Scientists, once again, point to those who have an optimistic outlook on life as being the people who age best. Dr Stefanie Brassen, the new study's author, said that successful aging came down to "the positivity effect".
Onlookers cheered rescuers as they pulled a 101-year-old man from beneath the ruins of his house where he was buried for a week after the Nepal earthquake.
Snow brings out the child in this grandmother who wants to celebrate her 85th birthday making snow angels- she just needed help getting down there.
This angel takes donations of leftover flowers and gives anonymous bouquets of love to patients and the elderly.
Seventy students "heart-bombed" an 86-year-old woman's yard to thank her for waving to them every day for years on their way to school.
Musicians from across the UK lined up for a chance to jam with this elderly piano player – even his old bandmates are back for a reunion show.
If you're ever self-conscious about hitting the gym, just remember these 5 seniors who weren't afraid to kick some butt, no matter how old they looked.
Living nearly a century, this lady never got to be an engineer, but one wish came true–and tugged at heart strings–a personal tour from the engineers at Google.
We can't stop smiling, hearing Mary Ann's fits of giggles when she opens up her holiday gift featuring the muscle-bound civil servants of Indiana.
This 77-yr-old grandmother is making her neighborhood a better place because she doesn't back down from trouble.
When given a free shopping spree, this 99-yr-old woman loaded her cart not with Christmas trinkets for herself, but with gifts for needy kids.
This 81-yr-old grandmother chugged four beers and ran a mile in just over 20 minutes to become the oldest finisher ever at the Beer Mile World Championship.
Ornaments, candy canes, Christmas lights, wreaths, and carols – all that to get Natalie Conkel back in the holiday spirit.
An emergency can depend on how you look at things and these cops are looking good after their response to a lonely couple in their 90s.
After her husband of 67 years passed away and a cancerous mass appeared in her stomach, Norma made a life-changing decision: hit the road.
Today a kind act touched two people's lives at an elderly home. My wife made two really special floral bouquets and we jumped in the car and drove them down to the home.
For years, Tinney Davidson has nestled into a chair every morning in her sunny front window and waved to the high school teenagers as they walked to school -- and she would resume her energetic waving in the afternoon, on their walk home, bringing a smile to their lips even on their worst days. On Valentines Day last Friday, the 84 year-old woman in Comax, British Columbia received the surprise of her life when students escorted her to a school assembly organized with the sole goal of thanking her for her years of friendliness.
The owner of Fox's Pizza, Tom Wynkoop, who earned media attention in early January after he volunteered to deliver their medicines to any homebound residents during an extreme snow storm in Pennsylvania, received many donations in the mail from strangers who heard about the gesture. Wynkoop thought about positive avenues in which to distribute the money, and he chose the local Meals on Wheels program, which delivers hot meals to shut-ins. He then matched the donations, doubling the amount of the check to $2,000.
Grandmas, by their very nature, don't want trouble. But 81-year-old SuEllen Fried of Prairie Village, Kansas, has defied that stereotype and brought her sweet, soft touch to prisoners behind the razor-wire walls for over 30 years. I am addicted to personal transformation, she told CBS's Steve Hartman. Fried started coming to Lansing Correctional around 1980 for what she thought would be a little volunteer work, but ended up committed to these guys — for life.
For the last 25 years, the man known as Joe the Barber has been offering homeless people in Hartford, Connecticut free haircuts in the park. They walk away sporting a new look, but also with new pride. For payment? He'll take a hug.
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