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Did you require a night light as a kid? Did the dark frighten you so bad that falling asleep seemed more like an episode of the Twilight Zone instead of a Disney nursery rhyme? Since fear is hard-wired into our emotional system (don’t get all academic on me), it’s no surprise that our experience of [...]

If you thought getting out of a bed this morning was tough, imagine living in Zambia where seniors are “either shunned by communities as witchcraft practitioners or, with little or no understanding of the disease, are burdened with caring for HIV/AIDS orphans.” That’s reality, my friends. I guess the missionaries have encountered some trouble with [...]

It’s one thing to sit around the pool in Florida and bitch about hurricanes and whether or not Florida is ever going to get its voting act together. Now get on a plane and visit Swaziland, Africa. There you’ll discover that seniors who are supposed to be retired are taking care of grandchildren who have [...]

New York Magazine delved into the whole MILF phenomenon. If you thought your sex life was punky, then you need to wake up and smell the young stud who wants a piece of you, ladies. Take, for example, Jen, a 35-year-old divorced woman who exclaims, “It’s totally cheesy, but ten years ago, I don’t think [...]

The Senior News Digest is a glimpse into the politics of growing older around the world.
Pickpockets Target Elderly at Pearson
640 Toronto, Canada - 56 minutes ago
Elderly people heading through the airport are having their bags and purses stolen by thieves that set up a distraction. They’re …
Volunteers helping elderly in hot weather
WWAY NewsChannel 3, [...]

© Natalie Behring
Descripton: Shui Xian, Henan Province, China - March 18, 2005 - An elderly man (Mr. Pan) who has been infected with AIDS and treated with American medicine in Suang Miao Village.
AIDS knows no boundaries in terms of age and class. I was browsing photos on Flickr and came across Natalie Behring’s work. [...]