WATCH: New film shows elderly's memory for music
VIDEO - Neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks is making a film about how patients in a nursing home react to listening to their favorite music again...
Are Republican voters too old and too white?
theGRIO REPORT - The Republican primaries have drawn an electorate that is much older and less ethnically-diverse than the rest of the country, exit polls in key states show...
WATCH: 81-year-old wins $336 million lottery
VIDEO - An 81-year-old woman from Newport won last month's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot, sleeping with the winning ticket in her Bible until coming forward to claim the sixth-largest U.S. prize on Tuesday...
Study: African-Americans die up to 8 years sooner
From the Baltimore Sun -- Overall, the life-expectancy gap nationwide seems to be narrowing slightly, according to researchers, but it continues to vary widely by state...
Black seniors twice as likely as whites to be in poverty
Some 19.4 percent of black and 19.0 percent of Latino seniors have incomes below the federal poverty line, compared to 9.4 percent for the senior population overall...
Inmates over the age of 55 more than doubled since 1995
NEW YORK (AP) - The latest available figures from 2010 show that 8 percent of the prison population -- 124,400 inmates -- was 55 or older, compared to 3 percent in 1995, according to a report being released Friday by Human Rights Watch...
Nicotine helps memory in elderly non-smokers
theGRIO REPORT - A study out tomorrow shows that nicotine patches may improve memory loss in older adults, even non-smokers. Memory, concentration and thinking skills were observed over a six-month period...
US wealth gap between young and old is widest ever
WASHINGTON (AP) - The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday...
Is there 'white flight' from US nursing homes?
theGRIO REPORT - Minority elders are more frequently becoming nursing home residents compared to whites, a new study has revealed...
Many black seniors not getting flu shots
BROWN (US) - African-American nursing home residents are less likely to get flu shots than whites, even within the same facility, according to a new study.
