seniors

The arrangement is meant to house the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who are aging and declining in numbers. It also aims to provide the support single mothers need to be successful in college.

According to a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation, the state-run veterans home in Union Grove facility has received over 50 citations and racked up over $200,000 in fines. Daphne Chen, a data and investigative reporter, and John Diedrich, an investigative reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, share more.

Growing older isn’t easy. Aging can bring on a host of issues, not least of which is bigotry. Ageism is a pervasive issue that is so baked into our culture, it can be difficult to spot. Jen Kahn-Pettigrew is working to change these attitudes.

The snow depth in Milwaukee is now the deepest it's been in about 20 years — as snow shovelers with sore backs or shoulders can well attest. In most…

Efforts to immunize people 65 and older against COVID-19 are stepping up this week in Wisconsin. Tuesday, the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee will…

Lots of people are isolating themselves these days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But isolation and loneliness have long been concerns for some seniors as…

Less intrusive monitoring of seniors may be coming to more nursing homes. That's one of the technologies being refined at a newly remodeled building at…

A lot of aging adults fight to stay in their homes. A new pilot program in Sheboygan would allow seniors to do just that. But, many are leaving the offer…

According to the AARP, at least 90 percent of people in a recent survey say they want to age in their own home. But sometimes health and mobility issues…

The old saying goes that nothing is certain but death and taxes. We can add another certainty to that list: our muscles will weaken and even atrophy as we…