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13:50, 05.04.2024

Phenomenon of demographic ageing increases in 2023, elderly population outnumbering young population by more than 27 pct

Phenomenon of demographic ageing increases in 2023, elderly population outnumbering young population by more than 27 pct

The phenomenon of demographic ageing has increased last year, as the elderly population aged 65 and over exceeded by more than 27.5% the young population aged 0-14 years, according to data from the National Institute…




14:45, 15.11.2023

Romania, in top 10 countries whose populations are aging from year to year

Romania, in top 10 countries whose populations are aging from year to yearRomania is in the top 10 countries whose populations are aging year by year, and three out of 10 elderly people in our country have no one…




14:45, 15.11.2023

It is essential to promote programmes that encourage use of digital technologies among the elderly (presidential adviser)

It is essential to promote programmes that encourage use of digital technologies among the elderly (presidential adviser)It is essential to promote support programmes and initiatives that encourage the use of digital…




15:45, 17.10.2023

FOTO: Reprezentanți IȘJ Alba, în delegație în Portugalia. Vizite la centre pentru vârstnici și sesiuni de formare

FOTO: Reprezentanți IȘJ Alba, în delegație în Portugalia. Vizite la centre pentru vârstnici și sesiuni de formare Reprezentanți ai Inspectoratului Școlar Județean Alba și ai Asociației G.I.S.A.S. au participat,…




16:10, 31.07.2023

PM Ciolacu: Social protection used without empathy, as business, in elderly people's and disabled people's homes

PM Ciolacu: Social protection used without empathy, as business, in elderly people's and disabled people's homesSocial protection has been used without empathy, "as a business", and the Romanian state "needs help"…




16:00, 28.07.2023

USR's Drula asks PM to publish Control Corps report on elderly homes

Save Romania Union (USR) Chairman Catalin Drula asks Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to publish the report of the Control Corps on homes for the elderly."I ask Prime Minister Ciolacu to publish the report of his…




10:45, 18.07.2023

Romanian president satisfied with political resignations amid elderly care scandal

The elderly care home scandal in Romania has prompted two political resignations, which Romanian President Klaus Iohannis deems enough for now, but not everyone is convinced, according to Euractiv. However, the…




12:35, 13.07.2023

PM Ciolacu guarantees concrete proposals for structural changes to protection system of elderly, people with disabilities

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said that next week the Government will come up with concrete proposals for structural changes to the way the system of protection of the elderly and people with disabilities works,…




13:50, 10.07.2023

USR's Ungureanu says PSD planning move to shield LabMin Budai in elderly nursing homes scandal

MP Emanuel Ungureanu from the Save Romania Union (USR) said on Monday that the prime minister and the Health minister are ushering in "an imminent catastrophe", i.e. the switch of the "horror care facilities" to…




12:25, 10.07.2023

Torture in elderly homes/DIICOT has taken note since February, MAI to check for complaints (sources)

The Police and Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) have taken note of their own accord since February regarding the situation in certain elderly homes for vulnerable people - children,…




09:55, 10.07.2023

PM Ciolacu announces urgent controls in all centres for children, elderly and disabled people

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on Sunday the start of urgent controls in all care centres for children, the elderly and people with disabilities."First of all, all centres for children, the elderly and…




18:35, 05.07.2023

PM Ciolacu outraged by 'horrendous treatment' of elderly in abusive nursing homes

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu declared on Wednesday that he is outraged by the horrendous treatment the elderly hospitalized in the currently investigated residential care and social assistance centers were subjected…




20:45, 20.06.2023

Studiu: Pierderea considerabilă în greutate indică o moarte timpurie la seniori

Un nou studiu a constatat că adulții în vârstă, sănătoși, care pierd considerabil în greutate sunt mai expuși riscului de deces prematur din cauza cancerului, a bolilor cardiovasculare “și a altor afecțiuni care…




20:35, 15.03.2023

DIICOT prosecutors are investigating case of elderly people in the USA, robbed by Romanian theft ring

Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) prosecutors carried out seven searches in the southern town of Ramnicu Valcea to catch members of a theft ring who robbed dozens of elderly people…




11:35, 21.10.2022

Norwegian grant of 1.1 million euros, for Alba Iulia residential home for the elderly

The residential home for the elderly in Alba Iulia, under the administration of the municipality, benefits from non-refundable funding of 1.1 million euros, a Norwegian grant, which would ensure the energy efficiency…




