Municipal nursing home to be created in Larnaca
A new municipal nursing home in Larnaca will begin operating in June 2025, and will have the capacity to house 48 elderly people, the municipality...
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Experimental drug works best for Alzheimer’s patients treated as early as possible
An experimental drug from Eli Lilly LLY.N works best if Alzheimer’s patients are treated as early as possible, ideally before they develop symptoms of the...
Couple pretending to be doctors remanded again after extorting almost €100,000
Famagusta district court on Sunday renewed a remand order for two people aged 66 and 65, over their connection with obtaining €96,000 from elderly people...
Watchdog organisations decry ‘deplorable’ state of bus stops
The third age observatory and the paraplegics association have expressed grave concerns about the poor design of bus stops and how the situation affects the...
‘Elderly still second class citizens,’ third-age observatory says
There is an urgent need for effective measures to deal with abuse and neglect of the elderly, the third-age observatory stated on Thursday, on the...
Elderly woman scammed out of thousands, told her daughter was kidnapped
A new form of telephone fraud is making the rounds police warned on Friday after eight cases of attempted extortion of money came to the...
People over 65 living in cities feel healthier than rural counterparts
People aged over 65 who live in cities tend to feel they have better health than their age group as a whole, with the share...
A gap in the market: retirement communities
Organised retirement communities have long been established in America and then in Europe. We are seeing a trend in construction of such complexes, such as...
‘Elderly patient sent from hospital to care home in only a sheet’
Additional complaints regarding elder neglect by hospital staff have been brought to light by the care-home owners association on Friday including the case of woman...
Problems remain for low-income pensioners despite new year amendments
Thousands of low-income pensioners struggling to make ends meet over the Christmas period will from January 1, 2023 be able to apply for a new...
