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"Community Development honours Island’s senior citizens"

Hundreds of the Island’s senior citizens were recently honoured with a special ceremony at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess. Minister of Community Development Michael Weeks hosted the event, which celebrated contributions 50 seniors had made to the com...

Jul 08, 2011

"Seniors have a ball at tea"

Michael Weeks (pictured), the newly-named Minister of Community Development, was at his genial best last week when he and his Pembroke East Central Constituency executive hosted a Seniors Tea at the Victor Scott Primary School Auditorium The event, ...

Jun 05, 2011

Home & Away

" Don't get conned"

If you are a senior citizen you may have done everything to protect yourself including putting extra locks on the doors, shuttering the windows, and buying one of those gadgets that alert emergency services if you have a fall. Unfortunately, danger ...

May 27, 2011

Editorials

"Planning for the future"

Yesterday’s feature on the problem of financing pensions and health care for seniors helped to humanise what can often seem to be an esoteric and academic subject. It is anything but. As the comments from the senior citizens soon-to-be retirees show,...

Apr 26, 2011

Crime

"Late senior ‘did not get justice’"

Police took more than three years to investigate the suspected abuse of a vulnerable elderly woman and, in the meantime, the alleged victim died. A senior prosecutor revealed yesterday she was first handed a file about “Miss C” and the two men who al...

Apr 15, 2011

Crime

"Elder abuse law needs teeth, says activist"

Not one person has been convicted under a law passed three years ago to protect Bermuda's seniors from abuse, The Royal Gazette can reveal. And the only case to make it to court under the Senior Abuse Register Act 2008 was thrown out by a magistrate ...

Apr 15, 2011

Other

"Conference on ageing will be broadcast next week"

The National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged is to hold a conference on ageing next week. The discussion is intended to start off a Government strategy on ageing. Panelists include Premier Paula Cox, Health Minister Zane DeSilva, for...

Mar 19, 2011

"Last rites for Writa"

A wide circle of nieces, nephews, friends and admirers yesterday attended a celebration of life service for Mrs. Writa Viola Johnson at the Pearman Funeral Home in Somerset. She died on March 9, less than a month after the grand celebration of her 10...

Mar 19, 2011

Health

"Residential care staffers being trained as ‘activity professionals’"

Seniors are to be encouraged to get active instead of staring at the walls or TV in their care home. Staff at residential care homes and nursing homes across the Island are to go on a training course to learn how to provide recreational activities. A...

Mar 16, 2011

"105 not out!"

Today is yet another big one in the eventful life of Mrs. Writa Knights Johnson. She is now 105 years of age, still going strong, and fully enjoying the fuss being made over her having reached such a great milestone. She is a resident of Lefroy House...

Feb 12, 2011

"Band pays heartfelt tribute to ‘Pommy’"

We received a couple of heartwarming calls following the tribute The Royal Gazette paid to Willard (Pommy) Lightbourne in our Notebook Column last week. The first was from his wife Gwyneth. She was quite sentimental and especially reflective on the c...