Tag: elderly
Elderly woman robbed in her home in Västerås – several perpetrators forced their way in
It was just after 5pm on Saturday that the police were alerted to a serious robbery in central Västerås. The perpetrators had robbed the woman of her mobile phone and…
This is how social isolation among the elderly must be broken
An international survey from the Public Health Agency this year shows that loneliness and social isolation are most common in younger and older age groups among people in single households,…
Elderly woman taken from library – stole over a thousand books
Elderly woman carried from library • Library director: “Extensive theft” A woman in her 80s had borrowed two books from Vetlanda library.At home, she had 1,200 that belonged to the…
Elderly man dies in drowning accident
Updated: Today 19:18 Published: Today 19:16 During Sunday, an alarm was received about a drowning incident in Lerum. – We have been there and pulled a person out of the…
Camilla, who has MS, is forced to live in housing for the elderly this summer – Piteå municipality cannot find any assistants
Piteå newspaper has previously told about MS-sick Camilla’s struggle for assistance at home. The summer at a short-term residence for the elderly in Piteå is not something Camilla looks forward…
Breaking the trend: Fewer reported telephone scams against the elderly
Vishing – is called a type of phone scam where fear is an important building block. The scammer calls and manipulates someone, often an elderly person, into giving up information…
Elderly woman in Olofström badly beaten – man wanted in custody
According to the police, the man is said to have gone on the attack with some form of attachment in a residence in Olofström last Saturday. – The woman was…
How the elderly in Werkhoven, without a supermarket, still get their groceries
With the closure of the supermarket in Werkhoven two years ago, an important meeting place also came to an end. Many older residents now have to rely on others for…
Benefit for the elderly with prostate cancer to wait
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen PSA tests via blood samples are a way to follow the development of prostate cancer. Archive image. Photo: Dan Hansson/Svd/TT Older men who have other…
Elderly man died in drowning accident
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen A man died in connection with a drowning accident. Archive image. Photo: Stina Stjernkvist/TT An 85-year-old man died on Tuesday in connection with a drowning…