and mentally even better. People ask her all the time what's her secret. She tells them to move -- every day.
Research Shows Our Happiness Steadily Increases Once We Pass 45
A new research study of people in the U.S. and UK shows that once we reach middle age, we start growing happier. The study analyzed the lifestyle and health of more than 10,000 people and found respondents reported better mental quality of life as they aged.
The World's Oldest Body-Building Grandma Shows Others How to be Healthy, Happy
She started body-building at age 71 and begins every day with a ten-mile run. At 75, this Baltimore grandmother has made it her mission to teach others how to to be healthy, happy and prosperous. Age is just a number, Miss Ernie tells the class at her church.
Dream Comes True After Coded Message Sent 60 Years Later
The story began on Martha's Vineyard where an 81-year-old mystery writer received a coded message in the mail. Cynthia wondered if it wasn't from the same man who sixty years earlier passed coded notes to her in a biology lab.
70-Year-old Finally Fulfills Dream of Trying On Wedding Dresses
Right after World War II, Ruth Crawford recalls, big weddings were a rarity for Americans. That's when she married the love of her life, but never got to wear a gorgeous dress. The 70-year-old widow still wished she had gotten to try on wedding dresses, when an organization called Second Wind Dreams came to her rescue.
Saskatoon Woman, 105, Delights in Polar Bear Wish Coming True
At age 105, Pauline Page is still working on her bucket list, but she can now cross off a visit to see wild polar bears, reports the CBC.
French Hospital Opens Wine Bar to Cheer Up Terminally Ill
A hospital in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand is opening a wine bar where terminally ill patients will be able to enjoy a glass or two with their families, because they had the right to "enjoy themselves".
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