| Govt. implements committee recommendations on ex-soldiers pension To reduce the gap between past and current ex-servicemen pensioners, the Central Government has accepted all the recommendations of the committee under the Cabinet Secretary to look into the issue of disparity in pensions and other related... | |
| Gurkha activists' fury over British minister's attack on cause campaigner Joanna Lumley British Defence Minister Kevan Jones came under fire after accusing Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley of "deathly silence" over the allegations that war veterans hoping to settle in UK are being forced to pay hundreds of pounds for legal advice in... |
| Swiss could benefit from Dutch pension model Switzerland should look towards the Netherlands if it wants to improve the efficiency of its occupational pension system, a pensions expert tells... |
| Six Out Of Ten Think Politicians Are Not Doing Enough To Improve Care For Older People, UK Politicians must work together to find long-term solutions on care reform, says Age Concern and Help the Aged, as new figures reveal six out of ten1 think politicians are not doing enough to work... |
| Egypt's Sheikh Tantawi, head of al-Azhar, dies aged 81 - Summary Cairo/Riyadh - Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi, Grand Sheikh of Cairo's al-Azhar and one of the leading authorities of Sunni Islam, died Wednesday in Saudi Arabia aged 81, the Egyptian embassy in... |
| Roche, Biogen stop arthritis drug program Biogen Idec pulled the plug on a late-stage rheumatoid arthritis treatment program after a review panel found sometimes-fatal infections. The move is the second hit for ocrelizumab, a drug that the... |
| Retirement center investing $1M to harness solar power A Greensboro retirement facility is planning a $1 million solar panel project that is designed to reduce its fossil fuel costs by about $30,000 per year. Wilson Sheldon, CEO of Friends Homes Inc.,... |
| Judge rejects Prichard, Ala. pension request Judge William Shulman ruled on Tuesday that the pensions don't qualify as administrative obligations for the city. The judge also gave Prichard until May 19 to file a reorganization plan.Prichard's... |
| America Hears Continues to Donate Hearing Aids to 'Help-The-Children-Hear' Program used hearing aids to Help the Children Hear, a Rotary International Foundation project established, designed, and created by Rotarians, through a Rotary International matching grant, to provide... |
| Police nab trio who prey on senior citizens BATU PAHAT: Police arrested three members of a robbery gang that targeted senior citizens in Rengit and Senggarang following a raid on a house in Parit Daing Machening in Rengit on Saturday... |
| Keep seniors safe from scams The elderly are among the first targets of scam artists. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is using National Consumer Protection Week this week to offer guides on how to avoid becoming a victim.... |
| Since You Asked: Hard, aged cheese is nearly lactose-free I was recently diagnosed as lactose-intolerant. It's very easy to find lactose-free milk, but is there such a thing as lactose-free cheese or any other food items? If so, are there any local stores... |
| 80 yr old woman fights chain snatcher In a display of rare courage, 80-year-old Rama Vyas fought of a youthful chain snatcher and has become the toast of her locality. She is going to be feted by the local Annapurna police station whose... |
| Egypt's top cleric dies aged 81 Egypt's foremost Muslim cleric, Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, has died, aged 81, while on a trip to Saudi Arabia.Sheikh Tantawi was the Grand Imam of the al-Azhar mosque and head of the al-Azhar... |
| Pension deficit at cashmere firm Dawson International Kinross-based textile company Dawson International has reported its pension liabilities have almost trebled in the past year to £19.3m.In a statement, Dawson said that the increase in... |
| Sheikh Tantawi, head of al-Azhar, dies aged 82 Cairo/Riyadh - The head of al-Azhar, Egypt's leading religious authority and one of its largest universities, has died following a heart attack in Saudi Arabia, media reports said Wednesday. Egypt's... |
| Elderly farm couple robbed By Caryn Dolley Betty Hasler, 78, was expecting to spend a relaxing hour in front of her television on Sunday evening, but instead found herself being dragged from her bed at gunpoint and tied up... |
| Madge's toy boy prefers older women March 10, 2010 Jesus Luz has always dated older women. The 23-year-old Brazilian model, who is the current toy boy lover of 51-year-old pop superstar Madonna, claims he has never been able to... |
| Parties trade blows ahead of elderly care talks Health spokesmen from the three main political parties will attend talks today on the future of funding for elderly care The political parties traded blows over the vexed issue of how to pay for... |
| Age-old problem: In bad economy, more older workers file bias claims Age discrimination complaints in Massachusetts have hit a four-year high, highlighting the vulnerability of older workers in a tough economy. In Massachusetts, approximately 593 age-discrimination... |
| The VA Maryland Health Care System Offers Tips for Senior Citizens and Older Adults to Spring into Shape Spring is in the air, and it's time to shake off winter doldrums, lace up the running shoes and get moving. While many older people tend to slow down in winter, experts at the VA Maryland Health... |
