An older person’s likelihood of entering a nursing home or other long-term care facility is particularly high immediately after the death of a spouse, new research indicates.
There could be various reasons for this, Elina Nihtila, of the department of sociology at the University of Helsinki, Finland, who led the research, told Reuters Health.
“It may be [...]
MUMBLES PIER is set to become home to a new museum dedicated to the home cleaning service history of the world’s first passenger railway service, the Mumbles train.
A new aquarium and sea-life centre are also planned for the pier, its owners have revealed today. The owners of the129-year-old structure, say the new museum will be [...]
April 3 marked the 35th anniversary of the initial cell phone call, and wireless technology has evolved tremendously over the years. The original mobile phones hardly seem like they’re in the same family as today’s cell phones, said Mike Minnis, NTELOS director of public relations.
Minnis described the early versions of cellular phones as big and [...]
Pest Control It had been an innocent boyhood hobby, but when, in his forties, Simon Garfield rediscovered stamp-collecting, it spiralled into an obsession that went beyond the usual midlife search for meaning. It was costing him thousands and signalled the end of a marriage already collapsing under the strain of his love for another woman.
Little [...]
Police are wondering why a bar of used soap is among the items stolen during a home robbery in Clearfield. Matt and Saundra Ramos and their four children returned home from an Easter weekend vacation Monday night to find their TVs, a laptop and other electronics had been stolen.
But also missing were cleaning supplies, toys, [...]
Maybe you ‘ve just had knee surgery and you need crutches and physical therapy.
Maybe you have an elderly parent who is no longer able to leave her home without assistance and would appreciate having meals brought in.
Or maybe your husband has been diagnosed with diabetes and needs to learn how test his blood sugar and [...]
Two Upper Hutt men charged Roy Samways, 82, $1246 to clean the windows of his small villa after charging him $24 the first time and $600 in January before the exorbitant amount this week.
A bank teller queried Mr Samways cheque when the two men presented it, and though he told the teller to honour it, [...]
Mr Samways, 82, paid $1240 to have the windows of his small Waikanae villa cleaned and was shocked to discover the job should have cost no more than $120.
Though initially a bit uneasy about paying two men the %26quot;hell of a price%26quot;, he felt reassured when they told him they charged other clients the same [...]
Boy racer chaos on Christchurch streets
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Christchurchs Little Hagley and North Hagley Parks were yesterday littered with smashed glass and hundreds of discarded bottles after Harper Avenue was grid-locked by thousands of boy racers.
They were drawn to the city for the annual Fours and Rotary Autoshow at Westpac Stadium.
Boy-racer bans [...]
Christchurchs Little Hagley and North Hagley Parks were yesterday littered with smashed glass and hundreds of discarded bottles after Harper Avenue was grid-locked by thousands of boy racers.
They were drawn to the city for the annual Fours and Rotary Autoshow at Westpac Stadium.
Boy-racer bans on the Oxford Terrace Strip and several streets on the city [...]