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Beryl Bartlett still chuckles when she thinks of a patient who started a fire trying to dry underwear in the oven. The district nurse called the Fire Department and, because the woman’s bras and underpants were charred to a crisp, headed into town to...

Arnold Cann is 93 and enjoying life. His magic elixir is cabbage. “[It is] is a healer. I put a leaf with whatever I eat. I don’t cook it. I cut it small and eat it up. I found out that secret later in life.” Oddly enough it is one of the few vegetab...

The Bermuda Health Council is hold a virtual panel discussion this week on the health of seniors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ricky Braithwaite, the chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council, and Kieran Walsh, the clinical director of the Britis...

Rest home residents will be first in line to get the Covid-19 vaccine after a consignment from the UK arrives today. A team of medics will visit rest homes across the island from Monday to administer the drug to people who want the jab. The team will...

Every Christmas Muriel Anderson’s home fills with relatives. She has 12 nieces and nephews and her husband Willett “Bill” Anderson also has a big family. This year, thanks to Covid-19, things were different. “My nieces and nephews called and wanted...

Myrtle Edness may be one of Bermuda’s last people to recall the constant ringing of funeral bells from the 1918 flu pandemic. Mrs Edness, who turned 106 over the summer, spent 2020 carefully shielded from family in their Warwick home after the global...

At the age of 14 Grace Aubrey had a monster of a job – making 1,000 doughnuts a day. It was one of the first posts she held after her parents ran into financial difficulty and she was forced to leave school. The teenager was fortunate to find work ...

An information session for people aged 50 and over has been postponed because of the increase in coronavirus cases and uncertainty over the bus service. Age Concern planned to hold the event at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Monday. Donna Outerb...

For 63 years Webster and Cecilia Furbert shared a love of piano music. Mr Furbert loved classical; his wife preferred hymns. “After my wife died it seemed like my fingers just couldn’t get to the keys,” the 88-year-old said. Slowly, with the support ...

An information session will be held to help people aged 50 and over who are in need as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Age Concern will host the event at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on King Street from midday until 3pm next Monday, December 1...

Melvin Somner has made everything – from the ornate doors at St Paul’s in Paget to the woodwork in the West End Development Corporation offices in Dockyard. With limited education, the 92-year-old felt carpentry was his only choice. He was at work by...

Age Concern has appointed five new directors to its board and has also added two new executives to its management team. The charity, which provides support to senior citizens and those approaching retirement while also advocating for the elderly, sa...