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Complaints about the abuse of vulnerable older people have jumped in the past six weeks, the Department of Ageing and Disability Services said yesterday. Kim Wilson, Minister of Health, said the increase could be because of “the stellar job that sect...

An ageing well committee chaired by Government MP Derrick Burgess was announced this afternoon by David Burt, the Premier. Comprising members of the private sector as well as the civil service, the committee is to produce is to produce a Bermudian ch...

Claudette Fleming will be awarded a Peace and Social Justice Award for her work supporting seniors. Dr Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, will be presented with the honour by the Roman Catholic Church of Bermuda tomorrow evening. She is ...

Bermuda’s seniors are due a pensions boost after Parliament approved a rate increase. The rise, which will come into force next month, was welcomed last night by Charles Jeffers, deputy chairman of Age Concern. Mr Jeffers said: “I’m sure every senior...

The executive director of charity Age Concern said this week that a long-term plan is needed to help Bermuda deal with an elderly-care time bomb. Claudette Fleming said a study of the island’s senior care needs was vital to help draw up plans for the...

Chandra Persad was thrilled to leave Canada’s winters when she moved to Bermuda in 1970. But the Trinidadian soon found Bermuda also had a chilly side. “There was some discrimination against West Indians,” said the 67-year-old. “People would make co...

Candy Ray’s plan: to stop learning when she’s dead. The 72-year-old has never been afraid to try new things. Cliff jumping, however, made her hesitate. “I worried for two weeks ahead of time,” she said of her first experience last month. “I thought...

Children at a summer sports camp yesterday had a change of pace as they visited a seniors’ home to read to residents. A total of 16 children from the Aries summer camp visited Somerset’s Packwood Home with their favourite books in a break from their ...

Some people count sheep to fall asleep, Hope Bowker counts condos. “Last night I fell asleep at 80,” joked the 87-year-old real estate agent. “Of course I’ve sold a lot more than that.” She’s been on the job for 42 years, and is now semi-retired. “Be...

Some people might see writing their own obituary as morbid but not Linda DeSilva. The 90-year-old has one ready to go, when the time comes. “Writing it wasn’t a sad task,” she said. “I know that I am going to die one day. And when I do, I will be re...

The One Bermuda Alliance pledged to prioritise seniors as part of an election campaign that will work to drive down health costs while incentivising the creation of care facilities and home care provision. Health and seniors minister Jeanne Atherden...

Age Concern’s executive director has outlined the island’s progress in managing its ageing population. Claudette Fleming highlighted the Bermuda Health Plan, the Long-Term Care Plan and improvements in health insurance coverage, as well as Age Conce...