Health Education Control Program: A convincing comparison group is essential for subject recruitment and retention as well as essential for controlling for key components of the MBSR program. Therefore, we will create a comparison group that will control for time, group size and facilitator time. We are basing the 8-week health education program on a successful aging curriculum that has been used in other trials (80, 81). The health education curriculum will involve lectures, group interaction and homework assignments based on the health topics discussed. Sessions will include topics such as (a) medications, (b) foot care, (c) traveling, and (d) nutrition. Additionally, subjects will be given materials to promote participation and retention in the program. For example, participants will receive the "passport" to health, available from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging. It is a small booklet that seniors fill out with essential health information such as medical problems and medications. Filling out the passport will be one of the homework assignments. The health education group will receive ongoing staff attention. This person will coordinate and be present at all classes. The consistent presence of a class coordinator will control for the facilitator contact of the MBSR program. This type of intervention is deemed scientifically "inert" (i.e., not affecting the outcomes of interest in this trial). Previous trials such as the LIFE-P trial demonstrated an excellent retention rate of 91.5% (82).