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Older people will suffer most from a drawn-out bus strike, a charity leader warned yesterday. Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, said seniors depended more on public transport than other age groups and no bus service made thei...

Issues affecting the housing, wellbeing and safety of Bermuda’s seniors were discussed during a recent government-led visit to an independent living complex. Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors was joined at Dr Cann Park in...

Growing up on Cox’s Hill, Pembroke, Wilma Frith longed to become a nurse. “When I was playing with my dolls, they were always my patients,” the 85-year-old remembered. But she had to wait a long time to see her dream become reality. After high scho...

More than 1,000 seniors are receiving financial assistance, according to Government figures. Tinee Furbert, the minister of social development and seniors, yesterday said that 1,037 seniors were currently received aid from the Department of Financial...

Con artists have targeted the elderly in a string of scams, police warned yesterday. A spokesman highlighted one senior who was contacted by someone who persuaded them to invest “a significant amount of money” in a US business. But it was later foun...

A former nurse’s aide convicted of senior abuse after she hurled a bottle at a senior suffering from dementia has lost an appeal against conviction. While Rose Belboda accepted that she had thrown an air freshener bottle at a 72-year-old patient at K...

Seventy years after their wedding day and Kenneth Simmons still describes his wife Gloria as his true love match. “I have the feeling it was sort of meant to be,” the 95-year-old said. “Everything sort of fell in place for us to be married but the ma...

Government has consistently fallen short on addressing long-term care for seniors, the executive director of Age Concern Bermuda charged this week. Claudette Fleming spoke after the continued shortage of hospital beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hosp...

A home-grown community festival celebrating some of Bermuda’s legendary musicians was deemed a hit as it closed this weekend. John Burch, the last active member of the Bermuda Strollers, was joined by June Caisey at Saturday’s show, entertaining an a...

George and Sandra Ogden were in Australia visiting family when Covid-19 was declared a pandemic last year. Because of the ensuing quarantine and travel restrictions, what was meant to be a six-month stay soon stretched to eighteen. “We were supposed...

In 1977, looking to drum up investors in his company, Mike Marsh hit the seminar circuit. Having never done much public speaking the thought of doing it in front of audiences of hundreds of people terrified him but, with Troy Associates on the line, ...

Thanks to Covid-19, Sue Moench has had a challenging final year as principal of Mount Saint Agnes Academy. Her work day begins at 6.10am, when she has to ensure that traffic can move freely around the school. She then turns her hand to helping take...