#elderly

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 ...

The government announced on Tuesday its intention to create a “national action plan for the third age and active ageing”. Explaining the decision, Social Welfare Deputy Minister Marilena Evangelou said ...

Nearly a third of elderly people killed in traffic accidents in Cyprus were pedestrians, a European transport safety council (ETSC) report said on Tuesday. During the three-year period from 2020 to 2022, 32 ...

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 said on Tuesday. The municipality said the ...

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 brain-wasting disease, researchers ...

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 by pretending to be doctors. They were remanded ...

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 and disabled in particular. ...

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 occasion of international elder awareness ...

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 force’s attention. In one ...

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 for Cyprus being a little lower ...

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 in Spain, which should be ...

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 discharged without her clothes. A ...

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 support scheme, said the Union of Cypriot ...

Christmas is looming but for some of us this won’t be the most wonderful time of the year How much can you actually say in 15 minutes? For certain care ...

Cyprus does not have enough trained professionals specialising in elderly care and treatment, the health ministry’s technical committee on old age said on Tuesday after submitting a draft of ...

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 ...

Abuse and neglect of the elderly at home is a bigger problem than at care homes, spokesman for the Third Age Obervatory Dimos Antoniou said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC ...

The difficulties faced by the elderly, and the need to make it easier for them to access the services they need to live an independent life were discussed by lawmakers ...

A new adult activity centre has started operations in Limassol which will help elderly people socialise, Limassol Mayor Nicos Nicolaides said on Friday. The centre that used to be hosted ...

The Ministry of health, took part in a workshop at the University of Nicosia as part of its drive to develop a national strategy for improving the lives of the ...

Two years into the pandemic, the government is still keeping older adults locked down in care homes The main concern following the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak was to protect the elderly, ...

A broad meeting chaired by President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday took stock of implementation of measures to achieve a welfare state and social inclusion, focusing on vulnerable groups and society ...

Police on Wednesday warned the public to be on alert following a recent incident where money was found to be missing after a woman was allowed into a home to ...

The union of pensioners (Ekysy) said on Friday it plans to hold protests and conferences in a bid to pressure the government into resolving long-standing problems faced by the elderly. ...