Close to three million Americans aged 55 and older suffer from alcohol abuse — and this figure is expected to reach nearly 6 million by 2020. While alcohol abuse remains prevalent among them, the rate of illicit drug abuse in adults over 50 more than doubled between 2002 and 2013. Many of the older Americans […]
A North Carolina couple pleaded guilty for leading a Costa Rican sweepstakes fraud scheme that defrauded hundreds of elderly Americans.Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of the Western District of North Carolina made the announcement.Jessica Anne Brown, 39, of Greensboro, North Carolina, pleaded […]
HOUSTON – Older people are nearly twice as likely as their younger counterparts to have their memory and cognitive processes impaired by environmental distractions (such as irrelevant speech or written words presented along with target stimuli), according to a new study from psychologists at Rice University and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Whereas other […]
An elderly Wasilla homeowner opened fire on would be burglars in the early morning hours of Tuesday, according to the trooper dispatch. The unidentified victim of a break-in phoned MATCOM dispatch early this morning at 3:06 am to report that there was a burglary in progress at a residence on Limberlost Avenue in Wasilla. During […]