Aging

Seniors who are hospitalized with even a minor illness or injury are at risk of "hospital-acquired disability," which puts them at risk of rehospitalizations and a downward spiral that could eventually land them in a nursing home.

Erika Schwartz was born in a Jewish ghetto in Hungary in 1944, one day before Nazis sealed it off. Against all odds she and her mother survived the Holocaust, eventually moving to the United States.

Death cafés have spread across the globe over the last decade, including in Iowa. UNI professor Melinda Heinz hosts them in the Cedar Valley area, connecting generations through conversations about death in a nonjudgmental or partisan environment.

For some towns in rural Iowa, it's possible to shrink and yet still thrive.

A Washington Post reporter discusses his investigation into numerous cases of neglect at assisted living facilities around the country.

New proposed rules for nursing home staffing levels by the Biden administration elicited mixed reactions. Nursing home workers say they’re much needed and long overdue. But some Republican governors echo the long-term care industry’s concerns. They say the measures will push some facilities to shut down.

Iowa Senate Democrats are calling Republicans to hold a government oversight committee meeting on Iowa's nursing homes.

Also, Tom Ecker — under the pen name Tom Underwood — has created the now internationally syndicated Wuzzles Puzzles since the 1970s and has no plans of stopping.

Retirement can seem like an indefinite vacation to some and a dreaded end to a decades-long career to others.

At the University of Iowa Driving Safety Research Institute, you'll find what looks like an unremarkable airport shuttle bus. However, this vehicle has the ability to drive autonomously and is one of the only buses in the world that can do so on gravel roads.