A black nurse caught beating a white pensioner at an upmarket East London home for the frail was due to make her second appearance in court yesterday.
Assaults on Lily Kirchmann Complex resident Hope Shepherd, 84, on February 3 and … Read the rest
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Elderly die of starvation in Ukraine
Sixteen elderly people died from starvation in September in Donetsk. The people could not eat anything as they were afraid to go out of basements, where they were hiding from bombs, the head of Fair Aid Charity Fund, Doctor Elizaveta … Read the rest
Japan’s shoplifting grannies
The number of elderly people caught shoplifting in Japan’s capital city has outstripped that of teenagers for the first time since records began, a report said Monday.
A quarter of the people arrested on suspicion of the crime in Tokyo … Read the rest
Care centres to protect elderly from rape
Adult daycare centres are being introduced in KwaZulu-Natal to protect grandmothers from rape.
The provincial social development department resolved to construct the centres following a spate of attacks on elderly women.
Social development MEC Weziwe Thusi said yesterday that the … Read the rest
White oldie population explosion
A major study published by the United Nations has warned that the growing numbers of white and Asian elderly people presented significant challenges to welfare, pension and health care systems in both developing and developed nations.
And it bemoans the