RESEARCHERS INTENT ON BRINGING BETTER LIVING TO LONGER LIVES

Thanks to modern medicine, people are living longer than ever before. Therein lies a paradox: Greater longevity means more people suffering from wear and tear on the body. Now, health-care professionals are increasingly focused on how to manage and inhibit degenerative conditions – afflictions that don't necessarily kill people but can make their golden years difficult.

EXPERTS IN AGING PONDER A GRAYER AMERICA

The first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers will begin reaching age 65 in 2011. But just as the ranks of people growing older, retiring and developing more persistent medical problems begin to swell, the health-care workforce will shrink. Who will take care of these baby boomers as they move from being the biggest cadre of caregivers to the biggest cadre of care-getters?

TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL AGING

Healthy Aging suggestions from the proposed Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.

A LIVING LEGACY: AREA RESIDENT BEQUEATHS LARGE DONATION TO HOSPICE PROGRAM

UC Davis Hospice Program, receives the largest donation in the program's history.