Tag: pensioners

04 OCT

Loopholes allow some pensioners in the EU to retire tax-free

Tax-free? I don’t believe it! WHEN the financial crisis hammered Portugal’s economy, hundreds of thousands of its people left, taking advantage of the European Union’s rules on free movement to find work in countries that were hit less hard. Now Portugal is welcoming older people going in the other direction, not for jobs but for […]

10 APR

Weight loss: Why pensioners with unexpected weight loss should be referred for urgent test

The call comes after a study found over-60s who go to their family doctor after unintentionally shedding weight have a greater than 3% chance of having one of 10 cancers. These patients “warrant rapid investigation” for cancer and possibly multiple types, according to research published in the British Journal of General Practice. The study, the […]

21 MAR

Pensioners: A million OAPs are depressed and say life is 'pointless'

Younger generations dismiss the contribution they can make, leaving many feeling they are a burden to society or to their relatives. This puts many elderly at risk of getting into a “self-destructive rut”, an Age UK report says. The study suggests 1.47 million pensioners believe they have little control over their lives. As many as […]

14 MAR

The New Love Nest for Western Pensioners?

When 70-year-old Swedish grandmother Mona-Lisa Larsson paraded her 19-year-old Ugandan lover, Aziz Maganda, on social media recently, their difference in age wasn’t the only thing that stunned many. Larsson married a 21-year-old local singer, Ronald Samawere — popularly known as Guvnor Ace — only about a year ago. After exchanging vows in Uganda, where she […]

17 MAR

Diabetes risk: Pensioners ‘need to beware of danger from statins’

GETTY Experts have sounded the alarm over statins following a possible link to diabetes Those on high doses of the cholesterol-busting pills are more prone to suffer dangerous spikes in blood sugar levels. Scientists say an unwanted by-product of the drug is a link to the chronic condition.  Studies show those prescribed statins are less […]

12 MAR

Weight loss in pensioners could be early sign of serious illness

And millions of older people could be putting their health at risk by ignoring the fact they are losing weight without trying.  In a survey of 855 people aged 60 or over, 36 per cent thought it was fine to lose weight with age, with three-quarters never having worried about doing so.  But the researchers […]