Unfortunately, even though this seems like common sense to most of us, the vulnerability of the elderly population in Maine is being exposed through this novel scam.
The Augusta Police Department is looking for your help in locating a 72-year old Augusta resident. Donald DuPerre, of Boothby Street, walked away from his residence at approximately 9:00 am, Friday, March 24.
In 2013, the United States had an elderly population (65 and older) of 44.5 million people, that's about 14.1 percent of the total population. the fastest rising age group in the past ten years has been those 85 and older. Maine has a large percentage of elderly people.
Mark Halle, 32 of Waterville is accused of sexually assaulting an elderly woman in Waterville earlier this month. Today (Feb. 17) the judge, in his case, set bail at $500,000. The state had requested that he be held without bail. The bail has a condition that Halle does not contact the victim or be near her residence.
A High School senior in Nottoway County, Virginia did a good deed realizing someday he may need the favor returned. Tommy Adams was driving back from the DMV with his mother when he saw an elderly man shoveling snow.
Just because people get old it doesn’t mean they can’t have fun. There was a day when everyone was young, and every generation had their own time of music, dancing and fun. Here are some 80 + year olds to show you’re never too old to ‘shake it’...
Great news if you are getting older (aren’t we all), more Americans are living to the age of 90 than any other time in history. The first ever census number's on that age group were posted and shows 90 years or older have tripled since 1980.
It has been said for years, ‘they died of a broken heart’, and that seems to be true. Studies done at John Hopkins Hospital call it ‘broken heart syndrome’ where a surge of hormones impairs the muscle in the heart to pump.
The Maine State Police this afternoon (June 6) arrested 44-year-old Roland Cummings and charged him with killing a 92-year-old man from Waterville. Cummings knew Aurele Fecteau and occasionally did household chores for him.
Fecteau was found on May 23 stabbed to death in his bed...
This (April 21) afternoon, game wardens used a tracking dog and found the body of Shirley Woods, an 83-year-old woman, in Skowhegan. She had been missing since Sunday. She was last seen near her apartment on 341 Madison Ave., across from Burger King.
It is often said that, as you age, the memory is the first thing to go. However, according to a new study, one fairly simple step can greatly improve older adults' ability to remember.