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Apparently it only hurts sometimes
http://www.bookwormroom.com/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ apparently-it-only-hurts-sometimes/In today’s New York Times, there’s a lengthy article about the humiliation routinely visited on elderly people who are called “dear” or “sweetie.” The message conveyed by those terms is demeaning, implying that the person on the receiving end is incompetent, and definitely placing the person in the “one down” position. The psychic hurt is so great it can create physical health problems.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Twenty Elderly People Get Gift of Sight
http://www.seniorsworldchronicle.com/ 2008/ 10/ south-africa-twenty-elderly-peop…. JOHANNESBURG (News24), October 7, 2008 Twenty elderly people whose vision has been impaired by the onset of cataracts have been given free cataract surgery by a specialist hospital, government news agency BuaNews reported.
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Nevis Health Minister Calls For Partnership In Elderly Care
http://www.nevisblog.com/ ?p=2226Flambouyant Home For Elderly Residents Charlestown, Nevis October 6, 2008 Minister of Health on Nevis Hon. Hensley Daniel said that a collective partnership between the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), the private sector and civic organisations would put the Nevis’s elderly at the center of the island’s development.
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Timothy Patrick White - Arrested On Charges That He Raped A Dying Elderly Woman With Alzheimers Disease And Brain Tumor
http://thalunatic.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 10/ timothy-patrick-white-arrested-on.htmlPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (ThaLunatic Daily) -- Timothy Patrick White, a 46-year-old Philadelphia man has been arrested on charges that he raped a dying 70-year-old nursing home patient who has Alzheimer's disease and a brain tumor.
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Vital Signs: Aging: New Guidelines on Colorectal Screening
http://www.auto.i-nauka.info/ vital-signs-aging-new-guidelines-on-colorectal-scr…A task force has recommended stopping colorectal cancer screening at age 75 for people who have no evidence of disease.
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In ‘Sweetie’ and ‘Dear,’ a Hurt Beyond Insult for the Elderly
http://www.auto.i-nauka.info/ in-%e2%80%98sweetie%e2%80%99-and-%e2%80%98dear%e2%…Studies are finding that “elderspeak,” the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people, can have health consequences.
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San Francisco's McKesson Corp. Steals From The Frail
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/ thesnitch/ 2008/ 10/ san_franciscos_mckesson_corp_ste…By John Geluardi The Feds have joined a lawsuit against San Francisco-based McKesson Corporation, which alleges that the medical supplier submitted false claims to Medicare, paid illegal kickbacks and set up a sham company to cover its tracks.
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MACAU: Elderly Games 2008 attract thousands
http://www.seniorsworldchronicle.com/ 2008/ 10/ macau-elderly-games-2008-attract…. MACAU (Macau Daily Times), October 6, 2008: The “2008 Macau Elderly Sports Games” held yesterday at the Macau Forum attracted a total of 3,000 participants. The event was organised jointly by the Macau Sports Development Board, the General Union of Neighbours Association, Macau Women's Association as well as the Macau Worker's Union.
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VIET NAM: Old woman offers free care to the elderly
http://www.seniorsworldchronicle.com/ 2008/ 10/ viet-nam-old-woman-offers-free-c…. HANOI (Viet Nam News), October 5, 2008 By Du Van Nga What will happen to me when I’m old is not something I usually think about. However, I hope that I will be as strong as Nguyen Thi Ngoc Trai, a 76-year-old woman and manager of Recas, a centre devoted to providing assistance and companionship to elderly people without families to care for them.
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RUSSIA: Sevastopol is Russia's Last Black Sea Bastion
http://www.seniorsworldchronicle.com/ 2008/ 10/ russia-sevastopol-is-russias-las…. BERLIN (Der Spiegel), October 6, 2008: The Russian Black Sea fleet is based in the Crimean port at Sevastopol -- as is the Ukrainian fleet. Tension between Russia and Ukraine is growing in the region. Here, Russian women welcome home warships returning from operations off the coast of Georgia during the brief August war.
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