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Argus launches cut-price home insurance for seniors
Argus Group said yesterday it’s launched a new home insurance for seniors that’s 25 percent below market price.
Date: 15/2/11 | The Royal Gazette
Families Minister promises changes to legislation for aid for seniors
Seniors who have an interest in a property will be eligible for financial aid from Government under a proposed change to the law.
Date: 19/1/11 | The Royal Gazette
Bermuda Gas launches free water heater programme for seniors
Seniors will have the opportunity to lower their energy bill through a programme with Bermuda Gas.
The appliance company is offering members of Age Concern a tankless water heater that is powered by propane.
Date: 17/1/11 | The Royal Gazette
CellOne launches new phone aimed at seniors
CellOne is looking to appeal to Bermuda’s ageing population with a user-friendly phone and discounted payment plan for seniors.
Date: 10/1/11 | The Royal Gazette
Good Samaritans come to aid of Belco customers
Several thousand dollars have been deposited into a newly formed account aimed at assisting senior citizens, especially those on fixed incomes, who are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet and keep their lights on.
Date: 4/1/11 | The Royal Gazette
Who Cares for the Elderly?
The events of the last few weeks have caused me to reflect once again on the issue of responsibility in ageing.
Date: 30/12/11 | The Bermuda Sun
Age Concern sees merit in reconsidering pensioners’ land tax exemption
A rethink on the land tax exemption for pensioners could be positive if the correct measures are implemented, according to Age Concern.
Date: 15/12/11 | The Royal Gazette
Butterfield seniors urged to weigh up retirement offer
Age Concern yesterday warned seniors to weigh Butterfield Bank’s voluntary retirement offer fully before accepting it.
Date: 9/12/11 | The Royal Gazette
Age Concern calls on Govt to provide relief to seniors hit by FutureCare coverage shortfall
Date: 7/12/11 | The Royal Gazette
Successful ageing
Be prepared for the challenges ahead
Date: 25/11/11 | The Bermuda Sun
Pledge to end age discrimination is welcomed
Opposition spokeswoman for seniors Louise Jackson has questioned why Throne Speech promises for Bermuda’s elderly weren’t implemented years ago.
Date: 5/11/11 | The Royal Gazette
Planning for long-term care
For seniors and their families the decision to move into long-term care is often the most difficult and traumatic they ever have to make.
Date: 28/10/11 | The Bermuda Sun
Seniors draw on radical past to pressure candidates
Bermuda’s seniors yesterday vowed to get more radical in a bid to push their agenda on to the front burner of politics.
Date: 26/10/11 | The Bermuda Sun
Devonshire South Central candidates meet seniors at Age Concern forum
One Bermuda Alliance Leader, Craig Cannonier yesterday promised that his party would eliminate age discrimination in the workplace, and ensure affordable and equitable health insurance and financial assistance for seniors.
Date: 26/10/11 | The Royal Gazette
Island faces challenges from ageing population, warns advocate
Advocates for Bermuda’s elderly say the ageing of the population revealed in the latest Census has “profound implications” for Bermuda’s social assistance programmes.
Date: 19/10/11 | The Royal Gazette
Spiralling costs spark fears of elder abuse
An ageing population and the spiralling cost of rest homes could lead to abuse of elders, campaigners warned on Tuesday.
Date: 19/10/11 | The Bermuda Sun
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Date: 17/10/11 | VSB radio
Work, retirement and pensions: A retiree's perspective
There are few certainties in this life but we can all be sure of one thing - getting older.
Date: 30/09/11 | The Bermuda Sun
Pensions: From a union's viewpoint
Trade Unions believe that pension plans are one of an employee’s most important financial assets that they will acquire in their lives.
Date: 30/09/11 | The Bermuda Sun
Islanders need to learn to ‘age successfully’
Bermudians need to educate themselves on how to “age successfully”, a seniors advocate has warned.
Date: 12/08/11 | The Royal Gazette
MPs clash on take note motion on seniors’ quality of life
The Opposition tried to highlight the plight of Bermuda’s seniors while Government argued it is doing its best to help them during a stormy debate in the House of Assembly.
Date: 24/7/11 | The Royal Gazette
How long do we have to wait for a national ageing strategy?
Bermuda’s population is ageing rapidly. Many have found themselves unprepared for retirement and many more have accepted early retirement packages as a result of the current economic climate.
Date: 22/7/11 | The Bermuda Sun
Just how many retirees can Bermuda afford?
Census shows a declining birth rate and an increase in the old-age dependency ratio.
Date: 24/6/11 | The Bermuda Sun
Future pensioners may face hard times, according to an economist.
Future seniors face abject poverty unless Santa Claus bails them out because there’s so little in Bermuda’s pensions pot, according to economist Robert Stewart.
Date: 14/6/11 | The Royal Gazette
Don't get conned
Seniors must beware of scammers on the Internet
Date: 27/5/11 | The Royal Gazette
Seniors are struggling warns charity
Age Concern says it has had a huge increase in calls from elderly people asking for help.
Date: 25/5/11 | The Royal Gazette
Outlawing age discrimination would ease pensions crisis, claims Age Concern director
A charity director claims the Island’s potential pensions crisis could be eased at almost no cost simply by adding a word to the Human Rights Act.
Date: 2/5/11 | The Royal Gazette
Pitfalls facing pensioners as the first of the ‘baby boomers’ reach 65
Seven hundred post-war “baby boomers” will turn 65 in Bermuda this year but how many of them will be able to enjoy the retirement they expected?
Date: 25/4/11 | The Royal Gazette
Double blow for needy islanders
Sweeping budget cuts have crippled Bermuda’s ability to help the most vulnerable at a time when they need it most.
Date: 20/4/11 | The Bermuda Sun
Elder abuse law needs teeth, says activist
Not one person has been convicted under a law passed three years ago to protect Bermuda's seniors from abuse
Date: 15/4/11 | The Royal Gazette
Age Concern calls for help for seniors over health care costs
Age Concern today criticised Government for increasing the cost of health insurance and called for immediate help for seniors on the Island.
Date: 31/3/11 | The Royal Gazette
Challenges ahead as seniors become a larger part of Island’s population
The Island’s seniors may need to consider working past age 65 or starting retirement savings earlier to deal with costs associated with an expanding elderly population.
Date: 23/3/11 | The Royal Gazette
Islanders face being forced to work after 65
Islanders may have to keep working for years after they turn 65, experts said yesterday. Bermuda faces a demographic time bomb with the number of residents aged 65 or older likely to exceed those of working age by 2025.
Date: 23/3/11 | The Bermuda Sun
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