Financial abuse is the second most common form of maltreatment of older people, and the economic downturn may be aggravating the situation.

'I like fat. There's no fat on the blessed meat now.' So said Audrey Duthie when asked the secret to living a long life.

Gillian Marie says we must take action to ensure seniors are not denied their right to quality care.

Geoff Harper asks whether we are warehousing our elderly for profit.

Vintage TV, which is due to begin broadcasting in September, is aimed at the over-fifties.

A range of factors lie behind actress Gwyneth Paltrow's bone-wasting condition osteopenia.

About 68,000 New Zealanders aged over 40 already have glaucoma and the number is likely to increase as the population ages and people live longer.

Homeless woman found on the streets of Honolulu is believed to be the granddaughter of a chief who signed the Treaty of Waitangi.

Kiwi women are applying makeup that contains potentially toxic materials which have been removed from stores overseas.

An elderly man who criticised a mobility scooter theft was surprised to discover he was the one who had taken it.