Aging

A group of Illinois State University faculty members are working on the research and development of physical spaces and social practices that foster relationships between people of different generations.

Dorothy Stewart's most recent skydive earlier this month was in her adopted home of South Carolina in honor of her 91st birthday.

Chris Wellin, an expert on aging from Illinois State University, said the U.S. needs to better support, fund, and integrate paid caregiving, even for those families who seek to carry much of the responsibility themselves.

The senior advocacy group AARP says Illinois’ unsung and unpaid family caregivers deserve a new type of financial assistance from the state.

Too often, the conversation turns too quickly to whether an aging parent should move into a long-term care facility, said Susan Real, executive director of the Bloomington-based East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging.

Westminster Village is planning for the completion of its $62 million renovation campaign.CEO Barb Nathan said the retirement community is on track for…

The Illinois Department of Public Health has fined a Bloomington nursing home $25,000 for letting a 49-year-old woman with dementia wander away from the…

Medical and social service providers for McLean County’s older residents say many people over 55 will struggle far more than their parents because they’ll…

Bloomington-Normal has a gap in services to the dying. It has no residential hospice facility where people can receive 24-hour care at the end of life.…