#elderly people

Pensioners in Nicosia will mark the International Day of Older People, celebrated annually on October 1 since 1990, with a protest outside the finance ministry on Thursday in response to what trade ...

Pensioners are subject to “unbearable” car insurance premiums and face other discrimination based on their age, civil servants’ trade union Pasydy said on Friday. As well as the issue of ...

Various issues relating to pensioners have been pushed to the fore recently, mainly due to the deaths of several elderly people from heatstroke. Leaving aside that according to the Lancet ...

An 82-year-old man from Paphos was remanded in custody for six days on Saturday after having been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The incident took place in the early ...

An 83-year-old woman from Nicosia was scammed out of €650 by cold callers masquerading as doctors on Wednesday. The woman said she received a telephone call to her landline at about 4...

A woman appeared in court in Famagusta on Friday accused of beating a 100-year-old resident of the care home at which she works. The incident came to light after the 100...

Elderly tenants in an apartment building have been left without an elevator for three months by the landlady, leading to the death of one elderly man with heart problems who, ...

Abuse of the elderly has been on the rise over the past decade, according to a report released on Friday. The report, presented by the Third Age Observatory, highlighted abuse ...

Occasionally, and even more in recent months, we keep hearing about how elderly people are being treated within the health service. The latest spate of abuses came only days ago. ...

A lot has been written and said lately about the plight of the elderly in Cyprus. Perhaps it has something to do with presidential electioneering. After all, with a growing ...

Healthy ageing and plans to create a national strategy for the health of elderly members of society were the focus of a health ministry workshop held on Friday to exchange ...

We knew about the risk to care homes yet did too little too late By George Psyllides The coronavirus pandemic is without a doubt the biggest story this year, as ...