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4 hrs ago | CBS Local

Palo Alto Police Searching For Missing Elderly Woman With Alzheimer's

Palo Alto police are searching for an elderly woman with Alzheimer's diseases who walked away from her assisted living facility Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Family

8 hrs ago | CBS Local

Elderly Man With Dementia Goes Missing In Pasadena

Pasadena police Saturday continued to search for a 73-year-old man with dementia who went missing after walking away from his care facility.

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Related Topix: Pasadena, CA, Family, North Fair Oaks, CA

12 hrs ago | Brandon Sun

A controversial victory lap for Jerry Lewis at the Cannes Film Festival

Jerry Lewis, so beloved in France, isn't quite overcome with emotion now that he's back at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, The Nutty Professor, The Ladies Man, Science Fiction Movies, Celebrities, Jerry Lewis, Movies, Entertainment, Family, Recreational Vehicle, Award

15 hrs ago | HON

Seniors More Likely to Crash When Driving With Pet: Study

Animals make great companions for senior citizens, but elderly people who always drive with a pet in the car are far more likely to crash than those who never drive with a pet, researchers have found.

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Related Topix: Family, University of Alabama

20 hrs ago | The Afro American Newspaper

Councilmember Anita Bonds Proposes No Property Taxes for Senior Citizens

At the next legislative meeting of the Council of the District of Columbia, Councilmember Anita Bonds will introduce legislation titled, "Senior Citizen Real Property Tax Homeowner Relief," which will allow residents who have maintained residency for 25 years or more to be exempt from real property taxes, if the homeowner is aged 80 years or older ... (more)

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Related Topix: Family, Washington DC

Yesterday | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Flaws in governor's budget

Instead of subsidizing coverage for a Honda version of health insurance, the governor wants to use your money to provide a Cadillac plan - a self-inflicted extra cost.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Family, Medicare

Fri May 24, 2013

KOMO News

Fake cop targeting Seattle's elderly in cash scam

A man going by Capt. Jack Truska, Sgt. Drumbowski or "some other gruff TV cop name" is targeting elderly women and scamming them out of tens of thousands of dollars, according to the Seattle Police Department.

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Related Topix: Family

CBS Local

Woman Critical After Lawndale High-Rise Fire

A fire at a senior citizen high-rise in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood left an elderly woman critically injured Friday afternoon.

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WATE-TV Knoxville

4 arrested, indicted for fraud in investment scheme that targeted the elderly

The indictment alleges that Benchmark Capital, Inc. was engaged in an elaborate scheme that lured investors, many of whom were elderly, into investing their retirement savings and the equity in their homes in phony annuity investments.

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Related Topix: Family, Personal Finance, Retirement, University of Tennessee

Sunday Times

Shoppers caught in violent rampage

BULL CREEK ATTACK: Police say a man fitting this description punched a shopper in the face, knocking her to the ground.

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Related Topix: Family, Esperance, NY, Australia, Oceania, World News

WGAL-TV Lancaster

Poor hit hardest by Washington budget cuts

Forced federal spending cuts intended to be equal and across-the-board have lately fallen harder on the nation's poor, sick and elderly.

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Related Topix: Family, Kansas City, KS, University of Wisconsin Madison, Autos

Rutland and Stamford Mercury

Whitefriars Care Home in Stamford charged over death of widow, 84

A charitable trust which runs a care home in Stamford is being taken to court over the death of an elderly woman resident.

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Related Topix: Family

Thu May 23, 2013

Gasparilla Gazette

Abuse of the elderly is not the solution to our debt problem

The election of 2012 is over, but the extremists persist in their desire to eliminate the deficit by destroying Medicare, Social Security, and entitlements.

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Related Topix: Family, Personal Finance, Social Security

Blacktown Sun

Blacktown's carers for the elderly rewarded

Ed Husic presents the Judges Commendation Award to Shweta Sharma with two judges, Josephine Rechichi and Chris Pilao looking on.

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Related Topix: Family

NBC Miami

Woman Made Elderly Man Withdraw Thousands: Cops

A South Florida woman is facing a grand theft charge after she drove an elderly man to Broward County banks and made him withdraw tens of thousands of dollars, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Family, Broward County, FL, Plantation, FL

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Town and Country: Nurse assistant charged with stealing from elderly woman

A certified nursing assistant is accused of taking money from the room of an elderly woman living at an assisted living facility in Town and Country.

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Related Topix: Family, Town and Country, MO

Bournemouth Echo

Dorset's 'asset rich, cash poor' elderly suffering in recession

THE economic downturn is having a marked impact on the wellbeing of 'asset rich, cash poor' older people in Dorset, Bournemouth University researchers have found.

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Related Topix: Family, Personal Finance, Retirement, Pension

The Chronicle (Cromwell/Middletown)

Senior Housing Consultant Grant Application A...

The Newington Town Council last Tuesday, May 14, officially approved an application for a $20,400 technical assistance grant that will be used to hire a consultant to advise them on areas within which senior citizen housing can be constructed.

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Mirror.co.uk

Elderly lost in benefits maze: A 5.5bn worth of benefits unclaimed by pensioners

A shocking one in three pensioners are struggling to make ends meet as bills for everyday essentials continue to rocket and incomes fail to keep up.

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Related Topix: Family, Pension, Personal Finance

NorthJersey.com

DeMarrais: Robocalls target elderly, ailing

The cheerful voice on the phone says you can protect yourself and your loved ones with an emergency medical alert.

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