Becoming a grandparent can be a very exciting and fulfilling experience. Many grandparents describe it as a joyful and meaningful new stage in their lives. They often enjoy the opportunity to spend time with their grandchildren and be a positive influence in their lives. One of the most rewarding aspects of being a grandparent is […]

Retirement can change everything. So can grandchildren. A new study that looks at the transitions made by older workers finds that the odds of relocating after they retire to be closer to their adult children increase from the pre-retirement years – 16 percent of recent retirees do so. Some people make these moves, to within […]

The purpose of the 2020 restrictions on older people’s activities during COVID – whether voluntary or government enforced – were crucial: keeping them alive as the deadly Delta variant raced through the population worldwide. But saving lives came at the cost of grandparents’ mental health, according to a study in the Journal of Gerontology: Social […]