17:45, 29.09.2022

Government-civil society consultations for identifying and implementing measures to support the elderly

The Government, through the General Secretariat, hosted, on Thursday, at Victoria Palace, consultations on the White Paper on the Rights of the Elderly in Romania, which was attended by over 40 public institutions…




22:15, 26.10.2021

Hugh Grant a donat 10.000 de lire sterline unei fundații care oferă gratuit instalații sanitare bătrânilor și persoanelor vulnerabile

Un fondator de caritate spune că „nu-i venea să creadă” când a observat că actorul Hugh Grant a donat 10.000 de lire sterline (14.000 de dolari) paginii sale GoFundMe, scrie BBC. James Anderson conduce o organizație…




17:15, 30.04.2021

Margaret of Romania Royal Foundation: 100 lone elderly people in Bucharest to receive traditional Easter menus

A hundred elderly persons in Bucharest are receiving traditional Easter menus and another 500 will receive material aid on Good Friday, following an activity organized by the Margaret of Romania Royal Foundation.…




12:55, 04.11.2020

Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation: 9,500 single callers to Elderly Line in 2015-2020

A number of 9,500 single callers called the Elderly Line, a free help line for the elderly, between 2015 and 2020, with more than 2,700 people calling this year, double than the previous year, according to a top…




13:50, 01.10.2020

Crown Custodian, on International Day for Older Persons: We can give a dignified life to the elderly

Romanian Crown Custodian, Margareta, says in a message sent to the participants in the national conference on good practices for a beautiful old age that "together we can give the elderly a dignified life, with…




16:10, 28.07.2020

ALDE requests dismissal of Bucharest Public Health Directorate's leadership

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) Bucharest is publicly requesting clarifications from the health minister on the testing of employees and residents of elderly people's care homes in the last two months.…




16:07, 02.05.2020

Spaniolii au ieșit să facă excerciții fizice în aer liber după 49 de zile de carantină

Spania, una dintre cele mai afectate țării din lume de criza de sănătate, a ridicat începând de sâmbătă măsurile stricte de carantină impuse populației. Ibericii au ieșit pe tot cuprinsul țării să facă exerciții…




16:17, 21.04.2020

UPDATE President Iohannis tells elderly gov't not to enforce inhumane restrictions on them

President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday criticised a proposal for the elderly to be quarantined, calling such measure inhumane and totalitarian. "(...) That will not happen. It is unacceptable. We live in a free society,…




15:07, 21.04.2020

President Iohannis tells elderly gov't not to enforce inhumane restrictions on them

President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday criticised a proposal for the elderly to be quarantined, calling such measure inhumane and totalitarian."(...) That will not happen. It is unacceptable. We live in a free society,…




16:29, 10.04.2020

Wildfire kills elderly woman in Hunedoara County

A 67-year-old woman of the village of Barza, Criscior, in Hunedoara County has died in a local wildfire, and her body was found by firefighters called to extinguish the flames that have engulfed an area of three…




14:00, 09.12.2019

Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Romania - lowest flu vaccination rate among the elderly

The lowest influenza vaccination coverage rates among the elderly - more than 65 years old - in the European Union were recorded in Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania and Romania, compared with an average…




11:14, 29.10.2019

Romania's demographic ageing phenomenon increases

The phenomenon of demographic ageing increased in Romania, with the elderly population of 65 years old and over exceeding the young population of 0-14 years by 471,000 on 31 July 2019 compared to 31 July 2018,…




19:02, 20.10.2019

#Presidential elections 2019/Dancila: We must grant respect to senior citizens for what Romania has today

PSD President Viorica Dancila, the social-democrats candidate for November's presidential elections, declared, during a visit to the "Academician Nicolae Cajal" Elderly People Home that all respect must be granted…




11:25, 25.04.2019

Demographic ageing gains further ground in 2018, in Romania

Demographic ageing gained further ground last year, as the elderly population aged 65 and above exceeded by 434,000 the number of the young aged 0 - 14, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) said in a release…




11:33, 04.07.2018

O bătrână din SUA și-a ucis fiul pentru că a vrut să o trimită la azil

O femeie în vârstă de 92 de ani din SUA și-a împușcat mortal fiul (72 de ani) pentru a nu fi trimisă la un azil de bătrâni. Anna Mae Blessing, care este acuzată de crimă, ar fi plănuit uciderea fiului ei timp de…