Santa for Seniors organizers need another 20 sponsors or so to bring cheer to everyone on their list.

A sometimes forgotten segment of the population is area senior citizens.

Billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates has pledged around $100 million in the fight against brain-wasting diseases, earmarking half of that for start-ups researching treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

The caregiving crunch is here.

Already, 40 million Americans are providing care to an adult family member or friend, most often to an aging parent or spouse. As the massive baby-boomer generation hits their 70s, the demand for family caregiving will skyrocket—and it’s poised to become America’s biggest off-the-books industry.

If you're counting on Medicare to cover your healthcare costs after you turn 65, you may be in for a nasty financial surprise that could derail your retirement.

Will you hit your magic number?

It’s the financial question that worries just about everyone—whether you’ll have enough money to support yourself comfortably after you stop working. By the time you’re a few years away from retirement, this concern grows into a primary stressor. And numbers of all kinds, from surveys of savers’ attitudes to reviews of their actual account balances, suggest that the majority of Americans are right to be worried.

Georgia is anticipating a sizable increase in people living with Alzheimer’s by 2025, in part, due to the state’s growing appeal as a retirement destination.

One of the major benefits of Medicare is its coverage of hospitalization. However, if you are admitted to a hospital as a Medicare patient, the hospital may try to discharge you before you are ready.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee officials tell WATE-TV in Knoxville that they are aware of the growing problem of a shortage of caregivers across the state, and trying to address it.

Local military retirees received a big thank you from Fort Rucker when the post hosted its 43rd annual retiree health fair Friday.