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rakski @rakski (156496) • Philippines 9 Jun

I was not here yesterday. My daughter and I bought some essentials she needed for school. We commuted yesterday and what is funny in the train station, while waiting for the train, they separate pregnant women,...

do you look your age

seniors

young

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The Homefront: Things May Be Improving

Ms.Chelle @Chellezhere (6421) • United States 16 Aug

Some of you may remember me telling you about my next-door neighbor, "The Delusional One." She has bullied and harassed me for over three years. Her reasons? I'm legally blind, under 62 (doesn't matter that I'm over 55), own a...

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Balloons for the next party

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 14 Aug

This time's Xmas party will be for seniors Normally I strew the balloons on the floor. I will avoid that as seniors need to be careful while walking around. Balloons are the only decor for the parties I organise. I am...

xmas party

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balloons decor

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Emoji balloons

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 5 Aug

I find no difference when it comes to throwing parties for kids and seniors As some of you know I am planning on an Xmas party for seniors where my sister will be the Santa on wheels and she will be ninety this year. There...

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The widening gap between juniors and seniors

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 27 Mar 25

Gone are the days when kids would worry their grand parents to tell them stories Gone are the days when both these generations played together whether indoors or outdoors Gone are the days when they ate at the table together....

seniors

widening gap

juniors

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Seniors and their medical needs

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 21 Jan 25

There is no end to where, when and how intense a senior needs care. I am experiencing it. I talked about it earlier here and the major issue now is degeneration of joints. Degeneration is not curable but it can be kept under...

seniors

health isssues

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Scams and More Scams

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 3 Jan 25

A story on the news about scads of scams on seniors back east around Christmas time. These scammers call and spend alot of time bonding and gaining the trust of these unknowing seniors. People of that age group are so much more...

scams

seniors

independence

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Seniors and self worship

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 16 Nov 24

Going by what I do every day to keep myself in trim I feel I am self worshiping. The kind of food I take, the supplements that are there in my dailly intake, medicines I take to lower my BP, a bit of exercise that my body can...

seniors

self worship

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Computers drive me crazy!!!

michael Arrigo @Itsonlyadream (239) 7 Feb 24

I get it I am old. I grew up in a different time. But come on. There has to be an easier way. I am in my late fifties and every day people use computers to do everything. I loved the days when you could ask a person a question and...

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A businessman in Texas assists senior citizens by insulating their pipes for winter

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122232) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 18 Jan 24

Josh Eubank who is a resident of Spring Texas showed his heart of compassion for senior citizens who needed to have their pipes insulated before a winter storm would affect their houses last weekend. Josh used Facebook as his...

pipes

winter storm

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Working or Retired or Something in Between?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222527) • United States 29 Sep 23

I lost my job as an Accounting Office Manager on Christmas Eve 2009. The company I had worked for for 15 years went bankrupt so that they could be bought out by another company. There I was, 61 years old, with no job prospects....

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Knees and seniors

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 27 Aug 23

As one ages and those who have put on a lot of weight will have the issue of putting a load of one's knee joints and leg muscles. My physio therapist has recommended a few moves that will help straighten legs that show those...

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Seniors and swallowing issues

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 3 Mar 23

Of late I am having issues with swallowing saliva but not with solids. I feel there is a lump in the throat and I get kind of a choked sensation but it gets sorted out after sipping some water and trying to clear the throat and...

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To get up from a fall

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 14 Feb 23

As on gets older the first casualty are the knees that cannot handle a fall. And when that happens one cannot get up without assistance What if there is no one around at the time of the fall is of concern. So much of...

seniors

fall

unable to get up without assistance

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SafeAlarm Saved the Day

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 28 Sep 22

A 76-year-old woman was leaving a store here in Boise in the middle of the day. She said later that she just felt like she was being watched. In the parking lot she was accosted by a man demanding her purse. "Just give me your...

alarm

attacks

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Does Age Matter?

Kandase @Kandae11 (57230) 4 Aug 22

People express themselves in a variety of ways . Could be their manner of dress, hairstyle , speech, body piercing, tattoos etc. Looking at the picture posted we can see that not only the younger generation feel the need to '...

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Someone asked me why I looked so contented

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 24 May 22

Someone asked me why I look so contented and that too on my birthday This is what I said to them "I can walk, I can talk, sleep, eat, hear, see, write, and most important of all I have a good memory and much more" I am a...

seniors

health

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Prom - Yes or No?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222527) • United States 10 Apr 22

In 1965 I was a senior in high school and was 17 years old. One of the things that seniors look forward to, of course, was Senior Prom night. There were 1,000 kids in my graduating class; and I don't remember where prom was...

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Dorothea Puente

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 24 Mar 22

Dorothea Puente was arrested in 1988 after her backyard was dug up and seven bodies were found. She was a boarding house operator who killed her tenants beginning in 1982. All of the tenants were seniors and had some medical...

murder

theft

seniors

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Meals - 1/28/22

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222527) • United States 29 Jan 22

Everyone is always asking me what I had for breakfast, lunch and dinner; so I decided to write a post about it. There is a program in our area which provides a hot lunch for seniors. The charge is $2.50 per meal; but if you...

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