After nearly five years of planning and design, Heritage Village Assisted Living has begun construction of phase one with three additional phases planned over the next two years.

Two kids, two pets, two jobs, too much.

Two kids, two pets, two jobs, too much. That's how it felt to Erin McCarthy when it came time to drag her cat and puppy to the veterinarian. So she jumped on a growing trend among veterinarians and called the vet to her.

U.S. News & World Report recently released its annual Best Hospitals, with three Valley hospitals receiving nationally ranked specialties.

TRENTON, N.J. — Finding the right nursing home for an elderly loved one is a daunting task. And it’s one most of us will face, as two-thirds of people over 65 will need nursing home care, at least temporarily, according to AARP.

Dozens of animals housed in cages or boxes with waste accumulating. Stacks of newspapers and magazines that date back several years. Boxes of books blocking hallways.

Surgery to implant a shunt into a 75-year-old San Tan Valley man's brain has returned him to a nearly normal life years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and began suffering from bladder incontinence and dementia.

Mesa's Arbor Rose Senior Living, 6033 E. Arbor Ave., is nearing completion of a new villa which will add 32 apartments to the campus, including 17 that will provide memory care services to seniors with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

A local small business has grown by 800 percent in the last seven years, perhaps leaving the term small business behind.

A local small business has grown by 800 percent in the last seven years, perhaps leaving the term small business behind.

Pet owners have many options when they set out to spoil their four-legged friends for the holidays.

Pet owners have many options when they set out to spoil their four-legged friends for the holidays.

Just how good is your ear?

Baby boomers heading into what used to be called retirement age are providing a 70 million-member strong market for legions of companies, entrepreneurs and cosmetic surgeons eager to capitalize on their "forever young" mindset, whether it's through wrinkle creams, face-lifts or workout regimens.

A grayer workforce with brimming bucket lists may await us if a proposal to raise the retirement age makes its way into law.

His family’s great escape changed Emilio Justo’s life forever. 

As the medical director of the Arizona Eye Institute and Cosmetic Laser Center, Justo will play host to an open house and patient appreciation day Friday at his Sun City West office. It’s his way of saying thanks to the Sun Cities, which has helped provide him with a successful career.

Retired corporate executive George Gabel, 72, regularly sits at his computer and chats via videoconferencing about how exercise has helped ease his type 2 diabetes symptoms.

As winter settles in and colleagues call in sick, one thing is clear: cold season is upon us. But knowledge is power, and a little knowledge can go a long way toward preventing illness or curbing its length and severity. “It does tend to be more prevalent in the winter, although it’s hard to say why that is,” said Tammy Beahm, an infection prevention nurse at Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City. “There are just so many viruses circulating.”

By day, Hanaa al-Khansa is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Minnesota, hoping to practice family and pediatric medicine.

Critics often gripe about the blink-and-you've-missed-it frenzy of action sequences in today's Hollywood thrillers.

Ace proves that, like a fine wine, cool cats get even better with age. From this 12-year-old's crinkled ear to his funny looking mustache, he's full of the kind of character and intrigue you just don't find in a younger vintage.

MIAMI — In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.

A gated, assisted-living community for seniors accustomed to upscale living is slowly emerging in far northeast Mesa.

Like many difficult situations with people we love, planning to take over an older relative's finances is best done in happier times, when both sides are healthy and various options can be considered.