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Society & Culture News tagged with elderly

Blue Flame Owner Kills Two: Harlem's Restaurant Supply Owner Shoots Two Dead After Botched Robbery
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, robbery, death, shot dead, violence, elderly )

Lone
- 104 days ago - nydailynews.com
Turning the tables on the brutish bandits, 72-year-old Charles (Gus) Augusto opened fire with a 12-gauge shotgun he kept handy for such occasions, cops and witnesses said.
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Man Decapitated in Random Ax Attack in Santa Maria; Suspect Arrested
Society & Culture  (tags: murder, Decapitated, elderly, man, sadness, police, violence )

Lone
- 115 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
A 20-year-old Santa Maria man has been arrested on suspicion of an apparently random ax attack that decapitated a man out for his morning walk.
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Sex Bans in Nursing Homes
Society & Culture  (tags: sex, kissing, petting, bans, privacy, society, culture, americans, adults, elderly, old, people, nursing, homes, rights, freedoms, health, investigation, abuse, well-being )

Tom
- 116 days ago - latimes.com
A 2007 University of Chicago survey, "A Study of Sexuality and Health Among Older Adults in the United States," concluded that old people are as likely to be sexually active as the young, and well into their 70s and 80s. But not in nursing homes.
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Talk Radio Campaign Frightening Seniors
Society & Culture  (tags: society, elderly, sadness, scary, unfair, wrong )

Lone
- 118 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The controversy stems from a proposal to pay physicians who counsel elderly or terminally ill patients about what medical interventions they would prefer near the end of life and how to prepare instructions
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Sign Petition: Join The UFW in Standing Up For Homecare Workers
Society & Culture  (tags: homecare, workers, california, ufw, society, culture, rights, humans, government, americans, money, politics, economy, healthcare, elderly, disabled, federal, funds, critical, services, jobs, pay children )

Tom
- 181 days ago - ufwaction.org
Stand up for California's homecare workers by emailing legislators and Gov. Schwarzenegger. Homecare workers provide critical services to the elderly and disabled in this state. Home care workers work long and hard taking care of our most fragile citizens
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Schwarzenegger Plans $2.8 Billion More in State Cuts
Society & Culture  (tags: homecare, workers, california, ufw, society, culture, rights, humans, government, americans, money, politics, economy, healthcare, elderly, disabled, federal, funds, critical, services, jobs, pay children )

Tom
- 181 days ago - latimes.com
Schools would be hit by $680 million in new cuts, while the state's social safety net would lose $1 billion more in funding for the poor, disabled and aged. A 5% salary reduction for state employees would save the state $470 million.
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Some of the Hardest Hit: The Elderly
Society & Culture  (tags: elderly, sernior citizens, retirement, pensions, investments, poverty )

RC
- 431 days ago - nytimes.com
Read some stories of American seniors and retirees and how they're being affected - and will be affected - by the mess of the US economy. Gives one pause...
26 comments
Centenarians Sisters Robbed By Tricksters - UK/England
Society & Culture  (tags: uk, england, sisters, elderly, women, thieves, burglary )

Chrissy
- 656 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Two centenarian sisters have been robbed at their home by a gang posing as water company officials. Alice and Annie Horsman, who are 100 and 106, were targeted by two men and a woman at their home in Rochdale, Lancashire.
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Grandmother Dies After Brutal Backyard Bashing - Australia
Society & Culture  (tags: australia, victoria, elderly, woman, burglar, death, murder, robberyviolence )

Chrissy
- 663 days ago - news.com.au
AN elderly Melbourne woman has died in hospital after being brutally bashed by an intruder in an attack she kept secret for nine days, fearing another attack. Grandmother Josephine Cesnick, 76, was pottering about in the backyard of her home in Templewood
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When Granparents Are Left To Parent - Growing Issue
Society & Culture  (tags: Elderly, adults, childern, welfare, concern, economy, health concerns, medical issues, family, money )

RED
- 860 days ago - clintonnc.com
He and his wife Delphine, 84, are responsible for taking care of two of their grandchildren, Shamara, 8, and Elijah, 7. "It is hard because we are both on fixed incomes," explains Delphine, "but, God has blessed us so far."
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