“Life is difficult”: Sri Lanka’s economic crisis leaves elderly homeless and penniless
PIYUMI FONSEKA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that an economic meltdown has forced some elderly people onto the streets as their families can no longer afford to care for them…
“A huge impact on every family”: Chinese who lost relatives to COVID angry at failure to protect elderly
MARTIN QUIN POLLARD, of Reuters, reports that for many grieving relatives, bereavement is mixed with anger over what they say was a lack of preparation to protect the elderly before China suddenly abandoned its “zero-COVID” policy in December…
Pope’s wheelchair use an example to older adults, cardinal says
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis’ willingness to work despite knee pain that has made walking nearly impossible shows other older adults that they have wisdom and experience to offer younger generations, a top Vatican cardinal said Tuesday. Cardinal Kevin Farrell offered the assessment as he introduced Francis’ message for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. […]
Sight-Seeing: Living with your parents – intentionally – can be life-giving
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article published by Religion News Service, says multi-generational living doesn’t have to mean living in the basement…
Lisbon to offer free public transport for young and elderly
Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Lisbon will offer free public transport to children, students and elderly residents in a move Mayor Carlos Moedas said was crucial for the Portuguese capital’s fight against climate change. Moedas said Lisbon was following in the footsteps of other European cities. Estonia’s capital Tallinn and Luxembourg City offer free transport for all […]
Vatican archbishop to bring Pope Francis’ take on being pro-life to the United States
Vatican City RNS Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, who heads the Vatican’s thinktank on life issues, arrived in New York on Monday hoping to disarm Americans’ well-defended positions on the topic by talking about what it means to be pro-life in the Catholic Church today. “Sometimes, in the United States, but not only there, the pro-life perspective […]
One small wardrobe
One of the things I do in my job is visit people in nursing homes. PICTURE: Rumman Amin/Unsplash Nursing homes, by and large, are quite good places. I used to joke that I was planning to move into one when I turned 40. All your cleaning and cooking is done for you. You have friends […]
Number of people with dementia set to jump 40 per cent to 78 million by 2030 – WHO
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters More than 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, a neurological disorder that robs them of their memory and costs the world $US1.3 trillion a year, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The progressive condition can be caused by stroke, brain injury or Alzheimer’s disease. With populations ageing, the number of […]
Essay: Will those suffering late-stage dementia be the next to be called less than human?
US Catholic columnist CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article adapted from his new book, ‘Losing Our Dignity: How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality’, on why it’s time to sound the alarm on the care of those living with dementia…
Elderly Lebanese man will get COVID jab “sooner or later”, health ministry says following judge’s order
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Lebanon’s health ministry on Thursday rejected a court order for it to swiftly vaccinate an elderly man against COVID-19, accusing the judge of trying to score points in the media following a scandal over queue-jumping by lawmakers. Wednesday’s court order followed a complaint by 80-year-old Joseph al-Hajj, who filed suit after […]