Elderly

Malta: Elderly in care homes start receiving Covid booster shot

Malta has started administering a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to elderly residents at care homes on Monday. Elderly residents at the Floriana nursing home were the first to…

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Malta: Elderly in care homes can go out from 19 July

Elderly in care homes will be allowed to leave the facility from 19 July, Active Aging Minister Michael Farrugia said. During a press conference on Friday, Farrugia announced the lifting of…

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Malta: Elderly in homes to recieve €100 in direct contribution instead of government COVID vouchers

Elderly people in public and private care residences will not be receiving government's second round of COVID-19 vouchers announced last week but will instead be receiving €100 directly in their bank…

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Malta: Vaccinated visitors will be prioritised when meeting elderly in care homes

Vaccinated visitors will be given priority when elderly homes re-open properly in the coming months, the Elderly Minister revealed on Tuesday, emphasising the importance of getting inoculated against COVID-19. Source…

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Malta: Elderly persons sent back home due to vaccines running out

Many elderly persons who went to health clinics for the Covid-19 vaccine were turned away due to vaccinations running out. Source Newsbook Updated 1745

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Malta: From Monday visits to care homes will resume, without use of perspex

From Monday, visits to care homes will once again be allowed where 90% of residents have been vaccinated, and two weeks have passed since they took the second dose. The…

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Malta: Letters for Covid-19 vaccination going out to elderly persons in 80 to 84 age group

Elderly persons in the 80 to 84 age group and living at home will start receiving letters of appointment for the Covid-19 vaccination in the coming days, with dates, times,…

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Elderly home residents start getting second Covid jab

Health authorities said today that elderly persons living in public and private nursing homes, together with all frontliners working with them, started receiving the second dose of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine.…

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Malta: Protests, tension as elderly forced to wait outdoors for vaccine

Elderly people in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine were left confused and frustrated on Friday as tensions soared at health centres. Healthcare workers are currently vaccinating people aged 85 and…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

Times of Malta says that turning the tide at the next election is still a tall order but PN leader Bernard Grech’s mission no longer seems like an impossible one.…

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Fire kills 11 in Russian retirement home

Eleven elderly people with mobility issues died after being trapped in a burning retirement home in the early hours of Tuesday in the Russian region of Bashkortostan in the Urals mountains,…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

The Times of Malta says the built heritage needs more defence, calling for the restructuring of the scheduling system and a review of the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage The Independent…

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Elderly women knit scarves, hats and socks for children’s home

A group of elderly women have used their time spent indoors to knit clothes for the children's home Dar Sagra Familja. Fondazzjoni Sebħ Dar Sagra Familja is located in Zabbar,…

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Don’t leave elderly alone – Pope Francis

Pope Francis calls the parish priest of a community on the periphery of Rome that he visited in 2018 assuring the faithful there, of his prayers and urging them not…

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Four in ten women in Europe aged 65 or over live alone

In the EU, similar shares of men and women aged 15 - 64 live alone (both 19%), in a couple (48% for men, 51% for women) and with another adult…

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Malta: The HomeHelp service amongst several others, have resumed and being provided to the community’s elderly

As of today, various services will be resumed in the community from Active Aging and Community Care. This was after consultation with the Public Health Authority, which gave clear instructions…

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Malta: Many services for the elderly in the community to resume on Monday

A number of services for the elderly in the community are set to resume as from Monday. After consulting the Public Health authorities, a number of active aging and community…

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Italian elderly couple commits suicide, citing financial problems in paying their rent

A 74 and 77 years old husband and wife, were found dead at their home in Rome. According to ANSA, the couple left a suicide note, citing financial difficulties to pay…

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Elderly woman treated like an animal in hospice residence in Latina (Italy)

Seven domestic arrest warrants were issued after an elderly woman was held in a cage, or in the bed surrounded by bars, her hairs were pulled violently in the hospice…

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