Am I Old?

By Tyler Andrews | April 25, 2024

What age is “old?” It depends on who you ask… but the trend is, well, older. A new study conducted by a team of researchers from Germany and the United States and published in the journal Psychology and Aging reveals that the definition of “old age” is changing.  People now consider themselves “old” later in…

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115. Or 116.

By Tyler Andrews | April 22, 2021 |

Hester Ford, the oldest person in the U.S., a supercentenarian, has died.  She was either 115 or 116 years old. It depends on which U.S. Census Bureau documents you read. Either way, Mrs. Hester was the oldest person on record from the United States as of July 30, according to data compiled by the Gerontology…

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