| Pension ceiling for civil service CIVIL servants and military personnel, including ministers and those ranked at top levels, could be soon restricted to a monthly pension of no more than BD4,000. Parliament yesterday approved two... |
| Pensioners step up payout fight RETIRED Alba workers, who claim their working environment caused them chronic diseases, took their fight for compensation to Bahrain's Parliament yesterday. Around 30 pensioners picketed the... |
| Elderly woman dies in flat fire An elderly woman has died following a fire in Aberdeen, Grampian Police have confirmed. The blaze broke out in a first floor flat in Hilton Drive at about 1820 GMT on Tuesday. The woman was rescued... |
| Funding shortfall in pensions is stabilising – but there is still a huge deficit THE funding shortfall faced by the UK’s 200 biggest defined benefit pension schemes stabilised during February. But consultancy firm Aon Consulting warned that another round of quantitative... |
| Fewer Workers Saving for Retirement, Survey Shows The Virginia City, Nev., business consultant said it's not for lack of trying. He and his wife, Midge, have tried to save and at one time invested in the stock market, but it's all been... |
| 43 percent Americans have less than 10,000 dollars for retirement By Arun Kumar, Washington, March 10 : As the number of American workers with virtually no retirement savings grew for the third straight year, over four in 10 had less than 10,000 dollars, according... |
| Robert Powell: Three ways to boost retirement confidence BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- I know, I know, we're starting to sound like a broken record, or MP3 player. But researchers are once again sounding the alarm that Americans are not saving enough for... |
| Older men more interested in sex than older women: Study Men can expect to be sexually active until they hit 70, while women remain sexually active until about 66, the study led by researchers at the University of Chicago... |
| Women live longer, but older men more interested in sex than women: Study Men can expect to be sexually active until they hit 70, while women remain sexually active until about 66, the study led by researchers at the University of Chicago... |
| Former Dodgers center fielder Willie Davis dies aged 69 (Reuters) - Willie Davis, the speedy former All-Star center fielder who spent most of his 18-season Major League Baseball career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died at the age of... |
| Are you missing me? David Cameron tempts George Bush out of retirement Dubya keeps returning like a neolithic boomerang, doesn't he. I suppose you can't keep a good chimp out of the spotlight for too long. Or a bad one, as the case may be.Also, I know Cameron is... |
| Robots to help repair aging water pipes An engineering research team at the University of California, Irvine are building a robot that can travel along water pipes and repair them from the... |
| Former Dodgers Center Fielder Willie Davis Dies Aged 69 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Willie Davis, the speedy former All-Star center fielder who spent most of his 18-season Major League Baseball career with... |
| Sexual habits in older age revealed MEN are more than twice as likely as women to be sexually active in old age but good health is the key for both to feeling... |
| Mother dies, son aged 2 hurt in car crash Last Updated: March 10. 2010 1:27AM UAE / March 9. 2010 9:27PM GMT ABU DHABI // A woman was killed and her two-year-old son was injured when their car slammed into a roadside barrier and caught fire,... |
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| UK finance giant under burden of pension gap Royal Bank of Scotland Group, subject of the world’s biggest bank bailout, has the largest pension deficit relative to its market value out of U.K. finance firms in the FTSE 350 index,... |
| Though risky elderly should not be denied surgery say docs If Mohammed Walji (71) had not come to Mumbai, he would have had to live with tremors and other difficulties associated with Parkinson’s disease. In the US and UK, deep brain stimulation (DBS)... |
| Big UK companies take pension bet London: Britain's 350 largest companies are taking big bets with their pension scheme investments. This would, on average, leave them with losses equal to a fifth of their market capitalisation if... |
| U.K. Plan for Free Elderly Home Care Is a Hard Sell LONDON — Every Tuesday, Janet Isobel Bishop walks the few blocks from her rented one-bedroom apartment in Notting Hill to a painting course, followed by Tai Chi lessons. The classes are paid... |
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| Families Encouraged to Motivate Seniors for American Diabetes Day Diabetes is a serious issue affecting 24 million Americans. It’s a major health concern and mounting problem for the country as a whole – especially for the rapidly expanding senior... |
| Elderly victim loses $5,000 in Pines ‘pigeon drop’ scheme Police on Tuesday were looking for two women who they say cheated an elderly victim out of $5,000 in what authorities call a "pigeon drop" scheme.The thieves persuaded a 71-year-old woman to withdraw... |
| Summary Box: Retirement savings a challenge (AP) RETIRE? ARE YOU KIDDING? A new survey released Tuesday by the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows the percentage of workers who say they've saved for retirement slid to 69 ... |
| Survey: Workers struggling to save for retirement (AP) A year after the stock market bottomed out, workers are still a bit pessimistic about having enough money for retirement. The Employee Benefit Research Institute's annual retirement... |
