A major new Series on health and ageing, published in "The Lancet", warns that unless health systems find effective strategies to address the problems faced by an ageing world population, the growing burden of chronic disease will greatly affect the quality of life of older people.

One-in-three patients in skilled nursing facilities suffered a medication error, infection or some other type of harm related to their treatment, according to a government report released today that underscores the widespread nature of the country’s patient harm problem.

For ISHN readers with age 60+ parents still alive, a new report to the Council on Contemporary Families by New York University researchers Eric Klinenberg, Stacy Torres, and Elena Portacolone finds the unprecedented movement of the elderly toward solo living.