#elderly

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. ...

Like many other things, our living situations are changing and this affects accommodation. Young people or couples, if able to buy, start off with the acquisition of a one or ...

The birth rates are falling fast in all the world’s more prosperous countries, but the generation now in their middle years have not yet grasped what that means for ...

Use of the internet by older Cypriots is at similar levels as the EU average, with 58 per cent of the 65 to 74-year age group saying they had gone online, close ...

Pensioners’ union Ekysy has called on the government to subsidise drugs for which they now must pay full price, and for lower Gesy contributions for the elderly. The union said ...

The five pensioners who died from coronavirus over the last four days had not been vaccinated, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Following the death of five people over 80 due ...

In 2020, some 20.6 per cent of the EU population was aged 65 years or over; 3 percentage points higher than the corresponding share from a decade earlier, Eurostat reported on Tuesday. In Cyprus, 16.3 ...

Pensioners are frustrated over the difficulty in reaching the labour ministry to sort out problems concerning their pensions and allowances. The Union of Cypriot Pensioners (Ekysy) said every day they ...

Unauthorised companies are offering red button services of questionable quality to the elderly the House human rights committee heard on Monday. It is not known who these companies are, what ...

With around 90 per cent of eligible people taking up coronavirus vaccinations in Paphos, there is strong support in the area for some kind of Covid passport. “This is the right ...

An adult day care centre in Limassol due to be completed by August at a cost of €1.5m, will improve services for the elderly, mayor Nicos Nicolaides said on Friday ...