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Twenty states, including Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska and Kansas, have joined a lawsuit suing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services over a nursing home staffing requirement.

Patients and their caregivers are often left to navigate the confusing world of dementia by themselves, but Medicare is launching a new program to change that.

Seniors who are hospitalized with even a minor illness or injury are at risk of something called hospital-acquired disability. This puts them at risk of a downward spiral that could eventually land them in the hospital or a nursing home.

Indiana ranks as one of the worst states in the country for helping older people decide where they want to age -- at home or in a nursing facility.

As Indiana works to make sure older adults get the COVID-19 vaccination, local agencies on aging are helping register seniors and get the word out about mobile vaccination offerings.

Family members of older Hoosiers who they say have been taken advantage of urged lawmakers to better protect seniors.

This weeks Mid-America Institute on Aging and Wellness conference in southern Indiana focuses attention on the problem that continues to rise.

In the U.S. last year, the median age for domestic farmers, ranchers and other agricultural managers was 56.4 years old.

In 2017, some 63,000 children were in the care of grandparents; thats 6% of kids statewide. And of those grandparents, 38% were age 60 or older.

Loneliness can lead to cognitive and physical decline. This is especially an issue in rural America, where older adults tend to be more isolated.