In 2007, (the latest date such information is available for) 13 percent of the total United States resident population were people age 65 and older. There were 30 million older licensed drivers in 2006–an 18-percent increase from 1996.  In contrast, the total number of licensed drivers increased by only 13 percent from 1996-2006.  Older drivers [...]

Thursday is Alzheimer’s Action Day in the State Capitol–an effort to draw legislative attention to the budget cuts of agencies servicing people with this dementia.  Advocates are concerned that the governors proposed elimination of Medi-Cal benefits for adult day health care centers would mean that 37,000 Californian’s would lose services. About 64 percent of the [...]