elderly people (senior citizens)

Egyptian polling stations opened their doors on Monday morning, at 9 am across the country for voters to elect a president, with people rejoicing and playing patriotic songs on speakers. Only two competitors are in the running for the presidency: current President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and head of the Ghad ...

... • Tuesday, March 27: Free dementia presentation by Jill Lorentz, "The Brain-Lobe Function & Impairment Identification, Coupled with Strategies & Techniques," 6 to 7:30 p.m., Colorado Mountain College in Edwards (sponsored by the Alpine Area Agency on Aging). Call 970-904-8667 for more ...

The fourth annual study of taxes paid by retirees in Delaware put Sussex County's Georgetown in first place. The Sussex county seat was closely followed by Milford, with Newark ranking third. Brookside, a census area south of Newark ranked 10th. Sussex has the lowest property taxes among the three ...

MASON COUNTY — Mason County's senior citizens, as well as their caregivers, are offered many services through the non-profit organization Mason County Action Group, Inc. According to Renae Riffle, executive director, the agency provides meals in a congregate setting at two senior centers in Point ...

Is the secret to staying thin a good marriage? Maybe not quite, but new research suggest healthy relationships help middle age couples maintain healthy weight. According to the study published in the journal Health Psychology, people who have been married for a while, or in an otherwise long term ...

A powerful show of support for March For Our Lives came from hundreds of senior citizens in Montgomery County, Md. on Saturday. Demonstrator, Tania Fuentes, is a mother of five. Her kids go to school in Prince George's County. “School should be a safe haven and right now my kids are afraid to go to ...

A chorus of nursery rhymes isn't what you expect to hear on walking into an elderly people's home, but a retirement facility in south London has its residents doing just that – and children are there to lead the way. “The children trot in and they love it. They dance and they prance. And we love it too,” beams ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - About 100 senior citizens, many in their 80s and in wheelchairs or hospital beds, filled a large activity room on Friday morning at an assisted-living facility in Beachwood, to show support for the tens of thousands of students expected to march for stricter gun laws at rallies across the ...

It is with pleasure that I present my sixth president's report to this committee for 2017. The committee has once again operated very well this last year keeping things in top condition but am sorry to report the resignation of our members Dot Schneider, Corrie Drady and Maree Neill who have supported this ...

Disturbed by an alarming spurt in cases of abuse of senior citizens mostly by their immediate family, members of the Senior Citizens' Welfare Association want the government to bring in laws that could bring children closer to their aged parents. Breakdown of the traditional joint family system is seen as one ...

Bibb Co. gets ready to open affordable apartments for senior citizens. The towers are a part of a four phase project that is being built where the Tindall Heights Neighborhood once was. Author: Mary Grace Shaw. Published: 7:31 PM EDT March 11, 2018. Updated: 7:31 PM EDT March 11, 2018. The Tindall Seniors Towers ...

The Government is pushing ahead with the promulgation of a revised national policy for Jamaica's senior citizens that was tabled in the House of Representatives as far back as 1997 by former Prime Minister Portia Simpson. In February last year, Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that his Jamaica ...

Americans like to talk about the "golden years" of our nation's older citizens. Many of us envision a life of travel and fun when we retire. For some that is the case. But for many of our seniors, the older years are a time of barely getting by, of growing aches and pains, of making decisions on whether to pay for ...

It is done to recognise the significance of living up to 80 years and to give aged people the recognition they deserve in the community,'' he explained. Ndubuisi, whose mother is among senior citizens being celebrated in this year's event, described his mother, Mrs Edith Ndubuisi as a rare gem, who had ...

The Jefferson Community Actions Programs will accept applications for an outreach program for low-income senior citizens age 60 years and older. The program will help pay heating and cooling bills as well as increase energy self-sufficiency. Applications will be accepted on Friday, March 9, 2018, ...

The over-55s are flocking to Facebook to keep up with the social lives of their children and grandchildren. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA. It's official: Facebook is for old(er) people. Teens and young adults are ditching Mark Zuckerberg's social network as popularity among the over-55s surges, according to a ...

Japan is constructing special prison wards just for elderly inmates to address the record number of crimes committed by senior citizens—a growing problem sparked by poverty and an aging society. Elderly people in Japan, home to the oldest population in the world, are committing minor crimes so they can ...