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2. 5 home modifications for older adults looking to age in place

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   Add lighting. Falling is the most common cause of injury for people over 65, in part due to age-related loss of eyesight. Older adults with vision impairment are two times as likely to fall ...

3. Old age - Wikipedia

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   Old age is the range of ages for people nearing and surpassing life expectancy. People of old age are also referred to as: old people, elderly, elders, seniors, senior citizens, or older adults. [ 1] Old age is not a definite biological stage: the chronological age denoted as "old age" varies culturally and historically. [ 2]

4. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   An old man at a nursing home in Norway. Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English-speaking world as aged care ), serves the needs of old adults. It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care ), hospice care, and home care .

5. International Day of Older Persons - Wikipedia

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   1 October 2024. ( 2024-10-01) Frequency. Annual. The International Day of Older People is observed on October 1 each year. On December 14, 1990, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the International Day of Older People as recorded in Resolution 45/106. [ 1] The holiday was observed for the first time on October 1 ...

6. World Senior Citizen's Day - Wikipedia

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   The World Senior Citizen's Day is celebrated on 21 August each year. [ 1] The celebration took place for the first time in 1991. [ 2][ 3] The day is intended to increase awareness of the factors and issues that affect older adults, such as health deterioration and elder abuse. It is also a day to recognize and acknowledge the contributions of ...

7. Retirement home - Wikipedia

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   Circa 1879. A retirement home – sometimes called an old people's home,[ 1] old folks' home, [ 2] or old age home, although old people's home can also refer to a nursing home [ 3] – is a multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly. Typically, each person or couple in the home has an apartment -style room or suite of rooms with ...