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Bermuda must develop a strategy to cut the cost of care for seniors and help families to look after their relatives at home, the executive director of Age Concern Bermuda said yesterday. Claudette Fleming said the organisation had highlighted the gro...

There are some seniors who pull out their cameras only while on vacation or to snap shots of grandchildren; Barbara Robinson takes pictures of her cakes. They litter the pages of her photo albums, a record of the many she’s made over the past few dec...

Nearly one quarter of the Bermuda population will be aged 65 or older within the next ten years, a report said yesterday. Government statisticians predict the proportion of seniors will climb from 16.9 per cent in 2016 to 24.9 per cent in 2026. It wo...

Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, Westmeath Residential Home has come to my rescue once more. This is the third time in four years that I’ve come out of hospital and needed a place to recover a bit more. As I live alone, I appreciated finding a bed on ...

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but not me. Whenever I arrive in a new city I like to spend hours wandering aimlessly through its streets listening to the diverse sounds floating from the windows: snatches of speech in unfamiliar languages; music...

Ten years ago, Barry Fraser quit his job and went on an adventure. Then 62, his wife Maxine had died and his daughter Gail was living her own life. He decided it was time he fulfilled a long-held ambition. “I’d always wanted to do missionary work ove...

A 30-year-old man yesterday denied an assault on an 80-year-old man at a nursing home. It was alleged in Magistrates’ Court that Jonathan Henry, from Hamilton Parish, assaulted the senior on October 10. Magistrate Juan Wolffe released Mr Henry on $2,...

I love to dream. I often transport myself in my mind to new places to feel the excitement of the unknown, to imagine new cultures, to see and hear and touch and taste the exotic fabric of life. I love to imagine myself doing something completely new,...

Family members can take advantage of vulnerable seniors when they are most in need of care, an expert has warned. Keeona Belboda, the manager of the Government’s Ageing and Disability Services, said there had been a “horrifying” rise in complaints ab...

Dying is something a lot of people would rather not think about. Robin Sidders had no choice. Doctors had recently told her mother, Bobby Lea McPhee, that she had stage four melanoma and that it was inoperable; that she had only a few weeks to live. ...

Seniors struggling with debt are appearing in court more and more, a top judge has warned. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said he was “concerned” by an apparent increase in elderly debtors landing in court. He added that limited pensions to cover heal...

Friends of Hospice, the charity that supports Agape House, has been granted provisional approval to build a new hospice in Paget. The purpose-built facility would be erected on Berry Hill Road, Paget, but must first get final approval from the direct...