elderly

Fourth-grader Albert is afraid of the old people at the nursing home near his school, until he goes to visit Mr. Spear, the elderly man who has helped him with his reading.

A 90-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.

An exquisitely beautiful young man in Victorian England retains his youthful and innocent appearance over the years while his portrait reflects both his age and evil soul as he pursues a life of decadence and corruption.

A 101-year-old man and the thirty-something-year-old woman he has cared for since she was a young child reflect on life and the love and friendship they've shared with one another over the years.

The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.

Despite the disapproval of their parents, the young rabbits flock to hear old Grampa-Lop tell his magical tales every afternoon.

A story about a thriving community of elderly people on the fictional island of Kallimos that provides the vision behind the author's real-life efforts in the Eden Alternative and Green House programs to replace medical-model nursing homes with healing communities.

This book explores the current condition of growing old in the United States, including information on the economic status of older people, the Social Security program, Medicare and Medicaid, working and retirement, and the living arrangements and care of the elderly.

Author Jessica Bruder goes on a journey to discover the dark underbelly of the American economy, andthe community of transient elderly people, often underwater on mortgages and the greatest casualty of the Great Recession.

Presents a variation on the classic rhyme about an old lady who swallowed a frog, some dirt, some seeds, the rain, the sunlight, some gloves, and a rake.